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Quarterly Report for Housing Division Projects and Activities <br />February 1, 2022 <br />Page 3 <br />2 <br />4 <br />1 <br />0 <br />Monitoring <br />As part of the requirements for these loans, staff must monitor the owner-occupancy of <br />single-family homes that have received loans, and the building code compliance of units <br />in rental projects with long-term affordability covenants. During this quarter, 56 owner- <br />occupancy recertification letters were mailed and 33 were returned and processed. This <br />number includes letters sent from previous months. <br />On-site compliance monitoring of the tenant files was not conducted this quarter due to <br />COVID-19. On-site compliance monitoring of the tenant files is scheduled to begin in <br />January 2022. HUD had temporarily waived the requirement for ongoing periodic <br />inspections of HOME-assisted rental housing through September 30, 2021. Staff is in the <br />final stages of hiring a Residential Construction Specialist to also conduct ongoing <br />periodic inspections. <br />Renter Protections <br />The Santa Ana City Council adopted two new ordinances to help protect renters: a Rent <br />Stabilization Ordinance, which limits residential rent increases to the lower of 3% or 80% <br />of consumer price index (CPI) per year, and a Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, which limits <br />the allowed reasons for which a renter can be evicted. The new ordinances became <br />effective on November 19, 2021, and expand on existing protections under the California <br />Tenant Protection Act of 2019. <br />Since then, flyers, frequently asked questions, and press releases have been circulated <br />to the community. The City has also created a website devoted to the ordinances, which <br />includes related documents and updates (www.santa-ana.org/renterprotections). <br />City staff, in collaboration with the consultant (RSG), have conducted the following <br />community workshops in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese to provide a general <br />overview of the Ordinances: <br />#1 November 17, 2021: 70 attendees via Zoom <br />#2 December 8, 2021: 55 attendees (Spanish speakers) via Zoom <br />#3 December 22, 2021: 44 attendees via Zoom <br />#4 January 11, 2022: 35 attendees via Zoom <br />The following workshops have also been scheduled: <br />#5 January 25, 2022 <br />#6 February 8, 2022 <br />In the meantime, City staff and RSG have been responding to various inquiries via email <br />and phone. Below is a breakdown on the number of inquiries received during this quarter. <br /> <br />Month # of Inquiries <br />October 2021 34 <br />November 2021 231