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<br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Pleasanton | F-15 <br />Disability <br />People are considered to have a disability if they have one or more of the following: hearing <br />difficulty, vision difficulty, cognitive difficulty, ambulatory difficulty, self-care difficulty, and <br />independent living difficulty. When it comes to housing, people with disabilities are not only in need <br />of affordable housing but also often benefit from accessibly designed housing, which offers greater <br />mobility and opportunity for independence. Such housing needs typically outweigh what is <br />available. People with disabilities are at a high risk for housing insecurity, homelessness, and <br />institutionalization, particularly when an aging caregiver (e.g., a parent or grandparent caring for a <br />disabled adult relative) is lost. According to the Alameda County AI, some community members <br />noted difficulty finding rentals and others believe some landlords have an anti-disability bias when <br />looking for tenants. <br />In Alameda County, 56.6 percent of all fair housing complaints made to the Department of Fair <br />Employment and Housing between 2015-2019 related to disability. This was a majority of the <br />complaints, with the next two closest categories being Familial Status (7.8 percent) and Race (7.8 <br />percent). <br />According to the 2015 to 2019 ACS, 7.0 percent of Pleasanton residents have a disability (3.13 <br />percent with an ambulatory difficulty), compared to 6.9 percent in the Tri-Valley Region and 9.2 <br />percent countywide (see Table F-3).6 <br />Table F-3: Percentage of Population with a Disability (2019) <br />Pleasanton Tri-Valley Region Alameda County <br />Number Percentage Percentage Percentage <br />5,974 7.0% 6.9% 9.2% <br />Note: The Tri-Valley Region includes the Cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and the Town <br />of Danville. <br />Source: ACS 2019 5-Year Estimates, Table S1810 <br /> <br />As shown in Figure F-5, three census tracts in Pleasanton, all located in the central portion of the <br />city, have between 10-20 percent of residents experiencing disability in 2019 (i.e., greater than the <br />citywide average), and reflecting a larger proportion of disabled residents than in the prior period. <br />All other census tracts have less than 10 percent of residents experiencing disabilities, Figure F-4 <br />presents the ACS 2010 to 2014 data for percentage of population with a disability. Figure F-5 <br />shows the ACS 2015 to 2019 data for percentage of population with a disability. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6 The Tri-Valley Region includes the Cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and the Town of Danville.