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i¢ <br />Priorit 1.4 -Low-income renters <80% AMI that are otential homebu ers <br />Strategies: - Provide down-payment and closing cost assistance to qualified homebuyers <br /> - Provide homebuyer education and counseling with an emphasis on credit <br /> - Provide acquisition, infrastructure, predevelopment and/or construction funding to eligible non- <br /> profits and for-profits to develop affordable housing opportunities <br /> - Establish homeownershi ro ram to assist existin Section 8 reci Tents <br />Output Indicators: - Provide downpayment assistance to service for 8 additional lower income homebuyers. (Orange <br /> Coun /Cha el Hill <br />Priorit 1.5 -Eliminate barriers to affordable housin <br />Strategies: - Challenge and encourage non-profit and for-profit affordable housing providers to share resources <br /> and collaborate <br /> - Seek legislation that would require all local governments to require new residential and commercial <br /> developers in the County and Towns seeking zoning approval and/or permits to contain at least <br /> 15% affordable units in residential projects <br /> - Utilize equity sharing and community land trust concepts to limit the dramatic escalation of housing <br /> costs <br />Output Indicators: - Ten (10) units of new affordable housing in mixed income developments (Orange Co./Chapel Hill) <br /> - Increased awareness of barriers to affordable housin Oran a Coun /Cha el Hill <br />Goal 2 -Provide Housing and Services for Populations with Soerial Needs <br />Prio ~ 2.1-Service-enriched transitironal housin .for homeless ersons with s ecial needs <br />Strategies: - Promote and make public service funds available to homeless agencies that operate emergency <br /> shelters <br /> - Partner with other funding agencies to encourage the development of transitional housing (SRO's, <br /> group homes) that is service-enriched <br /> - Continue to strengthen partnership with the local Continuum of Care <br /> - Provide property acquisition funding to eligible non-profits and for-profits to develop transitional <br /> housin <br />Output Indicators: - Provide financial assistance to support the construction of a residential center for homeless men <br /> Oran a Coun /Cha el Hill <br />Priority 2.2 -Continuum of services for special populations including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, persons with AIDS and <br />at-risk outh <br />Strategies: - Promote and make public service funds available to agencies that serve identified special <br /> populations <br /> - Partner with other funding agencies to encourage the development of transitional housing (SRO's, <br /> group homes) that isservice-enriched <br /> - Continue to strengthen partnership with local service providers <br /> - Support applications for federal supportive housing funds <br /> - Provide property acquisition funding to eligible non-profits and for-profits to develop permanent <br /> housin for those with s ecial needs <br />Ou ut Indicators: - Provide communi services to 55 area outh Cha el Hill <br />[8] <br />