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Housing Element policies 5 and 6 contain specific objectives for providing and maintaining an adequate supply of'rental and owner occupied units through 1995 and to buildout of the General Plan. Aqe, Condition, and Overcrowdinq Pleasanton is fortunate to have a relatively new housing stock. Also, there are several hundred older buildings in the downtown area which have been restored or well maintained. Only 660 units, or 3% of the existing housing stock, were built prior to 1950. An additional 22% of the existing stock was constructed between 1950 and 1970 while 75% has been built in the past twenty years (Table IV-3) . The housing stock is in excellent condition as might be expected with such newly built housing. As of 1980, only 41 units or .4% of the total housing stock lacked complete individual plumbing facilities and only 56 units lacked complete kitchen facilities. The City's Building Department estimates that no more than 100 units require major rehabilitation and no more than 10 require replacement, city-wide. No units lacked adequate heating equipment. With an average of 6.43 rooms per unit, very few examples of overcrowding exist in Pleasanton. As of 1980, only 1% or 122 units, 53 of which were renter occupied, contained more than one resident per room. Since 1986, the City has rehabilitated relatively few substandard units. This is because of the allocation of most of the City's housing-related resources to meeting housing needs through new construction. At the same time, the City has lost only nine units to demolition, all of which have been replaced with a greater number of new units. In the short-term, housing condition is unlikely to change significantly. However, in the next 15 or 20 years, homes that were constructed in the 1950's may begin to experience structural problems unless they are well maintained and, in some cases, rehabilitated. The 660 units built prior to 1950 will require increasing maintenance to avoid demolition in the long-term. Most of the units with structural problems are located in the downtown area which is targeted as a specific plan area to address these and other issues. Housing Element policies 13, 14, and 15 contain specific objectives for maintaining and improving the condition of the City's existing housing stock. Population Population growth closely parallels the development of housing. In Pleasanton, population more than quadrupled during the 1960's, doubled during the 1970's, and increased by more than 50% in the 1980's. Due to residential growth management and other factors, population growth has slowed during the first half of the 1980's to IV-5