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11 • Of persons with disabilities between ages five and seventeen (1,079), most have cognitive difficulties, followed by individuals that have self-care difficulties. • Of persons with disabilities between ages eighteen to sixty-four (6,326), the disabilities for high numbers of persons span the range of difficulties including difficulty with independent living. • Of the population age 65 and older (12,749), 29.6% (3,775) have a disability that also span a range of difficulties including hearing, cognitive, ambulatory and vision among other difficulties. Housing Needs of Seniors • More affordable housing options for seniors are also greatly needed. In sum, to serve a county with 22,123 residents over 60 years of age Orange County has approximately 1,534 designated senior-specific housing units across the continuum of care. Further, it is most often the case that for each type of current housing option for seniors, there are few to no vacancies (waiting lists from one to several years) despite costs that would be out of reach for many seniors. • Single person households aged 65 and over comprised 3,277 households, or 6.4% of all single person households. It is expected that as these seniors continue to age in place, additional accommodations and special needs housing will be necessary for this portion of the County’s population. The County will need to assist in obtaining and providing funding and work with housing service and senior support agencies to provide more programs, activities, and accommodations for this growing population of the county. Homeless • Specific needs of the extremely low-income that are housed, but are at imminent risk of becoming unsheltered or living in shelters are: food, clothing, transportation and job training with housing. • Another housing issue is the lack of continuous and coherent housing supportive services. 126