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2023-2031 Housing Element City of Pleasanton | 26 Program 1.5 Acquire and/or assist in the development of one or more sites for housing affordable to lower- income households, including a focus on extremely low-income households. Specific actions the City will undertake to pursue this effort include: 1. Conduct outreach to and coordinate with non-profit housing developers and owners of identified sites to accommodate housing affordable to lower-income households for the purpose of facilitating discussion regarding potential opportunities, programs, financial support, etc. 2. Actively assist owners of property zoned or designated for high-density residential development (allow at least 30 dwelling units per acre) in soliciting non-profit housing organizations for proposals to develop housing affordable to extremely low-, very low-, and low-income households on available sites using Lower-Income Housing Fees. The objective is to assure that owners of these properties are informed of City affordable housing programs and resources to support development of affordable housing. 3. Direct outreach to religious institution site owners or operators to inform them about AB 1851 and any other regulations that encourage housing development on these sites. The City will reach out to each religious institution site owners or operators within one year following Housing Element adoption; and then provide mailed notifications to the owners within six months of the adoption of any new State legislation that reduces barriers to development of religious institution sites. 4. In conjunction with any potential re-zoning of properties owned by the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) for housing, engage with PUSD to encourage some or all of these sites to include a proportion of units that are affordable to the local workforce. 5. When land becomes available to the City, reserve suitable sites for non-profit organizations to build below-market rate housing that includes a mix of unit sizes, including a proportion of three-bedroom units for large households (if the project is not age-restricted), in addition to smaller units for smaller households. To encourage a high proportion of affordable units on such sites, the City may issue a Request for Proposals in conjunction with non-profit or for-profit housing developers for development providing at least 20 percent of the units to very low-income households and 20 percent of the units to low-income households. 6. Facilitate funding of site acquisition and project construction for appropriate sites through strategies such as issuance of tax-exempt bonds, and other financing mechanisms, to finance the construction of housing units affordable to extremely low-, very low- and low-income households, to purchase land for such a use, and to reduce mortgage rates.