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· The City is collaborating with other Tri-Valley jurisdictions to establish the "Tri-Valley <br /> Housing Opportunity Center" (TVHOC). The TVHOC will function as a "clearing house" <br /> initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of <br /> different types. The TVHOC is anticipated to increase the efficiency of bringing households <br /> in need of housing resources together with the resources that will help them find housing. <br /> <br />HOME's Minoriw-Owned/Women-Owned Businesses <br /> <br />The City's level of activity in working with minority- and women-owned business enterprises <br />(MBE/WBE) is small in terms of the activities funded by federal grants that involve employment <br />of contractors and other businesses. Because of the small size of annual CDBG and HOME <br />grants, the City does not always have a high volume of construction activity. In addition to the <br />MBE/WBE data on HOME-funded projects provided to Alameda County (and included in the <br />data reported in the CAPER for the entire Consortium), the City provides data quarterly to <br />HUD's Labor office on MBE and WBE activity for projects funded through CDBG, although <br />these statistics are again small. In all projects involving construction contracts, the City uses a <br />contractor list that is developed and maintained jointly with the City of Livermore. The use of <br />this list ensures consistency and a proper level of outreach to minority-owned and women-owned <br />business enterprises in our area. <br /> <br /> Racial and Ethnic Status of Persons Assisted <br /> <br /> As with MBE and WBE information, data on the racial and ethnic status of persons assisted <br /> through HOME-funded activities is provided in the annual CAPER for the Alameda County <br /> HOME Consortium. In addition, the City provides detailed data on the racial and ethnic status of <br /> persons assisted through the City's CDBG program in its own section of the CAPER. These data <br /> are required by the City to be collected and maintained by subrecipients as a condition of CDBG <br /> funding. The data typically are representative of the demographics of the Tri-Valley subregion in <br /> which Pleasanton is located. <br /> <br /> Funding <br /> <br /> One of the significant barriers to affordable housing in Pleasanton and the surrounding region is <br /> the high cost of developing and maintaining affordable housing. The City of Pleasanton will <br /> apply CDBG, HOME, and City Housing funds toward affordable housing projects and programs <br /> in FY 2005. The City has also monitored the availability of specialized grants for housing <br /> development. For example, the City received a $300,000 competitive grant in 1997 through the <br /> State Developmentally Disabled Services - Rental (DDS-R) program to provide four units within <br /> the aforementioned Promenade apartments project for rental by very low income persons with <br /> developmental disabilities in cooperation with the Regional Center of the East Bay. As noted <br /> earlier, the City successfully applied for $450,000 in state HELP funds in FY 2004 to start a <br /> down payment assistance program to promote increased home ownership in Pleasanton. A new <br /> <br /> DRAFY - Action Plan - FY05 <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Page 27 <br /> <br /> <br />