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The Station District Project <br />II. ASSESSMENT OF RELOCATION NEEDS <br />A. SURVEY METHOD <br />To obtain information necessary for the preparation of this Plan, personal interviews with the <br />Project occupants were conducted in February - May 2010. The interviewers were successful in <br />obtaining survey responses from 10 of the 12 occupied households in the Project. The data in <br />this section of the Plan are based solely on the unconfirmed responses of those individuals who <br />participated in the survey. <br />Inquiries made of the residential occupants concerned household size and composition, income, <br />monthly rent, length of occupancy, ethnicity, home language, physical disabilities, and <br />replacement housing preferences. A Sample of the residential interview form used in the <br />interview process is presented as Exhibit A of this report. <br />B. FIELD SURVEY DATA <br />1. Current Occupants <br />There are 12 residential households to be relocated for the Project. At the time of the <br />interviews, there were 39 adults and 25 children (17 years or younger) on-site for a total <br />known project occupancy of 64 persons. <br />The project households currently occupy apartment units and single-family residences <br />(SFRs). Occupied units are comprised of. four 2-bedroom apartment units, four 1- <br />bedroom duplex units, two 2-bedroom SFRs and two 3-bedroom SFRs. The commonly <br />accepted standard for housing density, and the Agency's approved policy, allows two <br />persons per bedroom and one person in the common living area. Based on this criterion <br />and available tenant data, there appears to be eight overcrowded units among the project <br />tenant households. <br />2. Replacement Housing Needs <br />Replacement housing needs, as expressed in this plan, are defined by the total number of <br />required replacement units and distribution of those units by bedroom size. The projected <br />number of required units by bedroom size is calculated by comparing survey data for <br />household size with typical replacement housing occupancy standards. These standards, <br />generally, allow for up to three persons in a one-bedroom unit, five persons in a two- <br />bedroom unit, seven persons in a three-bedroom unit and nine or more persons in a four- <br />bedroom unit. <br />Replacement rental units required for the Project occupants include: two 2-bedroom <br />apartment units, two 3-bedroom apartment units, one 1-bedroom duplex unit, two 2- <br />bedroom duplex units, one 3-bedroom duplex unit, one 3 bedroom SFR and two 4- <br />7 <br />55A-12