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With similar emotion, several members of the Tenants United Santa Ana ("TUSA") group gave <br />accounts of residents who received rent increases of $400 to $800. Were they giving you <br />accurate data? Were you able to verify this information with written documents? Were they <br />all talking about the same tenant? Was there any attempt by the Ad Hoc Committee to review <br />the leases, rent increase notices or tenant history? <br />Members of TUSA spoke about people losing their homes due to evictions. How were people <br />being evicted when there has been a long-standing moratorium on evictions? A landlord is not <br />allowed to even go to court to get an eviction. How could they be evicting tenants? Since there <br />were no actual tenant names or data provided, there is no way of verifying if these statements <br />are accurate. <br />Statements made by those proposing rent control MUST be researched and verified before <br />emotions take charge and implement well-intentioned but damaging law. Before this matter <br />turns into letters to the editor or a legal battle, I wanted to share with you some accurate, <br />dependable data which is well documented and available for you all to review. <br />HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY FACING EVICTION ONCE THE MORATORIUM ENDS? <br />Today, of the 1,600+ residents that AMC manages, there are a total of 182 residents who are <br />delinquent by more than 30 days. Of these 182 residents our staff has personally met and <br />helped 179 (98.4%) to apply for assistance. Only three residents were not approved for a <br />number of reasons including, (1) did not qualify, (2) the resident refused to give information <br />and participate in the rental assistance program, and (3) the resident had made arrangements <br />with their manager to pay off their balances. Of the 1,600 units only two would be considered <br />in default and subject to eviction. This is .125% and does not warrant you jeopardizing the <br />housing in Santa Ana. <br />IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE OCCURING IN SANTA ANA? <br />YES. AMC has worked closely with members of the Housing Division of the City of Santa Ana, <br />the Salvation Army and the United Way in this endeavor. This has been difficult due to the <br />complexity of the application process. Resident applications must be submitted to receive this <br />assistance and our team has been working diligently to help our residents qualify and obtain <br />the assistance needed. This means that much handholding has been necessary as many of the <br />applicants are not familiar with filling in such forms. Perhaps this might be a very productive <br />area in which the members of TUSA could focus their attention and really help the needy <br />tenants in the city obtain the necessary funds that are available to them? It is important that <br />the system be fair and accurate. <br />HAS AMC IMPLIMENTED MASSIVE RENT INCREASES? <br />3 <br />