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located in the Downtown area, which is targeted as a specific plan area to address these and other <br />issues. Nevertheless, due to the increased cost of housing and the desirability of living in or near <br />the Downtown, a significant number of older single-family homes and two multiple-family <br />residential structures have been rehabilitated since 1995. <br />Table 3 - Age of Housing Stock <br /> <br /> Year Built No. of Units % of Total <br /> 1995 - 1999 2,617 11% <br /> 1990 - 1994 1,807 7.6% <br /> 1985 - 1989 5,806 24.4% <br /> 1980 - 1984 1,938 8.1% <br /> 1975 - 1979 2,058 8.6% <br /> 1970 - 1974 4,611 19.4% <br /> 1960 - 1969 3,713 15.6% <br /> 1950 - 1959 589 2.5% <br /> 1940 - 1949 212 .9% <br /> Pre1940 448 1.9% <br /> Total 23,797 100% <br /> <br />Sources: California Department of Finance, Summary Reports: Alameda County Controlled <br />Population Estimates. 1991 - 1995; US. Bureau of the Census. 1990 Census of <br />Population and Housing; 2002 Growth Management Report. <br />The incidences of lead paint hazards in the County's older housing stock, which poses dangers <br />for young children living in those dwellings, has been documented in the Consortium's Housing <br />Needs Assessment. According to California Department of Finance, 68% (63,451) of the <br />housing stock in the Urban County was constructed pre-1980's. As shown above, 48.9% of <br />Pleasanton's housing stock was constructed prior to 1980. <br />The use of lead paint was banned in 1978. Use of lead paint dwindled in the years prior to 1978; <br />however, there is a potential hazard in a significant percentage of Pleasanton's housing stock. <br />Alameda County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has worked since 1991 to mitigate lead- <br />based paint in the housing stock. <br />Many low income homeowners cannot afford the substantial costs involved in rehabilitating their <br />homes. In Pleasanton's housing rehabilitation program, which is currently administered by <br />Alameda County HCD, the average cost of major rehabilitation projects is approximately <br />$30,000 per unit. The program has seen a steady increase in costs in recent years as the costs of <br />building materials and labor increases. According to the CHAS data there were 2,698 elderly <br />homeowner households in Pleasanton in 2000. Of those households, nearly 20% (517) were <br />extremely low and low income households. The additional rehabilitation needs of the low and <br />moderate income owner-occupied stock creates a priority for programs to preserve that supply. <br />DRAFT - Strategic Plan - FY2005- FY2009 <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Page 9 <br /> <br /> <br />