CommunityBased Organizations

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Community-Based Organizations Stakeholder
Meeting January 17, 2008
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• What is a Housing Element?
• A mandated chapter of Santa Anas comprehensive
  General Plan
• General Plan guides future growth in Santa Ana.
  Chapters include
• - land use
• - transportation
• - parks and recreation
• - public safety
• The Housing Element sets policy it does not
  regulate the development, design, and location of
  housing, etc.

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• Legal Background
• Government Code, 65584 requires all cities have
  a adequate housing element
• Housing Element has specific and detailed
  statutory requirements
• Housing Element must be consistent with other
  state/federal statutes and planning mandates
• Required to address the production,
  rehabilitation, and conservation of housing in
  Santa Ana

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• Housing Element Outreach
• Community Workshops
• Community/Business Outreach
• Stakeholder Workshop
• City Council Visioning
• Commission Study Sessions
• Public Hearings

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• Housing Element Steps
• Step 1 Assess housing needs of residents,
  workforce, special groups
• Step 2 Inventory resources and constraints to
  meet housing needs
• Step 3 Evaluate housing programs and gaps in
  meeting housing needs
• Step 4 Develop policies and programs to meet
  unmet housing needs

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• Where is Santa Ana today?
• 27 square miles in size
• 350,000 plus residents (9th largest)
• Center of Orange County
• Dense community (13th)
• Diverse, urban and international
• Gateway community into California

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• Our Residents
• Predominantly Hispanic, international, 50 of
  residents foreign born
• Primarily family-oriented with children median
  age of 27 years
• Predominantly families with five members also
  intergenerational
• Source
• U.S. Census, 2000

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What types of industries are in Santa Ana?

• Our Economy
• Santa Ana offers about 150,000 jobs in diverse
  range of industries
• Approximately 2 jobs per 1 household matches
  average 2 workers/family
• Clusters manufacturing, professional, government
  administration, trades
• Source
• Employment Development Department, 2007

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What occupations do Santa Ana residents hold?

• Employment
• Approximately 158,000 residents employed
• Three clusters
• Sales/Office
• Production
• Services
• Residents primarily work in low-moderate income
  occupations
• Source
• Employment Development Department, 2007
• American Community Survey, 2006

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What do we earn in household income?

• Household Income
• Housing Element law specifies four income groups
  for households
• Median income in 2006 Orange County 78,300
  Santa Ana 54,000
• 60 of Santa Ana hhlds earn lower income, or less
  than 63,000
• Source
• U.S. Census, 2000

Notation Household income thresholds based on
family of four and according to State Housing
Element income guidelines.
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• Where do we live?
• Diverse mosaic of neighborhoods with rich
  cultural fabric
• City focusing on creating great places
• - quality housing
• - parks and recreation
• - public safety
• Source
• City of Santa Ana, CDA

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• Key Neighborhood Services
• Fire and Police Service
• Traffic and Safe Routes
• Parks and Open Space
• Recreation/Culture
• Code Enforcement
• Revitalization Efforts

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What kind of housing does Santa Ana provide?

• Our Housing
• Santa Ana offers about 75,000 housing units
• Predominantly single-family housing types
• Homeownership-renter ratio is nearly 50-50
• Vacancy rate is low around 2 percent
• Source
• Department of Finance, 2007
• U.S. Census, 2000

Single-family Homes 45
Apartments Homes 41
Mobile Homes 5
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When was Santa Anas housing built?

• Housing Age
• Housing was primarily built during 40 year period
  (1950-89)
• Built primarily before more modern building and
  design standards
• Older housing stock suggests continued need for
  rehabilitation
• Source
• U.S. Census, 2000

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How much does it cost to buy a home?

• Housing Prices
• Home prices more than doubled since 1999
• Median prices vary by product, quality, by size,
  and location
• Requires approximately 100,000 in income for
  1st time homebuyer, except mobile homes
• Source
• Data Quick Real Estate Surveys, 2007
• Federal Affordability Standards, 2007

Mobile home prices do not include space rents
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What do apartments rent for in Santa Ana?

• Apartment Rents
• Low vacancy rate drives up apartment rents 50
  since 1999
• Current rents range from 1,050 to 1,900/unit
• Requires an income of
• - 44,000 for 1 bdrm
• - 55,000 for 2 bdrm
• - 68,000 for 3 bdrm
• Source
• Real Facts Apartment Surveys, 2007
• Federal Affordability Standards, 2007

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Many residents are overpaying/or doubling up

• Housing Problems
• 7 of 10 households overpay for or live in
  overcrowded housing
• Affects large families, low income, seniors
  special needs groups
• Affects more renters than homeowners, but
  still high for owners
• Source
• U.S. Census, 2000

Overcrowding is defined as a housing
arrangement where the number of occupants
exceeds the number of habitable rooms in a home.
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Key Goals in 2000-2005 Housing Element

• Promote variety of housing types to accommodate
  needs.
• Incrementally improve substandard housing .
• Preserve housing opportunities for lower income
  households.
• Maintain, preserve, and revitalize neighborhoods
  .
• Promote the preservation of historic homes ..

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• New Construction
• State Housing Element law requires cities to
  address future growth
• SCAG prepares RHNA every 5 years that indicates
  housing need
• Cities must designate land, adopt regulations,
  and allocate funds to facilitate new housing

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Construction Goals Progress (2000-2005)

• Construction Need
• Goal City was required to plan for 1,339 units
  at four affordability levels
• Progress Met above-mod req limited progress in
  low-mod income reqs
• Challenge How to address low-mod housing
  requirement
• Source
• City of Santa Ana HCD Progress Report

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Housing Construction Goals for 2006-2014

• Housing Goals
• Santa Ana is required to plan for 3,393 new units
  between 2006 and 2014
• Includes apartments, condominiums, and
  single-family homes
• Housing prices must be affordable to all income
  levels in Santa Ana
• Source
• Southern Cal. Association of Governments

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• Housing Approved
• City Place
• MacArthur Place
• Santiago Lofts
• New Opportunities
• Metro East Overlay
• Renaissance SP

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Substandard housing units in Santa Ana

• Rehabilitation Need
• Santa Ana has up to 16,000 substandard housing
  units
• Definitions estimates vary, issues include
• - unpermitted add-ons
• - incomplete kitchen/
• - incomplete plumbing
• - unvented heating
• Source
• 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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Rehabilitation Goals Progress (2000-2005)

• Housing Rehabilitation
• Goal Improve substan-dard housing to a decent,
  safe, sanitary condition
• Progress Exceeded all goals for 2000-2005
• Challenge Continue progress, yet needs far
  exceed resources
• Source
• 2004-2005 CAPER

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• Rehab Projects
• Cornerstone Villages (513 afford. family units)
  
• Ross Durant Apt. (48 afford. family
  units)
• Howard Johnson motel (89 low income sr. units)
• 6th Street Apartments (24-units near MetroLink)
• Source
• City of Santa Ana, CDA

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Subsidized Affordable Housing in Santa Ana

• City has approximately 2,500 assisted affordable
  units
• Affordable housing to 1,600 families 800 senior
  households
• 60 of affordable units could revert to market
  rates by 2025
• Source
• 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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• Housing Preservation
• Goal Preserve affordable units at-risk of
  conversion to market rents
• Progress Currently rehabbed and preserved
  numerous projects
• Challenge Limited public funding for
  preservation and changing market forces
  (potential rents)

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• Special Needs Groups
• State HCD is increasingly focusing on housing
  special needs groups and their relationship to
  fair housing law
• SB520 Analysis of land use, zoning, building
  codes, and permit processes for housing for
  people with disabilities, such as licensed care
  facilities
• SB2 Allowing transitional and supportive housing
  by right in all residential neighborhoods and
  emergency shelters by right in a zone

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Special Needs Groups

• Special Needs
• 2006-2014 Housing Element also must addresses
  special needs
• Ranges from 1,800 homeless to 32,000 large
  families (40 of hhlds)
• Special needs groups experience higher rates and
  severity of problems
• Source
• U.S. Census, 2000
• 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan

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Who Needs Housing?
We All Do