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income. Fewer and fewer .households are now able to afford new housing than in any other time period since the housing shortage at the end of ~¥orld %¥ar II. 0 Due to the several factors of increased housing costs, a younger population and its accompanying higher rates of.mobility and a general attitude toward fuller utilization of leisure time, the County is experienc- ing a rapid increase in the number of multiple units built and rented. The impact of these four main changes in the housing ~tructure should have a considerable effect on future County. growth and the housing conditions in Santa Aha. Increased reliance on multiple units t~ satisfy housing needs of the residents of both the County and Santa Aha will have the effect of considerably raising the overall density based on present building trends. A population growth of eve~ 74,400 per year until 1980 would give the County about 2,000,000 people by that date. ~ven.this level of growth, substantially lower than that required to produce the projected 1980 population figure of 2,101,500, would necessitate the urbanization of much of the southern County area. This population growth into newer areas would occur while the older, more mature, cities such as Santa Ana would probably find themselves housing a high proportion of the financially constrained.. ~ANTA ANA HOUSING ~K.E?....ARE~: The City contained 59,992 dwelling units as of July 1974. The housing stock was composed of 20,971 (35.0%) multiple family dwelling units, 35,645 (59.4%) single-family dwelling units, and 3,376 (5.6%) mobile homes. The housing stock increased from 50,059 in April 1970 to 59,992 in July 1974, in increase of 20 percent. During this period, 321 housing units were demolished. As reported in Residential Sales Survey, during mid-1974 there were three new condominiums'and one plaDned unit develop- ment, composed of 826 dwelling units, in the process of being occupied or sold in Santa Aha. Prices ranged from a $25,990 (1,056 square feet, two bedroom, two bath) unit at Main Attraction (a condominium) to a $38,900 (1,650 square feet~ three bedroom, two bath) unit at South Coast Shores (a PUD). All the projects had conventional financing only. Comparing manta'Aha with the south and east Orange County area, the completed housing. units numbered 7,339, or 54 percent of the pro- posed total unsold completed houses numbered 280, or 4 percent of the completed homes. Only .. 000076'