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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. CD ' Q. <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program - FY <br />2010 Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program - $400,000 <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights, and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />Community Development <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, 919-245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing and authorize the submission of an application to the <br />N.C. Department of Commerce for Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br />Program funds for the FY 2010 Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program in the amount of <br />$400,000. <br />BACKGROUND: The County was recently notified by the N.C. Department of Commerce - <br />Division of Community Assistance of the award of $400,000 in Scattered Site Housing <br />Rehabilitation funds under the FY 2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br />Program. These grants are no longer competitive, and each interested county in North Carolina <br />is scheduled to receive an allocation every three years to provide housing rehabilitation funds <br />for the county and the municipalities within the county. Orange County received $400,000 in <br />housing rehabilitation funds in 2001, 2004 and 2007. These grant funds must be used to <br />repair substandard housing occupied by low-income families in the Towns of Carrboro and <br />Hillsborough as well as the unincorporated areas of Orange County. These funds may not be <br />used in the Town of Chapel Hill since the town receives Community Development Block Grant <br />funding directly from HUD. In prior years, these funds have repaired approximately 36 dwelling <br />units in the County. <br />Families with incomes at or below 50% of area median income that own and occupy <br />deteriorated housing are eligible to participate in the program. For the purpose of this program, <br />deteriorated housing are dwelling units that that have existing housing code violations including <br />houses that lack indoor plumbing. <br />In order to receive this funding, the County must conduct two public hearings. The first hearing <br />provides an opportunity to obtain public comments prior to developing an application for these <br />funds and another hearing after the application is completed but prior to submission to the N.C. <br />Department of Commerce. <br />After initial public comment is received, an application document will be prepared with input <br />from the Carrboro and Hillsborough members of the HOME Program Review Committee. A <br />