80B - LOAN AGMTS 703 N LACY 702 S RAITT

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II. ASSESSMENT OF RELOCATION NEEDS A. SURVEY METHOD To obtain information necessary for the preparation of this Plan, a personal interview was conducted with the residential occupants by Developer staff in November 2008. Inquiries made of the tenant concerned household size and composition, income, monthly rent, length of occupancy, ethnicity, home language, physical disabilities, and replacement housing preferences. A sample of the residential interview form used in the interview process is presented as Exhibit A of this report. After repeated Developer attempts (in writing and in person) to interview the tenants and collect income documentation, tenants in three of the 23 occupied units did not participate in the interview process or comply with the income qualification process. These three tenant households will be permanently displaced with no relocation assistance and are not a part of this Relocation Plan. B. FIELD SURVEY DATA 1. Current Occupants There are four residential households to be permanently relocated for the Project that may be eligible for relocation assistance and are the subjects of this Plan. At the time of the interviews, the households consisted of nine adults and eight children (17 years or younger). The Developer's standard for housing density for the permanent displacees allows two persons per bedroom and one person in the common living area (2+1 occupancy standard). Based on this criterion and available tenant data, there are two overcrowded households. Replacement housing referrals to the occupants of these dwellings will reflect the need for larger accommodations. 2. Replacement Housing Needs Replacement housing needs, as expressed in this plan, are defined by the total number of required replacement units and distribution of those units by bedroom size. The projected number of required units by bedroom size is calculated by comparing survey data for household size with the Developer's replacement housing occupancy standards. These standards, generally, allow for up to three persons in aone-bedroom unit, five persons in atwo-bedroom unit, seven persons in athree-bedroom unit and eight or more persons in afour-bedroom unit. The replacement units required for the Project occupants include: one studio apartment, one one- bedroom apartment unit and two three-bedroom apartment units. 3. Income Information regarding gross household income was provided by all four eligible households to be displaced. According to income standards for the County of Orange (Exhibit C) adjusted for family size as published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): all four households qualify as Low income (51 %-80% of area median income). 80B-18