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Consolidated Plan CITY OF PLEASANTON 46 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) SP‐70 Anti‐Poverty Strategy ‐ 91.415, 91.215(j) Jurisdiction Goals, Programs and Policies for reducing the number of Poverty‐Level Families Low-income families have difficulty securing housing without income support and/or housing assistance. Many times, they also do not have additional income to pay for other needs such as food, child care, health care, and dependable transportation. Living from paycheck to paycheck causes families to be in constant danger of becoming or returning to homelessness. The most commonly available anti-poverty strategies are implemented at the county level and are addressed in the County’s section of the Consolidated Plan. The Section 8 certificate and voucher program for Pleasanton residents is currently coordinated through the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA). The City’s Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program funds non-profit organizations providing social services to low-income Pleasanton individuals and families. Pleasanton has had significant success in attracting new retail, commercial, office, and industrial development to the City. Existing business and retail complexes have drawn significant new commercial development and have created new employment opportunities for residents and non-residents. The Pleasanton Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO), adopted in 2001, has resulted in affordable rental (approximately 1,100 units) and homeownership units (more than 100 homes) that have been built for low-income individuals and households. The IZO was recently been updated, in December, 2024,to prioritize developers building the affordable units rather than other alternative methods of complying with the IZO (e.g. paying an in lieu fee), and also to provide more flexibility to developers in meeting their on-site affordable housing requirements, in order to encourage more production. How are the Jurisdiction poverty reducing goals, programs, and policies coordinated with this affordable housing plan A strength of the housing and community development delivery systems is the coordination of efforts between the jurisdictions and groups overseeing these efforts on an inter-jurisdictional basis, particularly at the broader county level. These groups, including the HOME Consortium Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee and EveryOne Home, allow the jurisdictions to ensure that projects compliment rather than duplicate efforts, and that policies and programs have some consistency throughout the HOME Consortium. Non-housing community development programs within the Consortium have focused coordination on community development including infrastructure improvements, economic development, accessibility improvements or child care. Locally, the City’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program (formerly the Tri-Valley Housing Scholarship Program) provides assistance on a small scale to promote self- sufficiency for persons who are in job training on the path to attaining living wage employment and stability. Additional county-level programs are addressed in detail in the County’s section of the Consolidated Plan. Page 210 of 694