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Area Median Income (AMI)", the low-income threshold as defined by the U.S. Housing and
<br />Urban Development Department".
<br />(o) A household is rent -burdened if it spends more than 30 percent (30%) of its gross income on
<br />housing costs. According to the 2019 American Community Survey (5-year estimates),
<br />approximately sixty percent (54.8%) of all renter households in the City of Santa Ana are
<br />low-income and rent burdened, which is approximately 22,661 households in the City of Santa
<br />Ana. Approximately 28.9% of Santa Ana renter households spend 50% or more of their
<br />household income on rent15.
<br />(p) The increasing housing rent burden and poverty faced by many residents in the City of Santa
<br />Ana threatens the health, safety, and welfare of its residents by forcing them to choose between
<br />paying rent and providing food, clothing, and medical care for themselves and their families.
<br />(q) According to the official Orange County Affordable Housing List, there are only 28
<br />deed -restricted government affordable housing buildings available in Santa Ana.16 Further, fifty
<br />percent of these deed -restricted buildings are currently unavailable for rent due to a long
<br />WaitliSt17.
<br />(r) The State of California's Housing Element Law (Gov. Code §§65863, 65590-65589.8, and
<br />§§65751-65761 (including the State of California's Housing Accountability Act, Gov. Code
<br />§65589.5, §65598.6, as those sections may be amended), requires that the City of Santa Ana
<br />encourage the production of a variety of housing types; and identify adequate sites for affordable
<br />housing for persons at extremely low- very -low, low-, and moderate -income levels. Further,
<br />Government. Code §§65863, 8899.50, as those sections may be amended, require that all
<br />jurisdictions in California affirmatively further fair housing in their cities.
<br />(s) The City of Santa Ana has a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 3,095 housing
<br />units for 2021-2029. This total is divided into four income groups: very -low, (which includes
<br />extremely -low), low-, moderate-, and above -moderate income. This number includes 586 units
<br />for very -low, 362 units for low-, 523 units for moderate-, and 1,624 units for above -moderate
<br />" US Census, United States Housing: Financial Characteristics, 2019
<br />httns'//data census gov/cedsci/table9a=llnited°/20S at °/ 0Houcing&taming&g=010000011 Rtid—A SSTIY
<br />019.S2503 (accessed May 13, 2021)
<br />14 See US Housing and Urban Development, 2020 Income Limits
<br />https://www.hed.ca.gov/vrants-fmdin2/income-limits/state-and-federal-income-limits/does/income-limits-2020 pdf
<br />(accessed May 13, 2021)
<br />" SCAG, Pre -Certified Local Housing Data for the City of Santa Ana, Angus 2020
<br />httnc_//scaa.ca.gov/sites/main/files/file-atta hm nts/santa na he 09 0 ndf?1603255144 (accessed May 13, 2021)
<br />16 See O.C. Affordable Rental Housing List, Orange County Housing Authority, December 10, 2019, available at
<br />bU://www.ochonsing.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload aspx9RlobiD=39906 (last accessed on December 14, 2019).
<br />" Orange County, California - Waiting List, May 10, 2021) https://www.ochousine ore/applicants/ (accessed May
<br />13, 2021
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