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Housing Production <br />Santa Ana faces issues such as adapting to changing housing market conditions, meeting <br />state -mandated regional housing needs and goals, furthering quality housing and <br />neighborhoods, accommodating social and economic diversity, assisting residents with <br />special housing needs, and supporting the City's long-term economic development. The <br />Housing Element establishes a vision, goals, policies, and programs to address these <br />issues. This section highlights the various efforts completed in 2024 toward realizing <br />those goals and implementing the listed programs and actions. The complete Housing <br />Element Annual Progress Report is organized as a separate document (Attachment 13) <br />with the required data and in the format required by state law. <br />Regional Housing Needs Allocation <br />The City's regional housing needs allocation (RHNA), determined by the Southern <br />California Association of Governments (SCAG), is 3,137 housing units for the 6t" cycle <br />2021-2029 planning period. Within this housing goal, the City is required to plan for four <br />income and affordability goals: very low, low, moderate, and above moderate. The City's <br />RHNA by affordability level is 606 units of housing affordable to very low-income <br />households, 362 units of housing affordable to low-income households, 545 units of <br />housing affordable to moderate -income households, and 1,624 units of housing <br />affordable to above -moderate income households. <br />There were a total of 262 building permits issued for new housing units in Santa Ana in <br />2024, of which 48 housing units are affordable to very low-income and 81 to low-income <br />households, respectively. With the issuance of these permits, the City is on pace to <br />substantially exceed its RHNA in all unit categories by the end of the planning period. <br />Progress Towards 2021-2029 RHNA Goal <br />(New Housing Units by Category and Year) <br />Total <br />Total Units <br />% of RHNA <br />Income <br />RHNA <br />2021 <br />2022 <br />2023 <br />2024 <br />2025 <br />2026 <br />2027 <br />2028 <br />2029 <br />Units <br />Remaining <br />Completed <br />Very <br />606 <br />41 <br />191 <br />64 <br />48 <br />344 <br />262 <br />57% <br />Low <br />Low <br />362 <br />43 <br />102 <br />113 <br />81 <br />339 <br />23 <br />94% <br />Mod. <br />545 <br />11 <br />41 <br />84 <br />65 <br />201 <br />344 <br />37% <br />Above <br />1,624 <br />639 <br />567 <br />2,281 <br />68 <br />3,555 <br />(1,931) <br />219% <br />Mod. <br />Total: <br />3,137 <br />734 <br />901 <br />2,542 <br />262 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 4,439 <br />1 (1,302) <br />1 142% <br />Based on building permits issued. Parentheses are used to show the number of units developed in excess of the RHNA goal. <br />5 <br />