HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGE COUNTY (6)

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• Developer will have a local preference for families who live or work in the City of Santa Ana in the selection of qualified Low and Moderate-Income Households in compliance with Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 8-3500. The local preference will be applied after all existing residents have the opportunity to exercise the right of first refusal. • Developer will ensure that each "Program Participant" (used interchangeably with "Homebuyer") means the selected eligible person or family who will be purchasing a house. Each Program Participant will provide voluntary work as sweat equity or any other administrative work as may be designated by the Developer. Each Program Participant is to be selected by the Developer as more fully set forth in its Affordable Homeownership Program. The City shall have the right to review and approve the sweat equity requirements and related criteria (including a residency preference for Santa Ana residents or workers) applied through the Affordable Homeownership Program. • Developer will comply with the City's Community Workforce Agreement and union labor will be used for all necessary upgrades when volunteer labor is not used. • Developer will provide existing tenants with the right of first refusal to purchase a unit, provided they meet the eligibility requirements for Habitat for Humanity's Affordable Homeownership Program and the City of Santa Ana's Down Payment Assistance Program; provided, however, Developer shall at all times comply with the Relocation Laws. If an eligible and qualified household exercises the right of first refusal, Developer shall sell the Affordable Unit to that household. • Developer shall comply with all requirements of the California Building Code. If the Project requires a building permit that is subject to Chapter 11 B of the California Building Code, including but not limited to any requirements for "public housing" under Section 11 B-233.3, then Developer shall comply with applicable requirements of the California Building Code. • At the close of escrow for the purchase of each affordable unit, the City will require each household purchasing such unit to execute all documents and instruments required by the City's Down Payment Assistance Program. • The MOU shall set forth the terms and conditions for disbursement of the Conditional Relocation Allocation. All disbursements of the Conditional Relocation Allocation shall be subject to compliance with the Relocation Laws, and disbursed only on a reimbursement basis after the City has been provided reasonable documentation of compliance with the Relocation Laws. General Provisions: The City's obligation to provide the City Assistance to the Project is subject to each of the following conditions: