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CR -35 - Other Actions 91.2200)-(k); 91.320(i) -(j) Actions taken to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment. 91.220 Q); 91.320 (i) The 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan identified several barriers to the development of affordable housing including the following: • Limited funding sources, financial costs, and the costs of development. • Market constraints primarily the availability, cost, and competition for land. • Available land in the City mostly consists of small parcels that ust be assembled for significant 'new construction projects. Relocation costs and housing replacement requirements for redeveloping improved properties also presents barriers to the d velopment of affordable housing. • The region's rents have continued to increase. Higher rents limited the bility of some lower income households to obtain decent and history are severely impacted. In an effort to mitigate these barriers, Santa Ana period: • Continued to enforce thed meet the specified criteria sale, then a mini.� 1. to Low Income,7 ehold: of 15% of the uni8,shall be households; 3) D\\ve p fee in lieu of constructinR,s Households with no or poor credit actions during the report in which new residential projects that the new Residential Project consists of units for f,hle total number of units in the project shall be sold or rented If the new Residential Project consist of rental units, a minimum ted to low income households, or 10% rented to very low income elect to satisfy the requirements for the project by payment of a or all of the affordable units. • Awarded loan agreement commitments to be funded with the in lieu fees to the Santa Ana Arts Collective, a 58 -unit adaptive reuse project. Actions taken to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) Based on the 2017 Point in Time Count and Survey, there are 4,792 individuals experiencing homelessness in the County, with 1,392 in the Central part of the County in which Santa Ana sits. While the exact number for individuals experiencing homelessness in Santa Ana is unknown, we do know that a large concentration of individuals experiencing homelessness do reside in the Civic Center. A survey conducted by the OC Mental Health Association, in August of 2016, showed 461 individuals residing in just the Civic Center area of Santa Ana, this number has increased from the 2015 count. A large number of individuals also reside in the Santa Ana Riverbed. Because many of these individuals move from city CAPER OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) 19D-23 FVl