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Supervisors say county must do more after report shows low-income housing shortfall; HUD vouchers to be defunded
Summary
Orange County leaders reviewed a housing status report noting a shortfall in low-income unit production and learned the county’s $12 million emergency housing vouchers will be defunded starting Sept. 2025; supervisors pressed staff on crediting county-funded units toward RHNA goals.
Orange County supervisors discussed a housing status report March 25 that shows the county has built a small fraction of its targeted low-income units in the current cycle and pressed staff for remedies and clearer accounting.
"We have only built 3.23% of our targeted low-income units — only 69 low-income units so far," Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento said while urging more aggressive production of low- and very-low-income housing, including small-scale 'tiny homes' options.
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