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2. ACTIONS TO FOSTER & MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING As in past years Santa Ana made an effort to leveraged federal funds with private, local Redevelopment, State, tax credit and bond funds in order to increase and preserve the City's supply of affordable rental housing. With the end of redevelopment, obtaining affordable housing resources will become more challenging; however, the City will continue to seek resources that can be used to further affordable housing opportunities. The City's owner- occupied housing rehabilitation programs have helped preserve housing units occupied by to come households. Furthermore, homeownership opportunities for Low- and Moderate -' nebuyers were available via the City's participation in the ADDI program and NSP. H I foster and maintain housing for persons with HIV and AIDS vention, emergency /transitional housing, and tenant based rental as ' „ the Santa Ana Housing Authority provided rental assistance v seholds. Participants in the Authority's Family Self- Sufficiency ( es on how to prepare for homeownership. Currently 43 fami" ,crow accounts with an average monthly deposit of $178. Cumin x156,148. 3. ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO AFFORDP" The 2010 -2014 Consolidated Plan Id development of affordable housing including the following: • Governmental constraints s __. controls (e.g., density and zoning restrictions, building co /off -site improvement, prevailing wage regulations, and AD= ,a • Market constrain* x _ and competition for land. Other constraints include limiter „ and the costs of construction. Available land in the City r - als that must be assembled for significant new constr costs and housing replacement requirements for re ISO presents barriers to the development of affordable ho —` • The re ;;hued to increase. Higher rents limited the ability of some lower income h tain decent and affordable housing. Households with no or poor credit history ely impacted. In an effort to mitigate these barriers the City of Santa Ana undertook the following actions during the report period: • Utilized public resources to fund the development and /or the acquisition and rehabilitation of rental housing units. This public assistance will result in lower rents for assisted units thus partially offsetting the impacts of some of the barriers listed above. Partnering with CHDOs helps ensures long -term affordability and maintenance of housing units. 08/11/2013 23 19E -31