“Our families are doubled- and tripled-up,” said Judson Brown, Santa Ana’s Housing Manager. A chronic shortage of affordable housing has led to widespread overcrowding in the city. Median household income was $72,406 in 2020, versus $94,441 for the county. Three-quarters of its residents (76%) identify as Hispanic or Latino 43% are foreign-born. Its 310,227 residents account for a tenth of Orange County’s population. If you’ve ever flown into John Wayne Airport, you’ve at least touched down in Santa Ana. Could not these outmoded neighborhood malls be put to better use, possibly for much-needed affordable housing? That question became more than a hypothetical for the project team for La Placita Cinco, in the Southern California city of Santa Ana. According to one estimate, America’s cities and suburbs are host to some 70,000 strip malls, many of which are riddled with vacant stores and shuttered gas stations.
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