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o Mainstream Voucher Program: HACA administers 189 vouchers under HUD's Mainstream program. The program is targeted to households with at least one non - elderly disabled family member who is homeless, at -risk of homelessness, coming out of an institutional facility or at -risk of entering an institutional facility due to lack of housing. HACA partners with an array of supportive services organizations that provide appropriate services to program participants. Eden Council for Home and Opportunity, Inc. (ECHO Housing): ECHO Housing offers various programs including classes on how to find, qualify for and buy a home; debt and financial education and counseling; and a Rental Assistance Program (RAP) that assists with move -in costs or delinquent rent due to a temporary financial setback. They also provide tenant -landlord counseling and fair housing services to assist Pleasanton renters remain in their homes. State Resources • Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC): Administered by the Strategic Growth Council, this program provides grants and/or loans to fund land - use, housing, transportation, and land preservation projects that support infill and compact development that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. • CalHome: HCD provides grants to local public agencies and non-profit housing developers to assist first-time homebuyers become or remain homeowners through deferred -payment loans. Funds can also be used to assist in the development of multiple - unit homeownership programs. • California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH): This program provides funds for a variety of activities to assist persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness, such as housing relocation and stabilization services (including rental assistance), operating subsidies for permanent housing, flexible housing subsidies, emergency housing operating support, and homeless delivery systems. • California Housing Finance Agency (CaIHFA): CalHFA offers a variety of low-cost loan programs to support the development of affordable multi -family rental housing, mixed - income housing, and special needs housing. • California Housing Finance Agency (CaIHFA), Mortgage Credit Certificate Program: The MCC program is a homebuyer assistance program designed to help lower-income families afford home ownership. The program allows home buyers to claim a dollar -for - dollar tax credit for a portion of mortgage interest paid per year, up to $2,000. The remaining mortgage interest paid may still be calculated as an itemized deduction. • California Self -Help Housing Program (CSHHP): Provides grants for sponsor organizations that provide technical assistance for low and moderate -income families to build their homes with their own labor. • Elderlink: A senior care referral service licensed by the Department of Public Health. This organization provides independent and free personalized senior care placement services to fully screened and approved nursing home, board and care, and assisted living facilities. G-4 I City of Pleasanton Housing Resources