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It is necessary that the City create a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program to assist Santa Ana's rent <br />burdened residents. A HOME Investment Partnerships Program funded Tenant -Based Rental Assistance <br />program would provide a rental subsidy to help make up the difference between what a renter can afford to pay <br />and the actual rent for a home. For the 2017 - 2018 fiscal year the City of Santa Ana received $1,207,942 in <br />HOME funds. For this 2018 - 2019 fiscal year the City has received $1,783,000 in HOME funds. The City has <br />the ability to use these funds to provide direct assistance to low-income households who need help paying <br />their rent. <br />A tenant based rental assistance would be different from the Housing Authority's existing Section 8 Housing <br />Voucher Program and Emergency Solutions Grant Homeless Prevention Programs. The City would be able to <br />design and tailor a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance Program to our rent -burdened residents. <br />We strongly urge the City Council to direct the Housing Development Analyst to develop and design a <br />Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program alongside a community partners and impacted community <br />members workgroup. <br />Ilii Santa Ana is at the forefront of the housing crisis. Some of our members lived through unjust evictions, <br />disproportionate rent increases and not to mention landlord harassments. We are at the brink of changing our <br />name to Homeless United of Santa Ana. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tu Santa Ana <br />Tenants United Santa Ana