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Quarterly Report for Housing Division <br />May 21, 2019 <br />Page 5 <br />Affordable Housing Units under Construction/ Pre -Construction with In -Lieu Fees. <br />A total of 202 units are under construction / pre -construction with an investment of in -lieu fees <br />generated. This includes a $4,775,000 loan of in -lieu fees to develop 57 units of affordable <br />housing at the Santa Ana Arts Collective; a pre -loan commitment of $1.3 million of in -lieu fees to <br />develop 51 units of affordable housing at the Tiny Tim Plaza project; a pre -loan commitment of <br />$3,170,547 to develop 93 units of affordable housing at the Legacy Square project; and a pre - <br />loan commitment of $231,494 to develop two affordable homeownership units by Habitat for <br />Humanity at 416 Vance Street and 826 N. Lacy Street. <br />Units Under Construction / Pre -Construction with In -Lieu Fees <br />Project <br /># of Units <br />Santa Ana Arts Collective <br />57 <br />Santa Ana United Methodist Church "Legacy Square" <br />93 <br />Tiny Tim Plaza <br />51 <br />416 Vance Street & 826 N. Lacy Street <br />2 <br />TOTAL <br />203 <br />In addition, $3,131,700 of in -lieu fees was committed by City Council on September 14, 2018 to <br />create 200 emergency shelter beds at the Link interim emergency shelter. <br />This report reflects the status of funds and projects for the period ending March 31, 2019. <br />Request for Proposals - RFP #18-056 - Affordable Housing Development <br />The City of Santa Ana and the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana issued a Request for <br />Proposals (RFP) on July 2, 2018 for the development of affordable housing in the City. Proposed <br />developments may be for acquisition and/or rehabilitation of eligible properties for rental or <br />transitional housing; acquisition and conversion of non-residential property to multifamily rental <br />units; and/or new construction of housing units for rental housing. Land assets owned by the <br />Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana are also available for development under the RFP. <br />Additional information regarding the RFP is available on the City of Santa Ana's website. <br />The City of Santa Ana received thirteen (13) proposals that passed a minimum threshold review. <br />The proposals were reviewed by a Review Panel of City employees. Interviews were held on <br />October 30, 2018 and the Review Panel recommended four projects for approval on November 5, <br />2018. A Public Hearing was held on December 19, 2018 and the Community Redevelopment <br />and Housing Commission recommended to award the four projects. City Council approved two of <br />the projects, Santa Ana United Methodist Church (aka Legacy Square) and Francis Xavier, on <br />January 15, 2019. The remaining two projects, Habitat for Humanity and Budget Inn, were <br />approved by City Council on March 5, 2019. All four new projects are included in this staff report <br />in the summary of projects under development. <br />Six (6) of the thirteen (13) proposals were for the development of the Housing Authority land <br />asset at 1126 & 1146 E. Washington Avenue. This parcel is adjacent to a vacant County owned <br />parcel and it is the desire of the City and County to jointly develop the adjacent parcels. Three of <br />19D-5 <br />