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was for-sale housing, primarily in condominium form. In addition, more than 2,000 units of rental housing stock was converted to condominiums. City officials estimate that about 51 percent of all units were owner-occupied in 1980. Tables 7 and 8 of the Appendix document these trends. As of 1980, there were 39,135 single-family dwellings in the City, accounting for just over 58 percent of all units (mobile homes are included in the single-family category). Anothe 28,145 units were of the multi-family variety. Application of the 51 percent owner-occupancy rate would indicate that there are 34,262 owner-occupied units in the City and 32,918 rental units. Land Use Table 9 of the Appendix presents land use data for the period 1973-1980 by zoning classification. Over 52 percent of all land in the City is currently zoned for residential uses, with nearly 80 percent of that reserved for single-family use. Multi-family zoning accounts for about 12 percent of all land area in the City and single-family zoning totals approximately 40 percent. Vacanc~ Rates Current data relative to vacancy rates is not available. SCAG data for 1979 indicates an overall vacancy rate in Santa Ana of 1.28 percent, comprised of a 2.65 vacancy factor in rental housing and a 0.23 rate in ownership housing. In that almost all construction in the last two years has been of for-sale housing, and with increasing mortgage interest rates there is likely to be an unsold inventory of some proportion, it is likely that the vacancy rate in ownership housing is higher than that indicated in 1979. A survey of multi-family rental projects conducted by Santa Aha Planning Department staff in March 1981 found that 1.39% of the 8,552 units surveyed were vacant at that time. Condition of the Housin9 Stock 1976 Special Census findings about housing condition revealed that the central corridor of the City, from Euclid to the Santa Ana Freeway, roughly bounded on the north by 17th Street and on the south by Warner Avenue, displayed the highest levels of structural deterioration in the City. This area is also characterized by high percentages of the City's older housing stock, absentee ownership and incidences of overcrowding. Current City staff estimates are that approximately ll,000 units are substandard. Most of the deteriorated housing stock is located in the center of the City and in pockets on the extreme west and east, and most are single-family residences. Seventy to eighty percent of the substandard stock is estimated to be tenant-occupied; landlords typically are absentees. It should be noted that Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) estimates of deterioration, which are derived from the age, value and location of dwellings, place the number of deteriorated units at 6,000, or 9 percent of the total housing stock, of which 72 percent are estimated to be 5