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process of establishing four new redevelopment districts which would <br /> provide low cost housing. Currently, the Agency provides 398 apartment <br /> units for senior citizens. It is also providing 157 condominium units <br /> which are under construction, and 157 condominium units which are <br /> occupied.* <br /> Section 8 Housing Program <br /> The cities of Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim and the County <br /> of Orange have their own Housing Authorities which assist families <br /> through the use of Federal Section 8 Certificates. Families are <br /> required to pay 25 percent of their income towards rent for their unit. <br /> The Housing Authority pays the owner the remainder of the contract <br /> established rent. Maximum rents per unit per family are established by <br /> HUD for each area such as Orange County. Those rents have previously <br /> been presented in Table 36. <br /> The program was established by the 1974 Housing and Community <br /> Development Act, and is the Federal Government's major operating program <br /> for assisting lower income families to secure adequate housing. <br /> Table 37 indicates the maximum income that an individual or <br /> family can earn to qualify for Section 8 Housing Assistance. <br />-i <br />I. <br /> TABLE 37 <br /> MAXIMUM INCOME <br /> SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE <br /> Family Size 1 2 3 4 <br /> Income 15,250 17,400 19,550 21,750 <br />.1 <br /> *Alice McCullough, City of Santa Ana Corrrrninity Redevelopment Agency, <br /> telephone conversation, February 3, 1982. <br /> 164