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rem, nearly 54% pay more than 30% of their income, while 27% pay more than 50% of their income. In most cases, the percentage of households with this type of housing problem has increased between 1990 and 2000 based on information collected in the decennial censuses. The 2000 Census did not reveal any clear trends regarding housing problems among minorities. However, census data from 1990 and 2000 indicate a gradual shift toward greater ethnic diversity in Pleasanton. Therefore, the City will continue to monitor housing trends among different ethnic groups in the future. A sizeable portion of these subsidized units face conversion to market-rate rents in the near future. According to the Alameda County Subsidized Housing Inventory (1997), between 1993 and 1995 there was a 9% reduction is affordable restricted rental units for very low income families and a 16% reduction in affordable restricted units for extremely low income. Approximately 200 below-market rental units in Pleasanton reverted to market rates between 1998 and 2003 due to the expiration of regulatory agreements. This occurred in spite of the City's efforts to create financial and other incentives for apartment owners to extend the agreement terms. These trends indicate that very low income families face an increasing risk of becoming homeless, experiencing overcrowded housing conditions and/or paying precariously high percentages of their incomes for housing. Most subsidized housing developments with units for very low income households have long waiting lists, and the waiting time can be two years or more. Section 8 and Public Housing programs within the HOME Consortium have approximately 10,000 households on their waiting lists. The number of landlords who are willing to provide subsidized housing will still not keep up with demand-even with these additional vouchers. There are approximately 6,000 Section 8 vouchers in use in the portion of the county administered by the Housing Authority of Alameda County, or HACA (Pleasanton, Dublin, Castro Valley, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Union City, and the unincorporated county). Approximately 10,000 more vouchers are in use in other areas of Alameda Connty. When HACA opened its waiting list in December 2001, 12,560 applications were received. However, only 3,500 or about a quarter of these were placed on a waiting list (through a lottery process). DRAFT - Strategic Plan - FY2005- FY2009 City of Pleasanton Page 4