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PART III. OTHER ACTIONS <br />BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br />Actions to Overcome or Eliminate the Effects of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice <br />The City of Pleasanton is an active member of the Alameda County HOME Consortium. In <br />December 2002, the Consortium completed an updated Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing <br />as part of its fair housing planning program. The document was completed with input from each <br />participating jurisdiction in the Consortium. A Consortium-level approach was felt to be <br />appropriate for this analysis because the constraints to fair housing choice, as well as the <br />opportunities to address these constraints, are common to the jurisdictions in our subregion. The <br />HOME Consortium Analysis of Impediments includes demographic information for each <br />jurisdiction, an evaluation of each jurisdiction's fair housing status, a description of public and <br />private impediments to fair housing choice, and an assessment of current public and private fair <br />housing programs. <br />The City provides fair housing and housing counseling services to area residents through a <br />contract with ECHO Housing. The City's funding of this service is high on aper-capita basis <br />relative to other communities, and the majority of this service is paid for with local rather than <br />HUD funds. ECHO's services include investigation of housing discrimination complaints as <br />well as educational seminars for housing managers, owners, realtors, and tenants. In the past <br />year, ECHO responded to approximately a dozen inquiries and/or complaints from Pleasanton <br />residents and property owners. ECHO also conducts annual audits of local property owners to <br />verify compliance with fair housing laws such as racial discrimination, familial status, and <br />accessibility for the disabled. The most recent audit, completed in FY 2006, involved testing for <br />racial and ethnic discrimination. These audits help to identify where impediments to fair <br />housing in Pleasanton occur. City staff works with ECHO to address identified impediments. <br />The City began a collaborative effort with ECHO several years ago to provide printed <br />information on below-market housing opportunities in Pleasanton to ECHO clients in an effort to <br />promote access to housing by lower-income persons. ECHO is also conducting a series of home <br />buyer education workshops using meeting space provided by the City at no cost. <br />In addition to the general services provide through the City's contract with ECHO Housing, the <br />City has been active in the following areas: <br />• The City has supported a variety of grass-roots efforts over the past decade that have resulted <br />in the construction of new, affordable housing for a wide spectrum of housing needs in the <br />community (family rental, senior, first-time home buyer, disabled, and other special needs). <br />The majority of these efforts have involved local funds. These same materials are used to <br />provide information to the public to promote access to affordable housing in Pleasanton. <br />Action Plsn - FY08 <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Page 27 <br />
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