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IX. ASSESSMENT OF REL4CATI4N NEEDS <br />A. SURVEY METHOD <br />To obtain information necessary for the preparation of this Plan, a personal interview was <br />conducted with the residential occupants by Developer staff in November 2008. Inquiries made <br />of the tenant concerned household size and composition, income, monthly rent, length of <br />occupancy, ethnicity, home language, physical disabilities, and replacement housing preferences. <br />A sample of the residential interview form used in the interview process is presented as Exhibit <br />A of this report. After repeated Developer attempts (in writing and in person) to interview the <br />tenants and collect income documentation, tenants in three of the 23 occupied units did not <br />participate in the interview process or comply with the income qualification process. These three <br />tenant households will be permanently displaced with no relocation assistance and are not a part <br />of this Relocation Plan. <br />B. FIELD SURVEY DATA <br />I. Current Occupants <br />There are four residential households to be permanently relocated for the Project that may be <br />eligible for relocation assistance and are the subjects of this Plan. At the time of the interviews, <br />the households consisted of nine adults and eight ehildxen (17-years or younger}. <br />The Developer's standard for housing density for the permanent displacees allows two persons <br />per bedroom and one person in the common living area (2+1 occupancy standard}. Based on this <br />criterion and available tenant data, there are two overcrowded households. Replacement housing <br />referrals to the occupants of these dwellings will reflect the need for larger accommodations. <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 household <br />size with the Developer's replacement housing occupancy standards. These standards, generally, <br />allow for up to three persons in none-bedroom unit, five persons in atwo-bedroom unit, seven <br />persons in athree-bedroom unit and eight or more persons in afour-bedroom unit. <br />The replacement units required for the Project occupants include: one studio apartment, one one- <br />bedroom apartment unit and two three-bedroom apartment units. <br />3. Income <br />Information regarding grass household income was provided by alI four eligible households to <br />be displaced. According to income standards for the County of Orange (Exhibit C) adjusted for <br />family size as published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />(HUD}: all four households qualify as Law income (51 %-80% of area median income}. <br />