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Opportunity Center" (TVHOC) which opened its doors in September 2005. 'fhe TVHOC functions as a "clearing house," initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of different types. The TVHOC is anticipated to increase the efficiency of bringing households in need of housing resources together with the resources that will help them find housing. HOME's Minority-Owned/Women-Owned Businesses The City's level of activity in working with minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MBE/WBF,) is small in terms of the activities funded by federal grants that involve employment of contractors and other businesses. Because of the small size of annual CDBG and HOME grants, the City does not always have a high volume of construction activity. In addition to the MBE/WBE data on HOME-funded projects provided to Alameda County (and included in the data reported in the CAPER for the entire Consortium), the City provides data quarterly to EIUD's Labor office on MBE and WBE activity for projects funded through CDBG, although these statistics are again small. In all projects involving construction contracts, the City uses a contractor list that is developed and maintained jointly with the City of Livermore. "l'he use of this list ensures consistency and a proper level of outreach to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in our area. Racial and Ethnic Status of Persons Assisted As with MBF, and WBE information, data on the racial and ethnic status of persons assisted through HOME-funded activities is provided in the annual CAPER for the Alameda County HOME Consortium. In addition, the City provides detailed data on the racial and ethnic status of persons assisted through the City's CDBG program in its own section of the CAPER. These data are required by the City to be collected and maintained by subrecipients as a condition of CDBG funding. The data typically arc representative of the demographics of the Tri-Valley subregion in which Pleasanton is located. Fundint; One of the significant barriers to affordable housing in Pleasanton and the surrounding region is the high cost of developing and maintaining affordable housing. The City of Pleasanton will apply CDBG, HOME, and City Housing funds toward affordable housing projects and programs in FY 2007. The City has also monitored the availability of specialized grants for housing development. For example, the City received a $300,000 competitive grant in 1997 through the State Developmentally Disabled Services -Rental (DDS-R) program to provide four units within the aforementioned Promenade apartments project for rental by very low income persons with developmental disabilities in cooperation with the Regional Center of the East Bay. As noted earlier, the City successfully applied for $450,000 in state [ [ELP funds in FY 2004 to start a down payment assistance program to promote increased home ownership in Pleasanton. Anew application for I IELP funds was submitted and approved in 2005 to provide gap Iinancing for the Aclim~ Plan - FY07 City of Pleasanton Page 28