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AP -85 Other Actions — 91.220(k) Introduction The City of Santa Ana will undertake many activities aimed at addressing the needs of the community's underserved populations. Underserved individuals include elderly, persons with a disability, youth, homeless, veterans and very low- income individuals. Actions planned to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs In orderto serve the underserved populations, the City will focus limited resources toward rehabilitating existing housing units and expanding the number of affordable housing units for both owners and renters. Housing rehabilitation and acquisition /development of new rental housing units are examples of these activities. The city and local nonprofits will continue to provide services for underserved City residents. Social services to be funded will include programs with an emphasis on crime prevention, intervention and suppression for children, youth and families. Homeless programs include rapid rehousing, homeless prevention, shelter and street outreach. By focusing resources on the housing and community needs identified as high priority, the City will be able to utilize limited resources more efficiently. When available, Santa Ana will seek out additional resources beyond federal and state funds to address these needs. Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing In an effort to maintain and foster affordable housing, Santa Ana will continue to seek ways to achieve this objective. These will include programs and activities such as: • Implement the recently revised inclusionary housing ordinance referred to as the Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO.) This ordinance applies to applies to residential projects with a zone change that allow residential development where such uses were not previously allowed, and include more than 5 units, to provide either 10% of all new units to be affordable to very - low income households or 15% of all new units to be affordable to low- income households. Developers also have an option to pay an in -lieu fee which will go towards affordable housing development within the City of Santa Ana. 0 Use limited 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. • Collaborate with CHDOs to help ensure long -term affordability and maintenance of housing units. • Continue the Housing Authority's outreach to rental property owners to encourage participation in the rental assistance program. CM6 Control No: 2506 -0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) Annual Action Plan 40 2017 21A-44