Orange County Grand Jury • 2000-2001

Affordable Housing Light One Candle

Published: May 05, 2001 16 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings

F1
Government financial assistance and innovative financial packages are essential for the production of very-low income housing for residents of Orange County.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
The County and cities should make a concerted effort to create innovative financial packages with private, non-profit and public sectors to produce additional affordable housing for the working poor, large families, elderly and disabled. (Finding 1)
F2
The County does not have a consolidated document or map to illustrate available land for affordable housing units. The County and individual cities create their own separate documents depicting the land available to meet affordable housing needs.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Orange County Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) and the Orange County Planning and Development Services Department should take the lead with cities in the County to create a consolidated Geographic Information System (GIS) map or other instrument designating available land for affordable housing units. This map should be made available to private and public entities. (Finding 2)
F3
The City—County Housing Roundtable brings together local government housing experts to discuss mutual programs and plans from a regional perspective.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
A regional approach to provide affordable housing in the County should be continued. (Finding 3)
F4
Production of affordable housing is most successful when the County and cities cooperate with all stakeholders to provide land, zoning and financing.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Orange County HCD should continue to bring stakeholders (business, labor, local elected officials, government staff, lenders, housing developers, and non-profit service providers) together to accomplish the task to produce more affordable housing units in the County. (Finding 4)
F5
The County and cities have a great challenge to provide needed affordable housing for the extremely-low and very-low income people including the working poor, large families, seniors on fixed incomes and the disabled.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
The County’s and cities’ Housing Authorities have been provided with the opportunity for additional Federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Vouchers.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
Each time the Federal Government allows applications for additional Federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Vouchers the Housing Authorities of Orange County and the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana should vigorously pursue them. (Finding 6)
F7
The County has participated in cooperative efforts with some cities by providing financial support to develop affordable housing. Responses to all Findings are required from the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of: Anaheim Brea Buena Park Costa Mesa Cypress Dana Point Fountain Valley Fullerton Garden Grove Huntington Beach Irvine La Habra La Palma Laguna Beach Laguna Hills Laguna Niguel Laguna Woods Lake Forest Los Alamitos Mission Viejo Newport Beach Orange Placentia Rancho Santa Margarita San Clemente San Juan Capistrano Santa Ana Seal Beach Stanton Tustin Villa Park Westminster Yorba Linda 10 Responses to Findings 1-5 are requested from the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department. Responses to Findings 2 and 4 are requested from the Orange County Planning and Development Services Department. A Response to Finding 6 is requested from the Orange County Housing Authority and the Housing Authorities of the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
The Orange County Board of Supervisors should continue to support a regional approach to affordable housing including financial support to cities in their efforts to create additional units. (Finding 7) 11 Responses to all Recommendations are required from the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of: Anaheim Brea Buena Park Costa Mesa Cypress Dana Point Fountain Valley Fullerton Garden Grove Huntington Beach Irvine La Habra La Palma Laguna Beach Laguna Hills Laguna Niguel Laguna Woods Lake Forest Los Alamitos Mission Viejo Newport Beach Orange Placentia Rancho Santa Margarita San Clemente San Juan Capistrano Santa Ana Seal Beach Stanton Tustin Villa Park Westminster Yorba Linda Responses to Recommendations 1-5 are requested from the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department. A Response to Recommendation 1 is requested from the Orange County Planning and Development Services Department. A Response to Recommendation 4 is requested from the Orange County Housing Authority and the Housing Authorities of the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.

Commendations 4

No Responses Found 2

Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.

Garden Grove City
Orange County Airport Authority Special District