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residential care and had access to valuable resource information. Additionally the Feedback Foundation provided home daily meals to 157 homebound seniors, and 72 seniors benefited from services offered at the Southwest Senior Center. ■ As the administrator of HOPWA funds, the City continued its partnership with the County of Orange and qualified service providers to provide tenant based rental assistance and other forms of emergency housing /utility assistance. Five hundred fifty -one persons were assisted during the report period with homelessness prevention services. Additionally, HOPWA funds assisted 78 persons with transitional housing and 133 with tenant based rental assistance. Since affordable housing opportunities for persons with HIV /AIDS are limited throughout Orange County, Santa Ana staff continued efforts to develop permanent supportive housing for persons with AIDS. During the report period, HOPWA funds were used to acquire property for the construction of an AIDS housing project in partnership with Mercy Housing, the County of Orange, and the City of Anaheim. Additionally, HOPWA funds have been utilized by Mercy House Transitional Living Center for development of a second AIDS - housing project. ■ The 2000 - 2004 Consolidated Plan estimates 14,783 Santa Ana residents with physical or mental disabilities are in need of supportive housing. Building requirements for handicap- accessible units are costly. Due to these costs, developers have been reluctant to undertake the construction of new handicap - accessible units. Nonetheless, the City continued to encourage developers and property owners to build or modify units to meet accessibility needs. The entrances to all buildings rehabilitated at Cornerstone Village (46 buildings) are handicapped accessible." As noted earlier in this report, one housing unit rehabilitated during the report period included improvements to assist persons with limited mobility. ■ Based on 2000 - 2004 Consolidated Plan data there are approximately 1,600 homeless /at -risk persons in Santa Ana. Numerous programs were funded with CDBG, ESG and HOPWA funds to assist these individuals. The number of persons assisted during the report period is highlighted throughout this document. ■ The City's housing and public service programs provided substantial resources to assist the community's extremely low- income residents. Accomplishments are highlighted throughout this document. Examples include housing rehabilitation and rental assistance, public safety, medical /dental care, and family counseling. 2. ACTIONS TO FOSTER AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING: By leveraging federal funds with private, local redevelopment, state and affordable housing bond funds, the City " The Cornerstone Village neighborhood was previously called Minnie Street. IDIS continues to identify projects for this neighborhood as Minnie Street. 17 19E -20 9/9/04