Agenda - 10-13-2009 - Joint Meeting with Housing

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Item IV From: Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina To: Tara Fikes Orange County Department of Housing and Community Development RE: Manufactured Homes Survey Manufactured Housing in Orange County is a valuable and prolific housing resource. It faces several threats, but it continues to remain a popular choice for many of the County's residents. A short summary of the findings shows that: • Only 2.6 percent of mobile homes not estimated to be abandoned in Orange County are vacant • There are 84 abandoned units within mobile home parks in Orange County. • There are more abandoned units than there are vacant units. • Singlewide mobile homes constitute ninety -two percent of manufactured housing in Orange More than 89 p rcent of lots in Orange County are occupied. ore than 6 rcen of lots in Ora ounty a occupied by residents. The difference is ac ounte for by aband ned units on xistin lots. �� —� Melhodolokv I I I I / I I I I I CR NC sen five rveyor to arks across Or ge Co y. In so a instances, parks ere vi ited more tha once, to add a laye of i er -co er relic ility. not r staff member acted as t e coo for of the work. CRA -NC su yed 9A parks. Anothe eight parks eclin d to participate in a survey. Seven par . The data was recorded and quantified into quartiles. The categories of analysis included: • Amenities (signage, playgrounds, street lights, sidewalks, common areas, underground power lines). This category was the most significant. Parks could get as many as 4 points or as few as one negative point. • Vacancy rates for lots: • Unit occupancy rate: Both of these indicators are seen as proxies for the observed preference of mobile home park resident. On both, the range was from 2 to -1 points. • Abandoned Score. The instrument punished parks with more than an average amount of abandoned homes, on the grounds that this is a major hazard and a proxy for the general maintenance efforts by the park owner. Range from 2 to -2 points. • Doublewide score: On the logic that doublewides are both more spacious as well as likely to be newer, the instrument rewarded parks with a higher than average amount of doublewide homes. There is a park in Orange County, with doublewides for all 103 occupied units, which is exceptional. Doublewide scores ranged from 2 to 0 points. Atmosphere: In each of the five park access and environment scores, parks were rewarded with between 1 and -1 points. The road scores were based upon the presence of asphalt and the description by surveyors. 1