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of Out of Reach <br />2018- The High <br />Cost of Housing, <br />National Low Income Housing Coalition, p. 14, 2018. <br />ibid., 38, 2018. <br />01 O.C. Rents forecast to rise 9.4% by 2018. <br />E'l City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element 2014-2021, p. 14, January 2014. <br />s] ibid., p. 12 <br />ibid., P. 20 <br />We propose that the City create a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program to assist <br />Santa Ana's rent burdened residents. A HOME Investment Partnerships Program <br />funded Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program would provide a rental subsidy to help <br />make up the difference between what a renter can afford to pay and the actual rent for a <br />home. For the 2017 - 2018 fiscal year the City of Santa Ana received $1,207,942 in <br />HOME funds. For this 2018 - 2019 fiscal year the City has received $1,783,000 in <br />HOME funds. The City has the ability to use these funds to provide direct assistance <br />to low-income households who need help paying their rent. <br />A tenant- based rental assistance would be different from the Housing Authority's <br />existing Section 8 Housing Voucher Program and Emergency Solutions Grant Homeless <br />Prevention Programs. The City would be able to design and tailor a Tenant -Based <br />Rental Assistance Program to benefit our rent -burdened residents and ensure that <br />they can continue to live in Santa Ana. <br />We strongly urge the City Council to direct the Housing Development Analyst to <br />develop and design a Tenant -Based Rental Assistance program alongside a <br />community partners and impacted community members workgroup. <br />Sincerely, <br />EI Centro Cultural de Mexico <br />Tuanda la cultura muere, la genie muere.,.