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partnership with CHDOs - it is the primary mission of such organizations to create affordable housing opportunities households with very low incomes. With respect to home ownership programs, even though the median home purchase prices has come down in recent months, for a household earning less than 80% of the County Median Income the cost of homeownership (i.e., mortgage, tax, insurance, maintenance) still remains high. As a result of the collapse of the sub -prime mortgage industry, even credit - worthy buyers are finding it difficult to obtain financing. An added result of the current credit crunch is a slow down in land development. Many homebuilders throughout Orange County have substantially reduced their activity. New housing units that the City anticipated would be constructed at the time the Consolidated Plan was prepared, may not come to fruition for several years. With respect to homeless programs, accomplishment rates for supportive services and emergency shelter are on track. Transitional housing and homelessness prevention accomplishments remain below expected accomplishment rates. Based on feedback from transitional housing operators, clients are not leaving the program as quickly as anticipated. Three to four years ago, transitional housing clients were finding employment opportunities at a much quicker rate. With the raise of the national unemployment rate to 10 %, in recent months it is taking more time for individuals with little or no work experience to obtain jobs that pay a livable wage. With respect to homelessness prevention, two agencies that had previously utilized ESG funding to prevent evictions and /or utility cut -off, have not applied in recent yeas — five -year goals were established in the Consolidated Plan with these two agencies in mind. The City is on track to Det - ar g Is f re e mprovem is (six projects planned — eight completed to dat gr imi ark i provement project are on course to meet five -yea t thre f plan d ur proje completed and additional projects under construction. No youth center, water or street light projects have been undertaken so far during the five -year Consolidated Plan cycle; none are presently slated for construction as funding has been focused on improving neighborhood streets and parks with limited CDBG funding. Finally, most categories of public services appear to be on track to meet five -year goals except for services for persons with disabled. Based on a review of program statistics it appears one agency that traditionally had applied for funding from the City has not applied for CDBG assistance in recent years, thus overall accomplishment goals for this population are not meeting planned levels. Regionally, goals for housing for persons living with HIV /AIDS remain on track. 13 Draft 8/26/2009 19F -19