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valuation of owner units and average contract rent of the census tracts were $18,500 and $96.00 respectively compared with the target area averages of $15,850 and $84.50. The 1970 population of 2257 would be estimated as of 1974 to be 1904 people. F. The last target area in the central corridor is numer- ically the largest with 869 units surveyed and is commonly refer- red to as the Southwest Area. It consists of 47 blocks in Cen- sus Tracts 748.01, 748.02~ 752.01, and 752.02. It is bounded on the east by Bristol Street; Civic Center Drive (Eighth street) on the north; English, Townsend, and Daisy on the west; and Myrtle and First Streets on the south. Over eighty percent (698 units) were 30 years old or older. The life expectancy was ten years or less for 109 units (12.5%). Approximately four- teen Percent of the units were rated as poor in both the cate- gories of quality of maintenance and premise rating. This target area was very similar overall to the one immediately east of Bristol Street with a fair housing stock condition rating based on a mid-range longevity and fair overall parcel rating. The Multiple Unit Survey did not receive extensive res- pon~:~ from this area or the involved census tracts. No responses were made to the questionnaire from Census Tract 752.02. There were responses on 123 units indicating an average rent of $113.00, seventy-four percent of the units were 20 years old or older, and about sixty percent of the occupants remained three years or longer. The 1970 Block statistics indicated a total of 1022 units showing a decrease in the intervening four years of 153 units. In 1970 forty-five percent (462 units) were owner occupied with fifty percent (513 units) renter occupied. Only twelve units were indicated as lacking some or all plumbing facilities. The 1970 population of 3557 would be estimated to be 2950 people in 1974. The average owner unit value and average contract rent of the affected census tracts were $20,100 and $114.00 respectively compared to $17,350 and $90.00 for the target area. Overcrowded units with 1.01 persons or more per room numbered 254 (25%). There were 175 one person households and 152 units with female heads of household. III. SOUTHEAST The target area in this portion of the City of Santa Aha is more isolated from the majority of the substandard housing stock conditions in the central corridor and the area west of the Santa Aha River. It consists of a single housing target area commonly know~: ~s the Delhi Area or Neighbor- hood. The prime ar~,~, of residential concern is bounded by Warner Avenue on the north, Main Street and Cypress Avenue on the west, the Southern Pac- ific Railroad right of way and Emmett Street resi- dential area on the south, and the extended align- ment of Standard Avenue on the east. It is wholly O0012.q