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<br /> <br />Orange County 272 25-29 Regional AFH <br /> <br />U. Westminster <br />Issue: Segregation, Disparities in Access to Opportunities, and Disproportionate Housing Needs <br />The majority of the city is considered an area of high POC segregation and has a predominantly <br />AAPI population with a few exceptions. The northwestern corner of the city, between I-405 and <br />Bolsa Chica Rd is an area of high White segregation. The location of publicly supported housing <br />units and areas with highest concentration of vouchers aligns with the high POC segregation areas <br />in the central part of the city. There are no publicly supported housing units, and fewer vouchers <br />in use, in the western parts of the city that are high White segregation, racially integrated, and <br />low-medium segregation areas. <br />AAPI residents are more likely than other groups to be exposed to poverty in their neighborhoods <br />and are less likely than other groups to live in close proximity to high performing schools or jobs. <br />Native American residents living below the FPL are also less likely to live in close proximity to <br />high performing schools or jobs. Additionally, based on analysis of fair housing complaint data, <br />individuals with disabilities disproportionately experience discrimination in housing. <br />There are large racial/ethnic disparities in homeownership. Black, Hispanic, and Native American <br />households have the lowest rates (around 30%), and these rates are less than half the <br />homeownership rate for White households, which is the highest in the city. The AAPI <br />homeownership rate in the city is lower than in the County overal l and is nearly 20 percentage <br />points lower than the White homeownership rate in the city. <br />Housing cost burden is an issue for renters across Orange County, including in Westminster. <br />Contributing Factors: <br />1. Lack of resources for fair housing agencies and organizations <br />2. Land use and zoning laws. <br />3. Displacement of residents due to economic pressures. <br />4. Location and type of affordable housing. <br />5. Lack of private investment in specific neighborhoods. <br />6. Lack of community revitalization strategies <br />Actions: Timeframe: <br />1. Maintain an inventory of the available sites for residential development <br />and post it online (with annual updates) and provide it to prospective <br />residential developers upon request. Monitor development trends to <br />ensure continued ability to meet the RHNA. <br />Ongoing <br />2. Continue to perform project-by-project evaluation to determine if <br />adequate capacity remains for the remaining RHNA. <br />Ongoing <br />3. Adopt new mixed-use zoning districts and rezone all sites identified in <br />the City’s most recent Housing Element to accommodate shortfall <br />housing need, consistent with the densities, acreages, and capacity <br />Completed <br />EXHIBIT 6