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requirements for redeveloping improved properties also presents barriers to the <br />development of affordable housing. <br />• The region's rents have increased marginally. They remained relatively high which has <br />limited the ability of lower income households to obtain decent and affordable housing. <br />Households with no or poor credit history are severely impacted. <br />In an effort to mitigate these barriers the City of Santa Ana un <br />during the report period: <br />Utilized public resources to fund the rehabilit <br />public assistance will result in lower rents for <br />impacts of some of the barriers listed above <br />term affordability and maintenance of housi . <br />The City's Housing Authority conducted o <br />participation in the rental assis nce F <br />counseling to new /prospective t r <br />Credit counseling was provided <br />nonprofit agency. <br />4. <br />The City worked <br />incentives with ne <br />buildinglAWN <br />the following actions <br />units CHDOs. This <br />Dally offsetting the <br />ip ensures long- <br />prproperiy owners to encourage <br />Authority's staff also provided <br />a of building good credit history. <br />kit Counseling Center, a local <br />& ENHANCE COORDINATION <br />stitutio to initiate programs that link economic <br />opment objectives. These efforts included <br />%da iations, community based lending agencies, <br />The City also supported programs aimed at enhancing <br />the report period to overcome gaps and enhance <br />The City's Wo estment Act (WIA) advisory board played a key role in developing <br />employment op pities for lower income Santa Ana residents. The WIA board is <br />comprised of various community leaders representing private employment, education, <br />social services and government. This diversity in the board's representation ensures that <br />the community's workforce needs are identified and addressed through a variety of public <br />and private resources. This advisory board also brings key community contacts together <br />resulting in enhanced coordination of program delivery and resource utilization. <br />• As a participant in the Continuum of Care Community Forum and the HIV Planning Council, <br />the City can ensure barriers created by regional institutional structures that address the <br />27 08 /24 /2010 <br />