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local data, 80 percent of Santa Ana renters are moderate, low and very low-income renters., Yet the most significant increase of housing has been in the above moderate housing category. The City's above moderate allocation is 90 units for the current RHNA planning period. To date, the City has approved 2,409 above moderate income units. This means that the City has exceeded its's above moderate income RHNA allocation by 2,677 percent, per the City's RHNA Annual Progress Report submitted to the CA Department of Housing and Community Development.2 With above moderate average rents of $2000 - $4000 in these developments, none of these above market rent units are affordable to most of Santa Ana's working families'. Since 80% of renters in Santa Ana fall into the moderate, low and very low income category and 84 percent of residents hold low-income occupations that pay less than $53,500 per year, the majority of these new rental housing units are not available to address the housing needs of most working families in Santa Ana. 4 Santa Ana's households are predominantly families comprising 8 1 % of households'. These households are also rent burdened and live in overcrowded conditions6. Proposed Project The proposed Northgate Gonzalez Real Estate fails to help address the housing needs for lower income families that live in the surrounding Lacy neighborhood community, one of the neighborhoods with a high population of lower income families. This development is requesting incentives and concessions beyond what the owner is allowed to build under its current general plan zoning. If approve this development needs to provide affordable housing to help address existing housing needs and mitigate the gentrification and displacement that its project will create. The proposed project is requesting incentives, concessions and zoning amendments that make it subject to the City of Santa Ana Housing Opportunities Ordinance and State Density Bonus Law. The proposed project needs to articulate how the developer and its partners will help address the critical affordable housing needs of residents in the Lacy neighborhood and in the City of Santa Ana. The Commission looks forward to partnering with the City and Northgate Gonzalez Real Estate to increase affordable home opportunities for lower income households in the City. Please keep us informed of any updates and meetings regarding strategies to increase affordable homes for lower income households in the City. If you have any questions, please free to contact me at (949) 250-0909 or cesarc@kennedycommission.org. ' City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 14, January 2014. City of Santa Ana Housing Element Progress Report 2019, April 2020 ' Rent survey of recent market rate developments - The Marke, Essex Skyline and Broadstone Arden 4 City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 12 and 14, January 2014. s (City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014 — 2021 page 11) e (City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014 — 2021 page 20) Page 2 of 3