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Special Housing Needs This section will analyze the housing needs of se homeless people, single -parent households, lar other special needs groups identified by the City section is to provide a succinctyet insightful port pressing housing needs so that responsive policies be fashioned. The analysis will contain: • Quantification of persons and/or households • Quantification and Qualitative description of need • Identification of resources available to meet those needs • Description of program/policy options for addressing need While most housing elements present basic information as to the needs of these groups from statistics derived from the Census Bureau, we have secured information from the 2000 CHAS database that will allow us to determine: The extent of housing problems for income categories used by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) (e.g., very low, low, moderate, and above) The extent of housing problems for the elderly, small families, large families, and people with disabilities The extent of housing problems for specific block groups within the community if desired or valuable for the Housing Element At -Risk Housing We will evaluate the affordable projects at risk of conversion to non -low- income uses based on a review of state and federal databases, the California Housing Partnership databases, and other information provided by the City. The analysis will contain: • Inventory of units subject to expiration or conversion • Assessment of preservation versus replacement costs • Public and nonprofit entities for potential acquisition • Potential local, state, and federal funding sources The 2000-2005 Housing Element identified approximately 2,500 affordable housing units that are publicly subsidized, and most are at risk of conversion to market rates during the planning period of this update. This section could be a key focus of the Housing Plan for the present update, particularly given the limited amount of land available for development and present City desire to reserve the remaining underutilized sites for development of higher -end housing products. Housing Element Update THE PLANNING CENTER I Page 2-3