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AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing Introduction This section includes the actions planned by the City of Pleasanton during the next year to reduce barriers to affordable housing. Actions it planned to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls,tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment The City of Pleasanton is an active member of the Alameda County HOME Consortium. In 2010, the Consortium completed an updated Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing as part of its fair housing planning program. The HOME Consortium Analysis of Impediments includes demographic information for each jurisdiction, an evaluation of each jurisdiction's fair housing status, a description of public and private impediments to fair housing choice,and an assessment of current publicand private fair housing programs. An update to the Analysis of Impediments is planned for 2014 and will involve a similar collaboration among Consortium member jurisdictions. The City provides fair housing and housing counseling services to area residents through a contract with ECHO Housing. The City's funding is high on a per-capita basis relative to other communities, and the majority of this service is paid for with local rather than HUD funds. ECHO's services include investigation of housing discrimination complaints as well as educational seminars for housing managers, owners, realtors,and tenants. City staff works with ECHO to address identified impediments. In addition to the general services provide through the City's contract with ECHO Housing, the City has been active in the following areas: • The City has supported a variety of grass-roots efforts over the past decade that have resulted in the construction of new, affordable housing for a wide spectrum of housing needs in the community(family rental, senior,first-time home buyer, disabled, and other special needs).:The majority of these efforts have involved:local funds. • The City sponsors, through an annual contribution of local funds, the efforts of the East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO) public education campaign to address local opposition to and misperceptions of affordable housing.. • The City has collaborated extensively with its neighbor city, Livermore,on housing programs and issues of shared concern (e.g., Bluebell transitional housing, Sojourner House emergency shelter). The cities are currently working on a potential new Section 108 loan which would provide financing for the future relocation of the Axis Community Clinic to a new site in north Pleasanton. • The City has supported an extensive Housing Rehabilitation Program through partnership with Neighborhood Solutions (NS). Our contract with NS has ensured outreach to minority and women contractors as well as local business enterprises. • The City also offers rehabilitation grants and loans through the Housing Rehabilitation Program Annual Action Plan 29 2014(DRAFT) OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.07/31/2015)