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?he Station Dish'ict Project II. ASSESSMENT OF RELOCATION NEEDS A. SUR VEY METHOD To obtain . information necessary for the preparation of this Plan,_ personal interviews with the Project occupants were conducted in June 2009. The- interviewers were successful in obtaining survey responses:from, all seven :occupied households in the Project. The data in this section of the .Plan are based solely on the unconfirmed responses of those individuals who participated in the survey. Inquiries made of the residential occupants :concerned,household size and composition, income, monthly rent, length of occupancy,- ethnicity, home language, -physical disabilities; and replacement Housing preferance.s. A Sample of the- residential interview form used in the interview process is presented as Exhibit B of this report, B. FIELD SURVEY DATA 1. Current Occupants There are seven residential. households to .be relocated. for the Project. At the time of the interviews, there were 25 adults and 13 children (17 years: or younger) on -site for a total project occupancy of 38 persons, The project households currently :oceupy six apartment units (three:studios and three two- bedroom units) and one four - bedroom single- family residence. The commonly accepted standard for .housing density, and the Agency's approved.policy, allows two persons per bedroom and -one person in the common living area. Based on this criterion and,available tenant data, there appears to be three o vercrowded units among the project 1 ouseholds. 2. Replacement Housing Need's 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 typical replacement Housing occupancy standards. These standard generally, allow for up to three persons in. a one - bedroom unit, f ve persons in a two- bedroom unit, seven persons in:a three- bedroom unit and nine or more pe* rsons in a four bedroom unit. ReplaEernent units required for the Project occupants include two studios, one One - bedroom unit, one two - bedroom unit, two three - bedroom units and one. four-. bedroom unit. 3 L:"� "+ I i�