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Construction 8 <br />Attachment 3 <br />Summary of Goals, Priorities and Output Indicators from Housing and Community <br />Development Plan for 2005-2010 for Orange County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and <br />Hillsborough <br />**Please note that Attachment 3 provides the priorities and objectives from the 5-Year Consolidated Plan of 2005- <br />2010. There is currently a process underway to develop the 5-Year Consolidated Plan for 2010-2015, which may <br />contain new priorities and objectives. <br />Goal i -Decent and Affordable Housin for Lower-Income Households <br />Priori 1.1-Low income (< 80~.AMI homeowners that live in substandard housin <br />Strategies: - Continue to fund urgent repairs for qualified units <br /> - Continue to fund substantial rehabilitation for qualified units <br /> - Continue to incorporate handicap, weatherization and lead-based paint improvements into <br /> all substantial rehabilitations <br />Output Indicators: - 25 substantially rehabilitated units (Orange County/Chapel Hill) <br /> - 50 units with ur ent re airs (Oran e Count <br />Priori 1.2 -Low income renters <60%AMI that live in substandard housin <br />Strategies: - Continue to fund the rehabilitation of existing rental housing units <br /> - Monitor and enforce rent and property standards for completed projects <br /> - Leverage existing Town and County resources by utilizing the federal low income tax <br /> credit, HUD Section 202 and 811, and other programs to construct new rental housing <br /> - Provide educational opportunities related to fair housing, tenant rights, etc. <br /> - Continue to dialogue with the University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill on issues that <br /> affect affordable rental o ortunities in the area <br />Output Indicators: - 50 additional affordable rental units (Orange County/Chapel Hill) <br /> - 201ow income renters receive HOME funded rental assistance for up to 2 years each <br /> (Orange County) <br /> - 100 units of renovated public housing (Chapel Hill) <br /> - 150 units of refurbished ublic housin Cha el Hill <br />Priority 1.3 -Low income (<80%AMI) homeowners that do not have indoor plumbing or adequate connections to <br />existin ublic water and sewers stems <br />Strategies: - Continue to fund the connection of lower income homeowners to existing water and sewer <br /> facilities. <br /> - Continue to fund the construction of com lete indoor lumbin facilities <br />Output Indicators: - 100% of all County residents have adequate indoor plumbing (Orange County/Chapel <br /> Hill <br />Priori 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 <br /> non-profits and for-profits to develop affordable housing opportunities <br /> - Establish homeownershi ro ram to assist existin Section 8 reci Tents <br />Ou ut Indicators: - 75 additional lower income homebu ers (Oran e County/Cha el Hill <br />12 <br />