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 247 25-29 Regional AFH 1. Monitor the production and affordability of ADUs every three years to ensure the City is meeting ADU production targets and act if projections are not consistent. Perform review in December 2026 2. Conduct increased outreach and education on ADU and SB 9 unit/lot split opportunities. Ongoing 3. Continue to promote ADUs on the City’s website, social media, and at City offices. Ongoing 4. Promote SB 9 units and lot splits on the City’s website, social media, and at City offices. Ongoing 5. Expedite ADU permit processing. Ongoing Provide support to individuals experiencing homelessness through the following actions: 6. Participate in meetings of the Orange County Homeless Issues Task Force as they occur Ongoing 7. Allocate an appropriate level of CDBG funding in relation to the local need. Annually 8. Explore and consider Project Homekey and opportunities to work with the County. Ongoing 9. Assist applicants proposing permanent or interim supportive housing by helping to apply for funding. Ongoing Expand the use of Housing Choice Vouchers through the following actions: 10. Contact all low-income apartment complexes annually to provide education and materials about the Section 8 program including multilingual materials. By July 2025 and annually thereafter 11. Encourage the development of missing middle housing types and evaluate specific methods to encourage their production in RCAAs, areas of higher density, and in the central areas of the City. Between 2021-2029, facilitate 80 “missing middle” units, with at least 20% located in targeted areas, including RCAAs, higher density areas, central areas of the City. Preserve existing affordable housing units and prevent displacement through the following actions: 12. Monitor assisted units to assess the risk of conversion to market rate. Annually EXHIBIT 6