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<br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Pleasanton | F-33 <br />Disparities in Access to Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities <br />People with disabilities often experience challenges with accessibility, discrimination, and housing <br />choice that make it difficult to find suitable housing to meet their needs. There are a variety of <br />housing types appropriate for people with disabilities, such as licensed and unlicensed single- <br />family homes, group homes, and transitional and supportive housing. The design of housing- <br />accessibility modifications, proximity to services and transit, and the availability of group living <br />opportunities represent some of the types of considerations that are important in serving this need <br />group. <br />The City continues to support and facilitate the development of housing for people with <br />developmental disabilities. During the last planning period, the City acquired a 1.64-acre parcel of <br />land within Irby Ranch and leased it to SAHA/Sunflower Hill who constructed the 31-unit Sunflower <br />Hill project for residents with developmental disabilities and special needs. The City also provided <br />funding necessary for the project’s tax credit financing. Construction was completed in 2020. <br />Disparities in Access to Transportation Opportunities <br />The HUD Low Transportation Cost Index is based on estimates of transportation costs for a family <br />that meets the following description: a three-person single-parent family with income at 50 percent <br />of the median income for renters for the region. These estimates originate from the Location <br />Affordability Index (LAI). Transportation costs are modeled for census tracts as a percent of income <br />for renters in these households. Index values are inverted, and percentile ranked nationally, with <br />values ranging from 0 to 100. Higher index values indicate lower transportation costs in that <br />neighborhood and are lower than that percentage of the nation. Transportation costs may be low <br />within a tract for a range of reasons, including greater access to public transportation and the <br />density of homes, services, and jobs in that area. Figure F-18 displays the Transportation Cost <br />Index ranges in the city. In Pleasanton, the Transportation Cost Index is generally high across <br />most tracts (indicating relatively low transportation costs) with the southeast tracts representing a <br />slighter lower index. This is likely due to proximity of BART, ACE, and bus service combined with <br />job locations in the more central and north parts of the city.