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a challenge for households earning less than 80% of county median income. Recent increases <br />in housing costs have exacerbated this situation.8 <br />The sub -prime mortgage industry crash has also made it difficult for lower income buyers to <br />qualify for a mortgage. In response to the corresponding increase in mortgage defaults and <br />foreclosures Congress created the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). The primary <br />objective of NSP is to stabilize neighborhoods that have been distres y abandoned and <br />foreclosed properties. Between 2008 and 2009, the City rece NSP awards of <br />$5,795,151 and $10,000,000. In Fiscal Year 2010 -1011, the Ci d NSP grant <br />award for $1,464,113. During 2012 -2013, these funds were tate and <br />subsequently sell eight housing units to qualified buyers. �rting <br />system for NSP funds. Reports regarding the use of 5 _wed on <br />the City's website at http: / /www.santa- ana.org /cd <br />• The City linked rehabilitation incentives with co, orts, The City <br />made resources available to existing or P iers to eliminate <br />building code deficiencies. Once impr a supply of standard <br />housing in the City. <br />• Neighborhood residents were encr_ _ aration and implementation <br />of neighborhood assessments `orhood Improvement Program <br />provided the means to facil'= _ -- t members (i.e., District Managers) <br />are assigned to one City. This staff is responsible for <br />coordinating the im nmunity projects within their district and <br />interacting with + '- ____ - =- :aK_. iations. This coordination includes working <br />with other cit, }, operty owners, tenants, nonprofit agencies and <br />the school u., <br />5• A - RESIDENTS INITIATIVES <br />There of Santa Ana. <br />6. ACTIONS T ND REDUCE LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS <br />Lead -paint hazar cally found in buildings constructed prior to 1978 —the year lead based <br />paint was banned i Oe U.S. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <br />approximately 250,000 U.S. children age 5 and younger remain at risk for exposure to harmful lead <br />levels (i.e., blood lead levels greater than the CDC recommended level of 10 micrograms of lead per <br />deciliter of blood (mcg -dQ). It is important to note that the CDC reports blood lead levels in <br />children age five and younger has declined 89 percent between 1976 and 2004. The CDC reports <br />B DataQuick News.com reports that at the end of June 2013, the median home sales price in Santa Ana was <br />$385,000, an increase of 32.8% from a year earlier. <br />08/11/2013 25 <br />19E -33 <br />