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(k) According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, residents in the City of Santa Ana have a median household income of just over $66,145, compared to a median income of more than $90,234 for Orange County. According to the May 2017 report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation, median rent in Orange County, which includes the City of Santa Ana, has increased 28%i0 since 2000, while median renter household income has declined by 9%, when adjusted for inflation. Additionally, the May 2020 report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation revealed that renters need to earn 3.2 times the state minimum wage to afford a base median rent of $2,196 for a two -bedroom apartment in Santa Ana. Moreover, Orange County's lowest -income renters spend 81 % of their income on rent, leaving very little to meet other basic human needs such as food, health, and other needs". (1) Reports from prominent rental sites where residents commonly search for vacant apartment units show even higher median rents for available units in Santa Ana, especially compared to its median household income. Santa Ana's average rents are consistently higher than neighboring cities which have median household salaries larger than that of Santa Ana, such as Los Angeles, Glendale, Long Beach, Tustin, Irvine, and Orange. As of March 2021, a report on Rent Jungle states that the median rent in Santa Ana is $1,975. Apartmentlist.com's national survey of over 45,000 renters in its annual "Renter Confidence Survey" has determined that Santa Ana has the lowest overall renter satisfaction of all Orange County cities with a "D" rating. Moreover, renters rated the City an "F" in its "affordability" category12. (m) According to the 2019 American Community Survey, 54% of Santa Ana Residents are renters. Tenants United Santa Ana conducted a survey with over 1,000 residents about rent increases from 2015 — 2018 in Santa Ana's Lacy neighborhood. Based on this survey, the average rent increase in 2018 ranged between 8% and 12% from the previous year. The percentage of Santa Ana residents who experienced a rent increase in 2018 jumped to 70.6%, which is a major increase from 53.4% in the previous year. (n) Renter households are more likely to be low-income than the households of families who own their homes. Data from the 2019 American Community Survey (5-year estimates) reveals that almost seventy percent of renter households (68.8%) earn less than 80 percent (80%) of the "The California Housing Partnership "ORANGE COUNTY RENTERS IN CRISIS: A CALL FOR ACTION", May 2017 hitns7//lpO8d9lkdOcO3rlxhmhtvdpr-wi)enOne netdna-ssl com/wo-content/ul)loads/2017/05/Oran e County 2017 nd f (accessed May 13, 2021) " Ibid. "ORANGE COUNTY 2020: Affordable Housing Needs Report", May 2020, h_ ttns://1nO8d9lkdOc03rlxhmblysdpr-w}2engine netdna-esl com/wn-content/unloads/2020/06/Orange 'on i g Nee s Report 2020-HNRidf (accessed May 13, 2021) "Apartment List Renter Confidence S ury v https://www.apartmentlist.com/survey (accessed May 13, 2021) 0