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<br /> <br />Orange County 167 25-29 Regional AFH <br /> <br />g. Work cooperatively with the County of Orange and cities to <br />create a regional housing bond program to help fund <br />affordable housing and permanent supportive housing. <br />Ongoing <br />h. Work with Orange County Housing & Community <br />Development to conserve existing affordable housing units at- <br />risk of converting to market rate. Contact owners of the City’s <br />low-income apartment complexes (Camden Place, Seasons at <br />La Palma, and Casa La Palma) and offer funding from the City’s <br />affordable housing asset fund toward rental rehabilitation of <br />at least 20 units during the planning period. <br />2021-2029 <br />i. Work with the Fair Housing Council to expand knowledge of <br />first-time homebuyer programs, and promote available <br />programs on the City’s website, newsletters and through social <br />media. <br />Ongoing <br />j. Affirmative Marketing and Regional Registries: Require, <br />provide incentives, and utilize other strategies to promote <br />affirmative marketing plans in all new housing developments. <br />The affirmative marketing plans will consider regional housing <br />registries and ensure marketing materials for new <br />developments are designed to attract renters and buyers of <br />diverse demographics, including individuals of any race, <br />ethnicity, income, disability, and familial status. <br />Ongoing <br />k. In collaboration with OCHA, expand the use of housing choice <br />vouchers in high resource areas through the following actions: <br />i. Develop an outreach plan and materials with targeted <br />outreach to Census Blocks of LMI concentrations to <br />communicate the benefits of vouchers and tenant <br />rights regarding just cause evictions, limitations on <br />rent increases, and replacement housing <br />requirements if any existing residential units would be <br />removed, based on state law. <br />ii. Gain a better understanding of where overpayment <br />and overcrowding rates are highest in the city, where <br />vouchers are and are not used, and how many tenants <br />could potentially qualify at each multifamily property <br />in target areas in order to develop strategies to expand <br />use of vouchers with the goal of increasing voucher <br />use (63 vouchers in 2023) by at least two per year in La <br />Palma. <br />iii. Inform voucher holders about their residential options <br />in high-resource areas by developing a Housing <br />Ongoing <br />EXHIBIT 6