Item 23 - Public Hearing - FY 2025-29 5 Year Plan, Annual Action Plan for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs

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Orange County 220 25-29 Regional AFH compliance with all building code and fire prevention requirements, and can meet parking requirements). 14. Reduce minimum unit sizes and update the Zoning Code, as necessary, to accommodate alternative housing types such as housing co- operatives, Single-Room Occupancy (SROs), dormitories, tiny homes, and collective home ownership models in more areas of the city, including religious sites and publicly owned land. Stakeholder outreach shall include discussions with for-profit and non-profit housing developers. Amend the Zoning Code by July 2025. Conduct stakeholder outreach with developers and community groups and service providers on alternative housing at least once by January 2026, with the goal of achieving 30 units of alternative housing types by the end of 2029, with at least half of those units in the neighborhoods of E Las Palmas Dr/N Sunnywood Dr, Craig park, Sunny Hills, Bastanchury Rd/Fairway Isles Dr, Acacia Park, and Byerrum Park since they are Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence. 15. Encourage the development of both smaller rental and owner units (studio and one- bedroom) and larger rental units (3 to 4- bedroom units) in residential and mixed-use development. In consultation with developers, identify and provide incentives and reduction of constraints to encourage the construction of these housing types and develop a work plan to implement any proposed changes to development standards, City programs, and so forth. Develop incentives and mitigations to constraints by July 2025. Starting in 2025, hold an annual workshop with developers and provide education about technical assistance and incentives for larger and smaller rental units, with a goal of supporting the development of 50 large (3-4- bedroom) units and 100 studio/1-bedroom units by December 2029. At least 50 percent of large and small rental units should be in neighborhoods of greater degrees of overcrowding, including Woodcrest Park, Artesia Blvd/N Gilbert St, Valencia Park, W Oak Ave/Lambert Dr, E Wilshire Ave/N Raymond Ave, Rancho La Paz. 16. Prioritize public health, education, economic, and safety programs in lower resource areas as defined by TCAC in coordination with area public health entities, school districts, workforce development groups, and the police department. Identify addresses and compile mailing list and email addresses to focus outreach to neighborhoods with higher concentrations of low-income and minority residents to prioritize services in these areas. Increase participation in the City’s first-time homebuyer seminars and owner-occupied housing rehabilitation grant program 5 percent annually from lower income and minority concentration areas between 2021- 2029 (data collection via surveys conducted at the seminars). EXHIBIT 6