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September 18, 2018 <br />Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Bo 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana,CA 92701 <br />RE: Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report <br />Support Development of a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program <br />Tu Santa Ana: Tenants United Santa Ana is a coalition made of grassroot organizations, non-profit <br />organizations and Santa Ana residents coming together to protect and advocate for Santa Ana tenants facing <br />unjust evictions, discriminating rent increases and in constant fear of displacement. <br />The need for housing affordable to low-wage earners in Orange County, California, is enormous. <br />Ranked among the top ten least affordable metropolitan areas in the countryttl, Orange County is suffering from <br />an affordable housing crisis. A resident must earn at least $36.08 per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment <br />at a fair market rent of $1,876 a month. l21 As rents and the number of residents needing affordable homes have <br />continually increased, the number of affordable homes being built for lower income households has not kept up <br />with the demand. <br />The average asking rents is the City is $1,687, which is a nine percent increase from the year before and rents <br />are expected to continue to increase. l'1 With lower wages that are not keeping up with rising rents, many renting <br />families continue to struggle financially to live and work in this City. Approximately 60 percent of renter <br />households are lower income E41 and 84 percent of residents held moderate and low-income occupations that paid <br />less than $53,500 per year.151 In order for rent to be affordable, only 30 percent of an individual's income should <br />be used towards housing costs. Unfortunately, 57 percent of renters overpaid or spent more than 30 <br />percent of their income towards housing costs.[ ] <br />IIl Out of Reach 2018- The High Cost of Housing, National Low Income Housing Coalition, p. 14, 2018. <br />[21 Out of Reach 2018- The High Cost of Housing, National Low Income Housing Coalition, p. 38, 2018. <br />[31 O.C. Rents forecast to rise 9.4% by 2018. <br />4] City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 14, January 2014. <br />[s] City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 12, January 2014. <br />City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 20, January 2014. <br />Tenants United Santa Ana <br />