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Five Year Ob,iectives Five Year Goals Performance Measures <br /> Continue to support the operation N/A <br /> and expansion of the Tri-Valley <br /> One-Stop Center which offers <br /> services to persons seeking <br /> employment, including the currently <br /> homeless. <br />Continue to support the operation 30 households will be assisted <br />and expansion of the new Th-Valley during the five-year period. <br />Housing Scholarship Program which <br />offers tenant-based rental assistance <br />to households who are homeless or <br />at risk of being homeless. Subsidies <br />are provided while the head of <br />household is undergoing job training <br />and are gradually phased out aflcer <br />employment is secured. <br />GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION <br /> <br />All of the activities described above will serve Pleasanton residents. The Tri-Valley Haven <br />shelter and community service building, the new transitional housing project, and some of the <br />homeless services in the area are located in Livermore but serve residents of the greater <br />Tri-Valley area. <br /> <br />Priority: Increase and expand activities designed to prevent those <br /> currently housed from becoming homeless. <br /> <br />Priority Analysis and Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs <br /> <br />For many people, housing is typically the largest expense in the household budget. Federal, state, <br />and local housing programs frequently require that low income households should pay no more <br />than 30% of their gross income towards housing costs. The National Low Income Housing <br />Coalition found that in order to afford the median fair market rent for a two bed-room unit in <br />Alameda County it would require a job that paid $27.31 per hour at 40 hours per week. (Present <br />State minimum wage is $6.75 per hour). The more housing costs rise, the less disposable income <br />low income households have for other necessities, including food, health care, and education. <br />Most low income families live from paycheck to paycheck and are only one paycheck away from <br />losing their current housing. <br /> <br />Even when housing is available and a household can afford the rent payment, there are barriers <br />which make it difficult for households to obtain and maintain the housing. The move-in costs of <br />first and last month's rent and security deposit are a large barrier to low income households who <br /> <br /> DRAI~T - Strategic Plan - FY2005- FY2009 <br /> CiW of Pleasanton <br /> Page 20 <br /> <br /> <br />