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8. Is your agency able to assess that your clients are "eligible beneficiaries" (i.e. low- and moderate-income persons and/or "presumed" beneficiaries, according to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development)? If so, how? If not, please explain how you plan to assess whether your clients are "eligible beneficiaries". Pleasanton tenants self report their income when they call in. They are asked to self report all income coming in to the household and then compared to the HUD AMI income limits. 9. Provide the projected number of PLEASANTON CLIENTS who would be served by this program/project in fiscal year (2024/2025). 10. Please list the total projected number of PLEASANTON CLIENTS your agency proposes to serve through this program/project for each income category below in fiscal year 2024/2025. (The total number of persons indicated in question #9 must match the total number listed in the income categories below.) 11. Provide a brief summary of the program/project, including the population served and how this population will access this program/project, for which your agency is seeking funding. If you do not receiving funding, what would be the impact? ECHO Housing will provide services to 295 households (829 persons) and conduct a 15-site systemic audit (15 persons), as follows: FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING & INVESTIGATION: 20 households with education regarding fair housing law FAIR HOUSING AUDITS: Conduct 15 systemic audits to determine if discrimination exists, and provide education to non- compliant landlords. TENANT/LANDLORD COUNSELING & DISPUTE RESOLUTION: 185 households with education, counseling, or mediation/conciliation, referral to attorney/legal services or Small Claims Court, referral to other agencies on evictions, deposits, repairs, lease agreements, and other rights and responsibilities to prevent displacements, retaliation, and violation of state statutes; and assert and protect those rights, and foster communication to resolve problems. RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: 10 households with Rental Assistance grants or guarantees to assist in paying security deposits or delinquent rent. HOMESEEKING PROGRAM: 75 households households with training on homeseeking strategies and options to look for and find rental property. We expect to achieve the results as outlined above. To educate and empower clients to make the best decisions for themselves and their households, and our ability to make appropriate referrals is our criteria for success. ECHO assists low-income tenants to secure and or maintain affordable housing by providing fair housing counseling and investigation, tenant/landlord counseling and mediation, rental assistance, homeseeking and a fair housing audit to determine if discrimination is occurring and to provide education to non-compliant landlords. If ECHO does not receive funding, we would not be able to serve the City of Pleasanton, until we secure funding from another source. 12. For this grant request, please list the agencies you will collaborate with, providing specifics on your collaborative efforts. ECHO coordinates with other fair housing organizations to create a Bay Area-wide network of fair housing services, and collaborates and partners with the California Civil Rights Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and private attorneys to provide fair housing enforcement on a local level. o ECHO coordinates with the East Bay Community Law Center, Bay Area Legal Aid, the Eviction Defense Center, and Centro Public Service Capital Improvement Project 844 # of Persons 844.00844.00 TOTAL 116 Extremely Low Income (<30% AMI) 573 Very Low Income (<30-50% AMI) 119 Low Income (50%-80% AMI) 36 Moderate Income (80%-120% AMI) 0 Above Moderate (>120% AMI) 844 1,688.001,688.00 SUBTOTAL 1,688.001,688.00 TOTAL