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6th Cycle Program 2.6: Continue to make housing education programs
<br />and information available on the City’s website, at other public venues,
<br />through City publications and mailings, City social media accounts, and
<br />through partnerships with regional organizations. Continue to coordinate
<br />public information with surrounding communities to provide up-to-date
<br />listings of opportunities for regional affordable housing and programs. In
<br />order to ensure program information is disseminated to the broadest
<br />range of households, including lower-income households, special needs
<br />groups such as seniors, the disabled, people experiencing
<br />homelessness, and non-English-speaking households, the City will
<br />develop a comprehensive marketing program that a) identifies partner
<br />organizations through which information can be shared with their
<br />clientele, b) builds relationships with those organizations including
<br />regular check ins, c) provides translation of printed and online materials
<br />into multiple languages, and d) effectively deploys traditional media and
<br />social media to increase outreach.
<br />Ensure information on programs and low-
<br />income housing opportunites are
<br />disseminated to the broadest range of
<br />households, including lower-income
<br />households, special needs groups such as
<br />seniors, the disabled, people experiencing
<br />homelessness, and non-English-speaking
<br />households,
<br />Review/update information
<br />annually or as needed;
<br />develop comprehensive
<br />marketing program (2024)
<br />6th Cycle
<br />Continuous In 2025 the City continued to provide updated
<br />information in electronic (i.e., web) and printed format
<br />to educate private citizens, developers, and other
<br />interested parties on the range of programs promoting
<br />affordable housing. The City also continued to provide
<br />public information regarding regional affordable
<br />housing and available programs. The City also
<br />promotes Alameda County's online housing portal
<br />(https://housingbayarea.mtc.ca.gov/) which provides
<br />listings for affordable rental housing opportunities and
<br />where interested applicants can submit their affordable
<br />rental housing applications.
<br />Other City Housing website continues
<br />to be updated. As of May 19,
<br />2025, the Alameda County
<br />online housing portal became
<br />the Doorway Bay Area
<br />Affordable online housing
<br />portal. The new Doorway site
<br />serves as a one-stop-shop for
<br />that makes finding and
<br />applying for affordable rental
<br />housing much easier.
<br />https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/our-
<br />government/housing/.
<br />https://housingbayarea.mtc.ca.gov/
<br />6th Cycle Program 2.7: Amend the affordable housing density bonus
<br />provisions of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (Chapter 17.38, Density
<br />Bonus), as well as General Plan Land Use Element Policy 11 to align with
<br />state density bonus law (Government Code §65915 et seq.) as it has been
<br />amended in recent years. The City will continue to apply current state law
<br />even before local amendments are adopted.
<br />Alignment with state density bonus law
<br />(Government Code §65915 et seq.) as it
<br />has been amended in recent years. The City
<br />will continue to apply current state law even
<br />before local amendments are adopted.
<br />In March 2024 6th Cycle
<br />Completed Ordinance 2286, approving amendments to Chapters
<br />17.38, 18.08, and 18.88 of the Pleasanton Municipal
<br />Code regarding Density Bonus and major transit stop
<br />as identified in state law was adopted by the City
<br />Council on November 19, 2024:
<br />https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/WebLink/0/doc/
<br />309691/Page1.aspx
<br />Other Ordinance adopted. https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/W
<br />ebLink/0/doc/309691/Page1.aspx
<br />6th Cycle Program 2.8: Support access to rental housing for lower- and
<br />moderate-income households, and protect tenants from displacement,
<br />through the following programs:
<br />1. Work with the Alameda County Housing Authority and other agencies
<br />to maintain funding for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and
<br />other Federal subsidy
<br />programs. 2. Inform owners of rental units of the requirement to accept
<br />Section 8 Housing Choice
<br />certificates/vouchers and/or Project Based Section 8 Housing Choice
<br />Vouchers in their developments.
<br />3. Apply the provisions of the City’s Condominium Conversion
<br />Ordinance, and Government Code, §65863.7 (as to mobile homes) to
<br />minimize displacement of renters and protect special needs households.
<br />For condominium conversions this includes requirements to maintain
<br />rental units for households with special needs including those with
<br />developmental disabilities, such as lifetime leases with rental caps for
<br />persons with disabilities, to the extent permitted by state law; and
<br />denying conversion of apartment units to condominiums if the
<br />percentage of multi-family units available for rent, city wide, is below 50
<br />percent.
<br />4. Study the development of an enhanced local rental assistance program
<br />for the workforce that would help to off-set the costs of market-rate rents
<br />for qualifying verylow, low- and moderate-income households, when
<br />payment of those rents would result in overpayment or severe
<br />overpayment as defined in Appendix A. The City will implement the
<br />program unless it is determined it would be financially infeasible, or
<br />would negatively affect the City’s ability to fund other housing and human
<br />services programs that benefit these same income groups.
<br />Although Housing Choice Vouchers are
<br />portable and administered by Alameda
<br />County Housing Authority, the City’s
<br />objective is to continue to have at least 295
<br />Housing Choice Voucher program
<br />participants reside in Pleasanton
<br />Produce new outreach
<br />materials January 2025;
<br />apply Condominium
<br />Conversion Ordinance
<br />(ongoing as applications are
<br />received); study
<br />development of an enhanced
<br />rental assistance program
<br />with acceptance of study
<br />recommendations by
<br />September 2026 with
<br />implementation to follow
<br />based on action timelines
<br />identified in the study
<br />6th Cycle
<br />Continuous 1. Continued to work with the Alameda County
<br />Housing Authority and other agencies to maintain
<br />funding for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
<br />Program and other Federal subsidy
<br />programs, especially as federal funding for the Section
<br />8 program is being decreased.
<br />2. Continue to collaborate with ECHO Housing to
<br />inform owners of rental units of the requirement to
<br />accept Section 8 Housing Choice
<br />certificates/vouchers and/or Project Based Section 8
<br />Housing Choice Vouchers in their developments.
<br />Collaborate with ECHO Housing to
<br />3. Apply the provisions of the City’s Condominium
<br />Conversion Ordinance, and Government Code,
<br />§65863.7 (as to mobile homes) to minimize
<br />displacement of renters and protect special needs
<br />households. For condominium conversions this
<br />includes requirements to maintain rental units for
<br />households with special needs including those with
<br />developmental disabilities, such as lifetime leases with
<br />rental caps for persons with disabilities, to the extent
<br />permitted by state law; and denying conversion of
<br />apartment units to condominiums if the percentage of
<br />multi-family units available for rent, city wide, is below
<br />50 percent.
<br />4. City and ECHO Housing, through tenant-landlord
<br />education workshops that are held virtually through
<br />Zoom, educate tenants and landlords about AB 1482,
<br />the California Statewide law that imposes specific
<br />Households 340 In calendar year 2025, ECHO Housing
<br />held seven Fair Housing/Tenant-Landlord
<br />Workshops via Zoom. Participants can
<br />sign up for these workshops at:
<br />https://www.echofairhousing.org/events.h
<br />tml. As of January 2026, there are 340
<br />Section 8 Housing Voucher Program
<br />participants in Pleasanton
<br />(https://www.haca.net/wp-
<br />content/uploads/2026/02/HACA-Agenda-
<br />Packet-2.11.2026-FINAL-POSTED.pdf)
<br />6th Cycle Program 2.9: Seek County, State, and Federal assistance for
<br />the development of housing to meet the housing needs of households
<br />with extremely low, low, and very low incomes as well as those with
<br />disabilities (including developmental disabilities). Potential sources may
<br />include State/Federal lower-income housing tax credits, grant funding
<br />(e.g., Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, etc.)
<br />and bond financing. The timing of application will depend upon the
<br />schedule for specific projects proposed by individual developers in as
<br />much as the City does not currently own any land for development of
<br />housing affordable to low- and very low-income households and those
<br />with disabilities. If the City is successful in securing an open source of
<br />funding for housing affordable to low- and very low-income households
<br />the availability of these funds will be promoted through the City’s
<br />website, in local newspapers, social media, and through posting at public
<br />places subject to normal procedures. The objective of this program is to
<br />secure available funding required to finance gap funding for affordable
<br />housing development. A timeline would be developed on a project-by-
<br />project basis as affordable development inquiries/applications are
<br />submitted to the City.
<br />Assist in the development of 100 low-
<br />income units over the planning period
<br />Seek funding annually and
<br />when specific development
<br />proposals are brought
<br />forward
<br />6th Cycle
<br />In Progress In 2023, City staff assisted Eden Housing to pursue a
<br />refinance and renovation of the 30-year old, 200-unit
<br />Ridgeview Commons, an affordable senior rental
<br />housing property, through a tax credit resyndication
<br />application. Rigeview was able to successfully secure
<br />$40 million in tax exempt bond financing and $32
<br />million in 4% tax credit equity. Eden Housing will be
<br />able to substantially renovate the property while
<br />maintaining the property's long-term affordability.
<br />Renovations are began in May 2024. The City
<br />continues to seek state and federal and county
<br />assistance to the greatest extent feasible and to
<br />monitor the availability of new funding sources for
<br />affordable housing and will apply for funding as
<br />appropriate. Ridge View Commons is currently
<br />undergoing significant renovation for the individual
<br />units as well as on the entire property as a whole.
<br />Units 200 For information regarding Program 2.9
<br />please contact Steve Hernandez,
<br />Housing Manager
<br />shernandez@cityofpleasantonca.gov
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