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NNA N yA-, t 111'"„ 4Yk I9E Building Healthy Communities Santa Ana BuildinL Healthy Communities 1505 E 17`h St, Suite 117, Santa Ana, CA 92705 PHONE: (714)617-88911 FAX: (714)647-09011 www.sa-bhc.org September 18, 2018 Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Be 1988, M31 Santa Ana,CA 92701 RE: Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report Support Development of a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities (SABHC) is committed to addressing health inequities and improving opportunities for a healthy, thriving Santa Ana. SABHC understands that health is directly shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, raised, live, and work. Improving these circumstances is a collective responsibility and one that must be led by those directly affected. The need for housing affordable to low-wage earners in Orange County, California, is enormous. Ranked among the top ten least affordable metropolitan areas in the countrylrl, Orange County is suffering from an affordable housing crisis. A resident must earn at least $36.08 per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment at a fair market rent of $1,876 a month.121 As rents and the number of residents needing affordable homes have continually increased, the number of affordable homes being built for lower income households has not kept up with the demand. The average asking rents is the City is $1,687, which is a nine percent increase from the year before and rents are expected to continue to increase.l3l With lower wages that are not keeping up with rising rents, many renting families continue to struggle financially to live and work in this City. Approximately 60 percent of renter households are lower incomelal and 84 percent of residents held moderate and low-income occupations that paid less than $53,500 per year.151 In order for rent to be affordable, only 30 percent of an individual's income should be used towards housing costs. Unfortunately, 57 percent of renters overpaid or spent more than 30 percent of their income towards housing costs.161 f Out of Reach 2018- The High Cost of Housing, National Low Income Housing Coalition, p. 14, 2018. a] Out of Reach 20'18- The High Cost of Housing, National Low Income Housing Coalition, p. 38, 2018. 1 O.C. Rents forecast to rise 9.4% by 2018. I4) City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 14, January 2014. s7 City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 12, January 2014. 67 City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014.2021, p. 20, January 2014.