19C - RECEIVE AND FILE QRTLY REPORT FOR HOUSING

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Quarterly Report for Housing Division May 5, 2020 Page 3 Monitoring As part of the requirements for these funds, staff must monitor the owner -occupancy of single- family homes that have received loans, and the building code compliance of units in rental projects with long-term affordability covenants. During this quarter, 70 owner -occupancy recertification letters were mailed and 53 were returned and processed. This number includes letters sent from previous months. On -site compliance monitoring of the tenant files was not conducted this quarter due to COVID-19. Prior to all inspections being put on -hold due to COVID-19, staff conducted building code compliance inspections for 113 units on seven (7) properties which represents a sampling of 36% of the total units in the properties. Regulations require that only a sample of units be selected for inspection. Staff also inspects the grounds and common areas such as laundry rooms to ensure they also meet municipal code requirements. The grounds, common areas and all of the inspected units were found to be in compliance at the time of initial inspection. Available Funds and Land Assets for Affordable Housing Development Projects The City of Santa Ana and the Housing Authority acting as the Housing Successor Agency manages multiple sources of local, state and federal funds to promote and facilitate the development of affordable housing as well as land assets held by the Housing Authority. Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the funds available as of March 31, 2020. Exhibit 2 provides a summary of available land assets. Housing Opportunity Ordinance On -Site Development: Since 2011, a total of 33 units have been developed on -site as a result of the Ordinance, including 23 ownership units for -sale and 10 rental units: Units Built On -Site Ownership Rental TOTAL 23 10 33 In -Lieu Fees Generated. - All in -lieu fees, penalties and other monies collected pursuant to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance, including interest, are deposited into the Inclusionary Housing Fund. Since inception, the Inclusionary Housing Fund has generated $17,872,871 to be used for the development of housing affordable to low- and moderate -income households, with a reasonable amount spent on administrative or related expenses associated with the administration of the Housing Opportunity Ordinance. These fees were generated from a total of 12 projects that opted to pay the in -lieu fee instead of building units on -site. If those 12 projects had instead built the inclusionary housing units on -site, a total of 409 affordable housing units would have been created. Affordable Housing Units under Construction / Pre -Development with In -Lieu Fees: A total of 203 units are under construction / pre -development with an investment of in -lieu fees generated. This includes a $4,775,000 loan of in -lieu fees to develop 57 units of affordable housing at the Santa Ana Arts Collective; a $1.3 million loan of in -lieu fees to develop 51 units of affordable 19C-3