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combined with a rent increase, had contributed to the rate at that time. It was anticipated that their vacancy problems would be rectified in short order bY the managers of both complexes, The vacancy rate by unit type breakdown shows bachelor units to the highest at 11.6 percent with 42 units vacant out of 363. One bedroom units were close to the overall City average with 5.2 percent vacant (1,57 out of 2,642 units). Two-bedroc~ units had the lowest vacancy, with the 110 vacant units out of 2,394 total producing a 4.6 percent rate. The three-bedroom or more category had a vacancy rate of 5.9 percent, with 21 of 358 units vacant. The total of ,510 vacancies for 5,757 units resulted in the overall City rate of 5.4 percent. The curve of units by type was slightly skewed toward the smaller unit categories. One bedro~n units (45.9%) were predominant. Bachelor and three-plus-bedroom units were almost equivalent with 565 and 558 units re~ spectively. The bulk of three-bedroom units were found in a single census tract; 741.05 had 19Z of the 5S8 or 54 percent. The structural age of units showed the newer units to be on the southern and eastern frings of the City, and the units over 20 years old concentrated in the Central Corridor Area and the northern and southwestern areas along the eastern boundary of the Santa Ana River. Rent Structure: Rents ranged from a high average of $202.00 per month to a low of $85.00 for Census Tracts 740.01 and 742.00 respectively. The areas of lowest average monthly rents were located in the central body of the City between Edinger Avenue and Seventeenth Street on the .north and south and the Santa Aha Freeway on the west and east. The high average rent value areas were in the south part of Santa Aha or more recent multiple- unit developments and in the northeast sector of the City, north of the Santa Ana Freeway and Santiago Creek. The average rent for bachelor units was $1,51.00/mo., one bedroom units, $155.00/mo.; two bedroom units, $170.00/mo. three or more bedrooms, $194.00/mo. The average rent for all survey units throughout the City of Santa Arm was $161.00. This would indicate an approxi- mate increase in rent of 21 percent from the $135.00 (median rent) ~igure of the 1970 census. Target Areas: Of the 5,757 units for which information was gener- ated, 469 (§%) were units within target areas as discussed in C~apterVII. There were 101 bachelor units with an average rent of $95.50, 227 one bedroom units at $108.50, 151 two-bedroomunits at $128.00, and 9 three-plus-bedroom units at $116.00 per month. The average target area monthly rent, regardless 000141.