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 232 25-29 Regional AFH 15. Multiple State laws have been passed since 2019 establishing statewide standards for local regulations governing ADU development. State law requires that ADUs be allowed in residential and mixed-use areas despite local ordinances or homeowner’s association rules and requirements. Additionally, State law requires jurisdictions to develop a plan to encourage and incentivize ADUs in an effort to address the current California housing crisis. By January 2023 16. Assembly Bill (AB) 671 requires local agencies’ Housing Elements to include a plan that incentivizes and promotes the creation of ADUs that can offer affordable rents for households with very-low-, low-, or moderate-income households. As part of the ADU or dinance update (including public outreach), the City will research feasible options to facilitate affordable housing options for ADUs By October 2024 17. Housing Elements to include a plan that incentivizes and promotes the creation of ADUs that can offer affordable rents for households with very-low-, low-, or moderate-income households. As part of the ADU ordinance update (including public outreach), the City will research feasible options to facilitate affordable housing options for ADUs By the end of 2022 and begin providing incentives by January 2023 18. The City will provide financial and other available assistance to affordable housing property owners to preserve units. The committed assistance may consist of both financial and non - financial, in-kind services to incentivize the preservation of affordable units. The total number of units to be preserved are seven extremely low, 517 very low and 299 low-income units By June 30, 2025 19. The City will continue to monitor and preserve the affordability of all publicly assisted housing units, and support applications by nonprofits Ongoing 20. The Sites Inventory includes four non- vacant sites with existing residential uses. The sites are currently combined and house an 880- unit apartment building. In considering a demolition and new construction of residential development at the site (that increases the total number of units), the City is proposing the incorporation of 465 deed- restricted units affordable to very low - and low-income households on this site, generating replacement units for any units that may be inhabited by very low- and low-income families. As development projects are proposed (timing dependent on development community) 21. In addition to providing funding opportunities related to HUD programs on the City’s website, funding opportunities will be disseminated via targeted email notifications and may also be posted Ongoing EXHIBIT 6