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HOUSING NEEDS <br />Housing and Services <br />The City of Santa Ana's housing strategy for extremely low income households is <br />focused on rental assistance, housing rehabilitation and preservation, and new <br />construction to meet the needs of extremely low income households. <br />Rental Assistance <br />The Santa Ana Housing Authority issues an estimated 2,699 housing vouchers to <br />Santa Ana residents, predominantly those with extremely low incomes. Given the <br />magnitude of need, vouchers serve less than one - quarter of the need. As of <br />September 2013,31 percent of the housing vouchers issued were for families. The <br />Housing Element proposes that the Santa Ana Housing Authority seek additional <br />vouchers, where feasible, to serve extremely low income households. <br />Ho using Reh a bili to ti on <br />The City of Santa Ana is acquiring multiple - family apartments, rehabilitating <br />them, reconfiguring units to create large- family housing, and deed restricting the <br />units as affordable to low /extremely low income. <br />New Construction <br />The City of Santa Ana is also encouraging new multiple family units that would <br />be deed restricted as affordable to the extremely low income through <br />implementation of the City's Housing Opportunity ordinance and community <br />partnerships. <br />FARM WORKERS <br />Farm workers are a special needs group because their limited income, coupled <br />with the lack of affordable housing, places them in a precarious situation. <br />Although the community has an agricultural past, Santa Ana is now completely <br />urbanized, with only one active farming operation. The 2010 Census reported <br />that 1,131 Santa Ana residents, or 1.1 percent of the employed population, held <br />farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. The average annual wage of Santa Ana <br />farm workers was $18,390, which is very low income. Therefore, based on the <br />seasonal nature of the work, not just income, the primary housing need for this <br />group is permanent affordable housing. <br />A -30 CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT <br />