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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 17, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT <br />ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 3B) <br />r <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />_T.-.• <br />0 As Recommended <br />El As Amended <br />0 Ordinance on V1 Reading <br />0 Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />0 Implementing Resolution <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTI NUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize submittal of the General Plan Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the State of <br />California Housing and Community Development (HCD). <br />The General Plan Housing Element is a comprehensive planning document designed to address <br />current and future housing needs for the City of Santa Ana. The housing vision is expressed in the <br />goals, policies and implementation programs as stated in the Housing Element. The purpose of the <br />Housing Element Annual Progress Report (Exhibit 1) is to describe the activities and <br />accomplishments made in 2014 to implement the City's housing vision. <br />Two major programs implemented this past year included the adoption of the Harbor Transit <br />Corridor Mixed Use Corridor Specific Plan in October 2014 to zone more land to allow new <br />housing /mixed use opportunities, and implementing the City's Housing Opportunity Ordinance <br />through developer agreements to set -aside 10 affordable housing units to serve low income <br />households. In particular, the report includes a summary of Santa Ana's progress in meeting its <br />share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). As detailed below, of the 405 RHNA <br />allocation assigned to Santa Ana for the planning period 2014 - 2021, a total of 130 new housing <br />units, or 32 percent of the overall RHNA new construction target, have been completed through <br />December 2014. <br />Progress Towards 2014.2021 RHNA Goal <br />Income <br />RHNAallocation <br />2014 New Housing <br />units <br />2014 <br />RHNA Housing units <br />by Income <br />Total Remaining RHNA by <br />Income Levels <br />Ve Low <br />156 <br />20 <br />20 <br />136 <br />Low <br />122 <br />20 <br />20 <br />102 <br />Moderate <br />37 <br />0 <br />0 <br />37 <br />Above Moderate <br />90 <br />241 <br />90 <br />0 <br />Total RHNA: <br />40s <br />281 <br />130 <br />275 <br />Based on building permits issued <br />19D -1 <br />