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6 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Housing Priorities The Consokdated~ Plan for Orange :Cou~y idenrtified the following housing priorities for 1995-2000: ~ Provide rehabilitation assistance for very low- and low-income homeowners and renters. ~ Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor plumbing. ~ Provide assistance to households at less than 80 percent of MFI to connect to existing public water and sewer systems. ~ Facilitate the construction of up to 50 new units of rental housing that is affordable to very low and low-income families, ~ Create transitional housing units for homeless individuals. ~ Assist local non-profit human services agencies to provide a continuum of housing options for special populations, including older adults, the disabled, the mentally ill, and persons with AIDS. Non-housing Community Development Priorities The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following community development priorities. • Provide economic development opportunities to low- and moderate-income citizens in Chapel Hill. • Revitalize the business areas serving low-income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill. Anti-Poverty Strategy The Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency designed the county's anti-poverty strategy. This strategy seeks to establish and coordinate linkages between governmental and other social service programs to facilitate the e~odve delivery of services to low- income individuals. The strategy includes the right of lower income re~d~ts to do the following: Secure and retain meaningful employment. • Attain an adequate education. • Make better use of available income. • Obtain and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment. • Obtain emergency assistance to meet immediate and urgent family needs. • Remove obstacles that block the achievement ofself-sufficiency. • Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community.