19F - CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

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IV. HOME NARRATIVE STATEMENTS A. ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP OF HOME FUNDS Ht CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS He OBJECTIVES Assessment of HOME Funds to Meet Highest Priority Activities The City of Santa Ana has utilized its HOME funds to expand and preserve the City's supply of affordable housing - activities listed as a high priority in the Consolidated TABLE 14 - 2008-2009 HOME-FUNDED HOUSING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Plan. HOME resources were utilized to assist both rental and owner units. Table 14 provides a summary of Santa Ana's distribution categories of housing during the report period. The City vigorously sought to fund activities that addressed priority needs as established in the 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan -these efforts are further summarized in EXHIBIT 6. Progress Toward Meetir~ Affordable Housing Goals With HOME Funds As demonstrated above, HOME funds were spent to assist 18 housing units during the report period). EXHIBIT 9 provides additional data regarding Program Year 2008-2009 housing accomplishments and efforts to meet one- and five-year goals. Progress Toward Meeting Housing Needs of Lower Income Persons As demonstrated above, HOME funds were spent to assist eight homeowners rehabilitate their primary residence and also assisted a CHDO to rehab ten rental-housing units; no first-time homebuyers were assisted during 2008-2009. During the report period, the bulk of owners assisted with HOME funds were Very Low-Income (seven of the eight assisted owners). The incomes of renter households benefiting from rehabbed units were also slightly skewed toward households with Very Low-Income (six of the 10 assisted units). EXHIBIT 9 provides additional data regarding Program Year 2008-2009 housing accomplishments and efforts to meet the needs of Lower Income households. 45 Draft 8/26/2009 19F-51 of HOME funds among different income