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<br /> <br />G-4 | City of Pleasanton Housing Resources <br />• Renew AC – Home Improvement Loan Assistance Program: Renew AC provides <br />low-income homeowners in Alameda County with one percent interest rate loans of <br />$15,000 to $150,000 to complete home improvement projects ranging from correcting <br />health and safety hazards to accessibility upgrades and structural rehabilitation. No <br />monthly payments are required. Renew AC is operated by Habitat for Humanity East <br />Bay/Silicon Valley, on behalf of Alameda County Housing & Community Development <br />Department and funded by Measure A1. <br />• Mortgage Credit Certificate Program: This program provides income eligible first- <br />time home buyers the opportunity to reduce the amount of federal income tax they <br />owe each year they own and live in their home. The Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) <br />assists a family in qualifying for a higher first mortgage with no effect on monthly <br />expenses. Refinanced Mortgage Credit Certificates (RMCC) are also available when <br />the homeowner refinances their original MCC Loan. A RMCC must be issued for each <br />refinance for the homeowner to continue receiving their federal tax credit. Funding for <br />this program is provided by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC), <br />and the Alameda County MCC program has not received funds from CDLAC since <br />2019. Near-term funding from this program is highly unlikely. <br />Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) <br />• Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP): Over 7,000 families and <br />3,500 housing owners participate in the HCVP. The HCVP provides rental assistance <br />to eligible families and guarantees monthly payments to owners. The family’s portion <br />of the rent ranges from 30 to 40 percent of household income, and HACA pays the <br />difference directly to the landlord, up to the HUD-established payment standards. As <br />of March 2022, there were 295 Housing Choice Voucher Program participants residing <br />in Pleasanton 1. <br />• Project-Based Program: This program subsidizes the rent and utilities of a unit in a <br />subsidized development. If the tenant in a Project-Based unit moves out of the <br />development during the first year of the lease, the tenant’s assistance ends. If the <br />tenant moves out of the development after the first year, the assistance continues and <br />follows the tenant. HACA provides 713 units of Project-Based assistance in various <br />developments throughout the County, although none are currently in Pleasanton 2. <br />• Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program: This program subsidizes the rent and <br />utilities of a unit in a subsidized development that has undergone some <br /> <br /> <br />1 Housing Authority of the County of Alameda, April 13, 2022, HACA Agenda Item No.: 8-6. <br />2 There are 31 Project-Based Section 8 units at Kottinger Gardens Phase II, but these contracts are directly with HUD, <br />not HACA.