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8A Page 17 Attachment # 3 Five Year Strategy and their Relationship to General Plan Policies I. Housing A. Affordable Housing Priority Needs: There is a high to critical priority need for affordable housing. The highest need is for the lowest income groups. Housing market trends support this as a high need with the need for housing affordable to extremely low income household the highest need. Affordable housing is limited in its availability. Lower income households often experience over-crowding} unsafe housing conditions and live in neighborhoods that experience a higher incidence of unsafe conditions. AH-3: Improve the condition of existing affordable housing.. General Plan Policies: H-1.2; H-2.1; H-2.2; H- 2.3; H-2.5; H-3.2; H-3.3 H-1.1; H-1.4, H-1.5, H- 1.6; H-1.8; H-2.1; H-2.3; H-2.5 H-1.4; H-1.5; H-1.6; H3.2 Affordable Housing Objectives: AH-1: Increase the supply of affordable housing......... AH-2: Preserve existing affordable housing................ Affordable Housina Strateoies (with relationship to obiectives): . Construction and Development of New Affordable Housing (AH-1) . Land Acquisition for New Construction (AH-1) . Acquisition and Rehabilitation, Rental (AH-1, 2 and 3) . Home Improvement Programs (AH-3) o Owner-occupied Home Improvement o Housing Accessibility Modifications o Minor Home Repair and Emergency Repair o Lead-Based Paint Inspection and Hazard Reduction o Paint Grants o Rebuilding . Multi-Family Loan Program (AH-2 and 3) . First-Time Homebuyer Loans (AH-1) . Operation of Re-possessed Property (AH-2) B. Special Needs Housing Priority Needs: There are several groups that have a higher need for affordable housing and who have special housing needs. These have been identified as: . persons with disabilities, . the elderly and frail elderly, . large households (related and non-related), . persons with mental illness, . persons with substance abuse/addiction, . youth (in general and aging-out foster youth), . persons discharged from institutions (prison, jail, mental hospital).