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In Project -Based Section 8 developments, the majority racial/ethnic group in every entitlement
<br />jurisdiction is either White or Asian American and Pacific Islander. In San Clemente, Newport
<br />Beach, Laguna Niguel, and Costa Mesa, White residents make up a supermajority, while in Irvine
<br />they make up a majority and in Orange (City) and Orange County they make up a plurality. In La
<br />Habra, Hispanics make up a plurality, but Asian American or Pacific Islanders and White residents
<br />trail them by 2 and 4 points, respectively. Asian American or Pacific Islanders make up a
<br />supermajority in Buena Park, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, and Westminster, a majority in
<br />Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Tustin, and a plurality in Huntington Beach. In Other Multifamily
<br />Housing, White residents make up a majority in Irvine and a supermajority in Fullerton and Orange
<br />County. By far, Housing Choice Voucher households are the most evenly distributed across
<br />racial/ethnic groups. Asian American or Pacific Islanders make up a supermajority of HCV units
<br />in Westminster, Fountain Valley, and Garden Grove, and a majority in Santa Ana. They also make
<br />up a plurality in Orange County, followed closely by White residents. White residents make up a
<br />supermajority in Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, San Clemente, and Newport Beach, a majority in
<br />Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Costa Mesa, and a plurality in Fullerton, Huntington
<br />Beach, Irvine, and Orange (City, followed closely by Hispanics). Hispanics make up a plurality of
<br />HCV residents in Anaheim, Buena Park, and Tustin, and a majority of residents in La Habra.
<br />LIHTC developments are also quite diverse, with Hispanics predominating in Anaheim, Buena
<br />Park, Fullerton, Lake Forest, Orange (City), Santa Ana, and Tustin, and Asian American or Pacific
<br />Islanders predominating in Garden Grove, La Palma, and Westminster, and bringing up a close
<br />second in Fountain Valley; the other cities have predominantly -White LIHTC demographics.
<br />ii. Compare the racial/ethnic demographics of each program category of publicly
<br />supported housing for the jurisdiction to the demographics of the same program
<br />category in the region.
<br />In the region, there are several important differences in occupancy between various types of
<br />publicly supported housing. Firstly, there is Public Housing in the region, which is predominantly
<br />Hispanic, with Black residents making up the next highest share (at a rate that far outstrips the
<br />general population). Project -Based Section 8 Housing in the region is fairly evenly spread out
<br />across racial/ethnic group, with the largest group (Asian American or Pacific Islanders) making up
<br />only 31%. Other Multifamily units are less diverse, and split fairly evenly between White (33%)
<br />and Asian American or Pacific Islander (36%) residents, with Hispanic (21%) and Black (9%)
<br />residents trailing farther behind. Housing Choice Voucher and LIHTC data are not available at the
<br />regional level.
<br />iii. Compare the demographics, in terms of protected class, of residents of each program
<br />category ofpublicly supported housing (public housing project -based Section 8, Other
<br />Multifamily Assisted developments, and HCI) to the population in general, and persons
<br />who meet the income eligibility requirements for the relevant program category of
<br />publicly supported housing in the jurisdiction and region. Include in the comparison, a
<br />description of whether there is a higher or lower proportion of groups based on
<br />protected class.
<br />In comparison to the demographics of the Urban County and each of the entitlement cities, White
<br />residents tend to be either proportionally represented in Project -Based Section 8 and Other
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