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<br /> <br />Orange County 244 25-29 Regional AFH <br /> <br />L. Laguna Niguel <br />Issue: Concentration <br />Most of the city is considered an area of high White concentration, except for a few neighborhoods <br />with low-medium concentration (which are predominantly White) in the northeastern and eastern <br />parts of the city. <br />Contributing Factors: <br />1. Historical land use development patterns and zoning, environmental constraints, and lack of <br />vacant land limit opportunities for larger and higher density project types. <br />2. Current high cost of housing limits access to lower income households of all races/ethnicities. <br />3. Lack of affordable housing and need for greater access to opportunities. <br />4. Regional coordination affects transit services, funding sources, and allocation of housing <br />resources including vouchers. <br />5. Community resistance to development. <br />Actions: Timeframe: <br />Increase fair housing knowledge through the following actions: <br />1. Promote Fair Housing Council programs and expand knowledge of <br />first-time homebuyer programs on the City’s website, newsletters, and <br />through social media. <br />By December 2025, <br />review annually <br />thereafter <br />2. Promote affirmative marketing plans in all new housing developments <br />that are designed to attract renters and buyers of diverse demographic <br />backgrounds, including race, ethnicity, income, disability, and familial <br />status. <br />Ongoing <br />3. Develop an outreach plan and materials to communicate the benefits <br />of vouchers and tenant rights regarding just cause evictions, <br />limitations on rent increases, and replacement housing requirements <br />if any existing residential units would be removed, based on state law. <br />By December 2025 <br />Increase housing opportunities in high opportunity areas through the <br />following actions: <br /> <br />4. Incentivize multi-family and mixed- use development in the Gateway <br />Specific Plan area (northeast portion of city) through the following <br />actions: <br /> <br />a. Amend the Gateway Specific Plan to mandate that any public <br />benefit provided to achieve a density of higher than 50 du/ac <br />shall include a provision of affordable housing, and to <br />encourage the production of workforce housing and missing <br />middle housing. <br />By July 2025 <br />EXHIBIT 6