19F - CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

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E. OTHER ACTIONS Z. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS OBSTACLES TO MEETING UNDERSERVED NEEDS According to the City's 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan, Santa Ana's under-served include the elderly/frail elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, individuals with physical or mental disabilities, homeless, youth, and Extremely Low-Income households. During the report period, the City continued its efforts to address the needs of these populations. These efforts include the following: The City continued support for housing for the elderly and frail elderly. The housing needs of seniors are met though various means: there are 745 senior only units in various senior housing projects throughout the City. Also, the SAHA reports it provided rental assistance to 532 elderly households during the report period (plus an additional 1,036 disabled households). The Council on Aging of Orange County's Linkages program ensured 47 seniors had access to much needed referral and socialization services. Additionally, the Community SeniorServ provided daily meals to 1,098 homebound seniors and seniors utilizing the City's senior citizen centers. ^ As the administrator of HOPWA funds, the City continued its partnership with the County of Orange to provide tenant based rental assistance and other forms of emergency housing/utility assistance. One hundred twenty-three individuals were assisted during the report period with homelessness prevention services. Additionally, HOPWA funds assisted 16 individuals with emergency housing (residential substance treatment) and 131 with transitional housing; 55 households received long-terra 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. HOPWA funds not expended at the end of the 2008-2009 report period will be pooled with prior year development set-aside funds to support future housing development. • The 2005 - 2009 Consolidated Plan estimates there are 2,400 to 7,500 Santa Ana households with physical or mental disabilities who 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. As noted earlier in this report, one housing unit rehabilitated during the report period included improvements to assist persons with limited mobility. Additionally, the City entered into negotiations with a developer to construct amulti-unit housing project for persons with disabilities. Based on 2005 - 2009 Consolidated Plan data it is estimated there are 1,804 homeless individuals in Santa Ana. Numerous programs were funded with CDBG, ESG and HOPWA 25 Draft s/z5/zoo9 19F-31