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supports nine units for families in the Housing Alliance Project located the Unincorporated County. HCD partners with Oakland Housing Authority on a ten-year (FY92) Single Room Occupancy Assistance (SRO) grant covering 59 units in Oakland (the SRO funds are in the Oakland Housing Authority's budget) and 32 Shelter Plus Care Section 8 Certificates that were as a result of a negotiated settlement between HCD, HUD and the Public Housing Authority. HCD administers an annually renewed Tenant-based housing rental assistance ("I'RA) grant to provide assistance to 214 units. Approximately 40% of the TRA grant is allocated to assist Shelter Plus Care participants living in the HOME Consortium. HCD was awarded a TRA grant specifically to provide housing assistance to Shelter Plus Care eligible persons living with AIDS. Phis program, known as the Shelter Plus Care Collaborative, is jointly administered with the City of Berkeley, with 15 certificates going to Berkeley, and 34 to cover the City of Oakland and the I IOME Consortium. E1CD administers a Project-Based Rental Assistance (PRA) grant to provide 14 units of permanent supported housing at Alameda Point. Participants include veterans and survivors of domestic violence who arc homeless and have one or more disabilities targeted by Shelter Plus Care. FY 2007 Amount(s): (no direct allocations to Pleasanton are anticipated) STATF. California Housing Finance Agency (CaIHFA) Call [FA provides a variety oftax-exempt bond financing for the creation and preservation of affordable housing. CaIHFA also provides bond financing for qualified first-time homebuyers. The City recently successfully completed the refinancing of the existing mortgage for Ridge View Commons, a 200-unit apartment complex for very low income seniors. The refinancing includes an interest rate buy-down which will improve the project's cash flow and potentially yield enhanced affordability. The I IELP (Housing Enabled by Local Partnerships) program offers 3% to 3.5% interest rate loans to local government agencies for locally determined affordable housing activities and priorities. The City successfully applied for $450,000 in HF,LP funds in 2004 (in collaboration with the City of Livermore) to establish a down payment assistance loan program for low and moderate income Pleasanton home buyers. The state funds are being combined with $150,000 in local (City Housing) funds. The unexpended funds from this allocation were terminated in November 2006, and the City plans to submit a new application for renewed funding in April 2007. "the City also received $1.5 million in HELP funds in 2005 to provide gap financing for its Parkview assisted living Action Plan - FY07 City of Pleasanton Page 5