The City of Anaheim was designated a 2021-2029 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) totaling a need for 17,453 units during the planning period, including 3,767 very low-income units, 2,397 low-income units, 2,945 moderate-income units, and 8,344 above-moderate income units.20 Given the current challenges in meeting the existing and projected housing needs of lower-income residents in the City of Anaheim, regulating and stabilizing rents serves as a vital tool to maintain the affordability of a significant portion of the housing supply within a reasonable period. It is also a tool for community preservation and protection against displacement. According to the Urban Displacement Project, a University of California, Berkeley research project team, identifies the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area as one of the top ten most housing precarious metros, meaning that these communities have higher risks of post-pandemic eviction, displacement, and long-term poverty.21
20City of Anaheim, 2021-2029 City of Anaheim Housing Element, Section 1 – Introduction, 1-3 ARCHIVE
21The Urban Displacement Project, 2022 Housing Precarity Risk Model ARCHIVE