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2020 General Plan Annual Progress Report <br />March 16, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br />5 <br />4 <br />3 <br />how many permits to issue in four housing income categories; ranging from very–low <br />income (affordable to those who earn 50 percent or less of the $89,759 Area Median <br />Income [AMI]), to above moderate income (more than 120 percent of AMI). Santa Ana <br />has met all of its requirements for permitting affordable units, including low-income <br />housing which is the most costly to finance and develop. <br />The following are two major Housing Element program accomplishments in 2020: <br />1. With 56 project-based vouchers from the Housing Authority, Community <br />Development Partners completed the construction of Casa Querencia (formerly <br />Aqua Housing) – a 56-unit new affordable apartment community for chronically <br />homeless individuals from the City of Santa Ana. This project involved the <br />acquisition, demolition, and new construction of the Aqua motel yielding 56 units of <br />affordable permanent supportive housing with wrap-around supportive services for <br />chronically homeless individuals and one (1) manager’s unit. This was the second <br />motel conversion project financed by the City in the last five years. <br />2. With $6 million in funding from the City, Community Development Partners began <br />accepting applications for La Placita Cinco (formerly Tiny Tim Plaza), a 51-unit new <br />affordable apartment community. The project is expected to be completed in <br />February 2021. <br />The Housing Element portion of the report includes a summary of Santa Ana’s progress <br />in meeting its share of the RHNA allocation. There were a total of 865 building permits <br />issued for new housing units in 2020; of which 611 housing units are affordable to low- <br />income and very low-income families, respectively. With the issuance of these permits, <br />the City substantially exceeds the overall target for Santa Ana’s 204 RHNA unit allocation <br />by over 4,703 units. <br />Progress Towards 2014-2021 RHNA Goal <br />(New Housing Units by Category and Year) <br />Income <br />RHNA <br />Allocation 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 <br />Total <br />Units <br />Total <br />Units <br />Exceeding <br />RHNA <br />Allocation <br />% <br />Exceeding <br />RHNA <br />Allocation <br />Very Low 45 0 49 49 43 172 80 59 452 407 904% <br />Low 32 2 31 22 38 388 83 552 1,116 1,084 3,388% <br />Moderate 37 12 4 20 10 17 1 1 65 28 76% <br />Above <br />Moderate 90 80 442 130 424 795 538 865 3,274 3,184 3,538% <br />Total:204 94 526 221 515 1,372 702 1,477 4,907 4,703 2,305% <br />Based on building permits issued.