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Housing Development Santa Ana faces issues such as adapting to changing housing market conditions, meeting state mandated regional housing needs goals, furthering quality housing and neighborhoods, accommodating social and economic diversity, assisting residents with special housing needs, and supporting the City's long-term economic development. The Housing Element establishes a vision, goals, policies, and programs to address these issues. This section highlights the various efforts completed in 2022 toward realizing those goals and implementing the listed programs and actions. The complete Housing Element Annual Progress Report is organized as a separate document (Attachment B) in with the required data and format required by State of California Housing and Community Development. R1Regional Housing Needs Allocation The City's regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) determined by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is 3,137 housing units for the 6t" cycle 2021— 2029 planning period. Within this housing goal, the City is required to plan for four income and affordability goals: very low, low, moderate, and above moderate. The City's RHNA by affordability level is 606 units of housing affordable to very low-income households, 362 units of housing affordable to low-income households, 545 units of housing affordable to moderate -income households, and 1,624 units of housing affordable to above moderate income households. R1Permits Issued There were a total of 901 building permits issued for new housing units in Santa Ana in 2022; of which 191 housing units are affordable to very low-income and 102 to low-income households, respectively. With the issuance of these permits, the City is on pace to substantially exceed its RHNA in all unit categories by the end of the planning period. Progress Towards 2021-2029 RHNA Goal (New Housing Units by Category and Year) Total Total Units % of RHNA Income I RHNA 12021 12022 12023 12024 12025 12026 12027 12028 12029 I Units I Remaining I Completed Very 606 41 191 232 374 38% Low Low 362 43 102 I I I 145 217 40% Mod. 545 11 41 I I 52 493 10% Above 1,624 639 567 1,206 418 74% Mod. Total: I 3,137 I 734 901 1,635 1,502 52% Based on building permits issued. R1 Major Development Highlights The following are three examples of major housing developments that were entitled or that were issued permits in 2022 that address the various housing challenges and needs facing the Santa Ana community: City Council 9 8 — 16 3/21/2023