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Title: CommunityBased Organizations


1
Community-Based Organizations Stakeholder
Meeting January 17, 2008
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  • What is a Housing Element?
  • A mandated chapter of Santa Anas comprehensive
    General Plan
  • General Plan guides future growth in Santa Ana.
    Chapters include
  • - land use
  • - transportation
  • - parks and recreation
  • - public safety
  • The Housing Element sets policy it does not
    regulate the development, design, and location of
    housing, etc.

3
  • Legal Background
  • Government Code, 65584 requires all cities have
    a adequate housing element
  • Housing Element has specific and detailed
    statutory requirements
  • Housing Element must be consistent with other
    state/federal statutes and planning mandates
  • Required to address the production,
    rehabilitation, and conservation of housing in
    Santa Ana

4
  • Housing Element Outreach
  • Community Workshops
  • Community/Business Outreach
  • Stakeholder Workshop
  • City Council Visioning
  • Commission Study Sessions
  • Public Hearings

5
  • Housing Element Steps
  • Step 1 Assess housing needs of residents,
    workforce, special groups
  • Step 2 Inventory resources and constraints to
    meet housing needs
  • Step 3 Evaluate housing programs and gaps in
    meeting housing needs
  • Step 4 Develop policies and programs to meet
    unmet housing needs

6
  • Where is Santa Ana today?
  • 27 square miles in size
  • 350,000 plus residents (9th largest)
  • Center of Orange County
  • Dense community (13th)
  • Diverse, urban and international
  • Gateway community into California

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  • Our Residents
  • Predominantly Hispanic, international, 50 of
    residents foreign born
  • Primarily family-oriented with children median
    age of 27 years
  • Predominantly families with five members also
    intergenerational
  • Source
  • U.S. Census, 2000

8
What types of industries are in Santa Ana?
  • Our Economy
  • Santa Ana offers about 150,000 jobs in diverse
    range of industries
  • Approximately 2 jobs per 1 household matches
    average 2 workers/family
  • Clusters manufacturing, professional, government
    administration, trades
  • Source
  • Employment Development Department, 2007

9
What occupations do Santa Ana residents hold?
  • Employment
  • Approximately 158,000 residents employed
  • Three clusters
  • Sales/Office
  • Production
  • Services
  • Residents primarily work in low-moderate income
    occupations
  • Source
  • Employment Development Department, 2007
  • American Community Survey, 2006

10
What do we earn in household income?
  • Household Income
  • Housing Element law specifies four income groups
    for households
  • Median income in 2006 Orange County 78,300
    Santa Ana 54,000
  • 60 of Santa Ana hhlds earn lower income, or less
    than 63,000
  • Source
  • U.S. Census, 2000

Notation Household income thresholds based on
family of four and according to State Housing
Element income guidelines.
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  • Where do we live?
  • Diverse mosaic of neighborhoods with rich
    cultural fabric
  • City focusing on creating great places
  • - quality housing
  • - parks and recreation
  • - public safety
  • Source
  • City of Santa Ana, CDA

12
  • Key Neighborhood Services
  • Fire and Police Service
  • Traffic and Safe Routes
  • Parks and Open Space
  • Recreation/Culture
  • Code Enforcement
  • Revitalization Efforts

13
What kind of housing does Santa Ana provide?
  • Our Housing
  • Santa Ana offers about 75,000 housing units
  • Predominantly single-family housing types
  • Homeownership-renter ratio is nearly 50-50
  • Vacancy rate is low around 2 percent
  • Source
  • Department of Finance, 2007
  • U.S. Census, 2000

Single-family Homes 45
Apartments Homes 41
Mobile Homes 5
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When was Santa Anas housing built?
  • Housing Age
  • Housing was primarily built during 40 year period
    (1950-89)
  • Built primarily before more modern building and
    design standards
  • Older housing stock suggests continued need for
    rehabilitation
  • Source
  • U.S. Census, 2000

15
How much does it cost to buy a home?
  • Housing Prices
  • Home prices more than doubled since 1999
  • Median prices vary by product, quality, by size,
    and location
  • Requires approximately 100,000 in income for
    1st time homebuyer, except mobile homes
  • Source
  • Data Quick Real Estate Surveys, 2007
  • Federal Affordability Standards, 2007

Mobile home prices do not include space rents
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What do apartments rent for in Santa Ana?
  • Apartment Rents
  • Low vacancy rate drives up apartment rents 50
    since 1999
  • Current rents range from 1,050 to 1,900/unit
  • Requires an income of
  • - 44,000 for 1 bdrm
  • - 55,000 for 2 bdrm
  • - 68,000 for 3 bdrm
  • Source
  • Real Facts Apartment Surveys, 2007
  • Federal Affordability Standards, 2007

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Many residents are overpaying/or doubling up
  • Housing Problems
  • 7 of 10 households overpay for or live in
    overcrowded housing
  • Affects large families, low income, seniors
    special needs groups
  • Affects more renters than homeowners, but
    still high for owners
  • Source
  • U.S. Census, 2000

Overcrowding is defined as a housing
arrangement where the number of occupants
exceeds the number of habitable rooms in a home.
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Key Goals in 2000-2005 Housing Element
  • Promote variety of housing types to accommodate
    needs.
  • Incrementally improve substandard housing .
  • Preserve housing opportunities for lower income
    households.
  • Maintain, preserve, and revitalize neighborhoods
    .
  • Promote the preservation of historic homes ..

19
  • New Construction
  • State Housing Element law requires cities to
    address future growth
  • SCAG prepares RHNA every 5 years that indicates
    housing need
  • Cities must designate land, adopt regulations,
    and allocate funds to facilitate new housing

20
Construction Goals Progress (2000-2005)
  • Construction Need
  • Goal City was required to plan for 1,339 units
    at four affordability levels
  • Progress Met above-mod req limited progress in
    low-mod income reqs
  • Challenge How to address low-mod housing
    requirement
  • Source
  • City of Santa Ana HCD Progress Report

21
Housing Construction Goals for 2006-2014
  • Housing Goals
  • Santa Ana is required to plan for 3,393 new units
    between 2006 and 2014
  • Includes apartments, condominiums, and
    single-family homes
  • Housing prices must be affordable to all income
    levels in Santa Ana
  • Source
  • Southern Cal. Association of Governments

22
  • Housing Approved
  • City Place
  • MacArthur Place
  • Santiago Lofts
  • New Opportunities
  • Metro East Overlay
  • Renaissance SP

23
Substandard housing units in Santa Ana
  • Rehabilitation Need
  • Santa Ana has up to 16,000 substandard housing
    units
  • Definitions estimates vary, issues include
  • - unpermitted add-ons
  • - incomplete kitchen/
  • - incomplete plumbing
  • - unvented heating
  • Source
  • 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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Rehabilitation Goals Progress (2000-2005)
  • Housing Rehabilitation
  • Goal Improve substan-dard housing to a decent,
    safe, sanitary condition
  • Progress Exceeded all goals for 2000-2005
  • Challenge Continue progress, yet needs far
    exceed resources
  • Source
  • 2004-2005 CAPER

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  • Rehab Projects
  • Cornerstone Villages (513 afford. family units)
  • Ross Durant Apt. (48 afford. family
    units)
  • Howard Johnson motel (89 low income sr. units)
  • 6th Street Apartments (24-units near MetroLink)
  • Source
  • City of Santa Ana, CDA

26
Subsidized Affordable Housing in Santa Ana
  • City has approximately 2,500 assisted affordable
    units
  • Affordable housing to 1,600 families 800 senior
    households
  • 60 of affordable units could revert to market
    rates by 2025
  • Source
  • 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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  • Housing Preservation
  • Goal Preserve affordable units at-risk of
    conversion to market rents
  • Progress Currently rehabbed and preserved
    numerous projects
  • Challenge Limited public funding for
    preservation and changing market forces
    (potential rents)

28
  • Special Needs Groups
  • State HCD is increasingly focusing on housing
    special needs groups and their relationship to
    fair housing law
  • SB520 Analysis of land use, zoning, building
    codes, and permit processes for housing for
    people with disabilities, such as licensed care
    facilities
  • SB2 Allowing transitional and supportive housing
    by right in all residential neighborhoods and
    emergency shelters by right in a zone

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Special Needs Groups
  • Special Needs
  • 2006-2014 Housing Element also must addresses
    special needs
  • Ranges from 1,800 homeless to 32,000 large
    families (40 of hhlds)
  • Special needs groups experience higher rates and
    severity of problems
  • Source
  • U.S. Census, 2000
  • 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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Who Needs Housing?
We All Do
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