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Page Two of'Two <br />- Park residents stated they are on fixed income and can't afford the rent or rent increases <br />Information: Anyone paying more than 40% oftheir income on rent/housing costs qualifies for <br />the MHET Rental Assistance Program, which the park participates in. Rent increases won't stop <br />under rent control, but the park subsidy will. <br />It is also important to know additional facts about this park because other mobile home parks in <br />the city have similar situations. As an example during the pandemic, only two of the 155 tenants <br />in Bali Hi requested rent deferments and both are currently working with the park owner to <br />make payments to become current. No one is facing eviction. In fact, in this park, and in other <br />Santa Ana parks, it is rare to ever have an eviction. No mobile home owner in this park has ever <br />been evicted. Over the past seven years, there was one eviction of a tenant renting a home from <br />the park owner. <br />And, finally, the owner of Bali Hi has done considerable upgrades and improvements to this park <br />totaling over $150,000 that provide an improved quality of life for the residents. Improvements <br />included pool and clubhouse repairs. Restricting fair rent increases will prevent these types of <br />improvements in the future. <br />There are 29 mobile home communities in the City of Santa Ana We could go through each one <br />providing the same information, which we are happy to do. However, we need to be provided <br />the opportunity to provide you with accurate and reliable information on which to base your <br />decisions. Pease allow us that opportunity by reconsidering the adoption of rent control by <br />voting no on agenda item 9. <br />Thank you for your time and your consideration. <br />Respectfully, <br />c6e� a <br />Vickie Talley UU <br />Executive Director <br />