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II. ASSESSMENT OF RELOCATION 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 prods T~;,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 o~ the 23 occupied units did not <br />participate in the interview process or comply with the income qualificatipn process. These three <br />tenant households will be permanently displaced with no t~~ocation assistance and are not a part <br />of this Relocation Plan. ~°` <br />B. FIELD SURVEY DATA <br />1. Current Occupants <br />There are four residential households to be pei <br />eligible for relocation assistance and are the but <br />the households consisted of nine adults and eigh <br />The Developer's standard for housing density i <br />per bedroom and ong:-'person in the common Irvi <br />criterion and available tenaizt data, there are two <br />referrals to the occunants ofthese dwetliuaa will <br />located ppr~the Project that may be <br />Plan.:,At the time of the interviews, <br />7 yeairs or younger). <br />the permanent displacees allows two persons <br />area (2+1 occupancy standard). Based on this <br />erowded households. Replacement housing <br />Elect the need for larger accommodations. <br />2. <br />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 aone-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 gross household income was provided by all 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 Low income (51%-80% of area median income). <br />4 - 78 <br />