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<br /> <br /> Other families requiring services or housing assistance or to prevent <br />homelessness; and, <br /> Those at greatest risk of housing instability or in unstable housing <br />situations. <br />According to the 2019 Point in Time count, there were 1,769 people experiencing <br />homelessness in Santa Ana in January 2019. Of these 1,769 people, 830 people were <br />experiencing unsheltered homelessness and 939 people were experiencing sheltered <br />homelessness. <br />In 2019, according to the 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS), there were <br />76,624 occupied housing units in Santa Ana; 46 percent (35,315) owner-occupied and 54 <br />percent (41,309) renter occupied. Comparable to the ACS, the 2014-2018 CHAS data <br />below shows 41,200 renter units in the City. In total there are 6,835 rental units (16 <br />percent) that are affordable to renter households that make 50 percent of the area median <br />income and an even smaller portion (6 percent) affordable to households that make 30 <br />percent of the area median income. Households that make 30 percent or less of the area <br />median income are at an even greater disadvantage when units that are affordable to <br />them are also affordable to those in higher income brackets. <br />In Santa Ana, 9,400 households make 30 percent or less of the area median income and <br />have 1 or more severe housing problem; lack of kitchen or plumbing, more than 1 person <br />per room, or cost burden greater than 50 percent. Rental units affordable to these <br />households is insufficient and CHAS data shows a gap of almost 7,000 units are needed <br />to support them <br /> <br /> <br />Non-Homeless <br />Current <br />Inventory <br />Level of <br />Need <br />Gap <br />Analysis <br /># of units # of <br />Households <br /># of <br />Households <br />Total Rental Units 41,200 <br />Rental Units Affordable to HH at 30% <br />AMI 2,470 <br />Rental Units Affordable to HH at 50% <br />AMI 6,835 <br />0%-30% AMI Renter HH w/1 or more <br />severe housing problems <br /> 9,400 <br />30%-50% AMI Renter HH w/1 or more <br />severe housing problems <br /> 7,685 <br />Current Gap for HH below 30% AMI -6,930 <br />Current Gap for HH below 50% AMI -850 <br />Source: Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), 2014-2018. <br />Identify and consider the current resources available to assist qualifying <br />populations, including congregate and non-congregate shelter units, supportive <br />services, TBRA, and affordable and permanent supportive rental housing: <br />EXHIBIT 2