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<br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Pleasanton | F-35 <br />experienced such cost burdens in a number of areas of the city. Note that the tract covering the <br />Southeast portion of the city included areas in both Pleasanton and unincorporated Almeda County <br />This may affect the percentage of households who are overpaying. Based on local knowledge, the <br />portions of Pleasanton within this tract comprise relatively high-income/high-value single family <br />housing stock that is unlikely to reflect a high proportion of rental units – thus, the data may be <br />skewed to over-represent cost burden in this particular tract. <br />More broadly, according to the Needs Assessment (Appendix A), Pleasanton has a lower <br />proportion of cost-burdened households overall compared to Alameda County and the Bay Area. <br />Of Pleasanton’s households, approximately 17 percent are cost burdened, and 13 percent are <br />severely cost burdened. In the county, these proportions are 20 percent and 17 percent, <br />respectively. Nonetheless, in the city’s fair housing survey, there were 131 mentions in open ended <br />questions noting that the most important housing problem facing Pleasanton today is cost and <br />affordability. As evidenced by the data above, renters in Pleasanton are typically more likely to <br />overpay for housing costs than homeowners. <br />During the fair housing outreach events, employees at local restaurants shared that they work <br />multiple jobs to sustain the cost of living in the area.