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r <br />It is necessary that the City create a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program to assist <br />Santa Ana's rent burdened residents. A HOME Investment Partnerships Program funded <br />Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program would provide a rental subsidy to help make up the <br />difference between what a renter can afford to pay and the actual rent for a home. For the <br />2017 - 2018 fiscal year the City of Santa Ana received $1,207,942 in HOME funds. For this <br />2018.2019 fiscal year the City has received $1,783,000 in HOME funds. The City has the <br />ability to use these funds to provide direct assistance to low-income households who need <br />help paying their rent. <br />A tenant based rental assistance would be different from the Housing Authority's existing <br />Section 8 Housing Voucher Program and Emergency Solutions Grant Homeless Prevention <br />Programs. The City would be able to design and tailor a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance <br />Program to our rent -burdened residents. <br />We strongly urge the City Council to direct the Housing Development Analyst to develop and <br />design a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program alongside a community partners and <br />impacted community members workgroup. <br />Maribel Toan <br />Associate Pastor - Local/Global Initiatives <br />1010 W. 17" St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 1 www.MixAcademy.org i info(cDrnixacademy.org