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Public Housing Authorities <br />The Town of Chapel Hill Department of Housing operates 336 conventional public <br />housing units, There are no plans far demolition or further development of public <br />pausing in the Town of Chapel Hill~~ <br />The Orange County Housing Authority Board operates the Section 8 Housing Voucher <br />Program. The program provides approximately 623 vouchers to law income families <br />The grange County Board of Commissioners appoints a seven member Housing <br />Authority Board who serves as the governing board and the managerial affairs of the <br />County conform to applicable County ordinances and policies. A resident advisory <br />board has been established to include Section 8 residents in ,,,,the decision-making <br />process The Urange County Housing Authority Board of Com~m~ssioners sets policy <br />for the public housing functions and approves the Annual ~.ublic Housing Agency <br />Plan <br />3. Describe actions that will take place during the ne~t,year to enhance coordination <br />between public and private housing, health, and: Social service agencies. <br />grange County HgME Consortium Respon~~ <br />The existing coordination of services has bead enhanced' with the creation of the <br />Crange County HOME Consortium whose members include Drange County, Carrboro, <br />Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. <br />Additionally, in an effort to faci~~t~'~e communicati~,n ~~ with other local pausing <br />nonprofit organizations, the members Qf tf~`e ~I~E Progr~n~' Consortium will convene <br />semi-annual meetings with these organizations: ~ti'ms shared during these meetings <br />will include clarification of federal and, state. housir'g program regulations and <br />discussion of local housing programs and initiatives. <br />Cit~zen~ Partrc~p~~~on <br />1. Provide a summary of the c~~tN~n part~cp~ion process. <br />grange Cou~ty'~1q~NE C~nsartium Response: <br />Participation of ~~he general public and also public organizations is extremely <br />impo~tar~~ to HUD and to the development of a consolidated plan. To maximize <br />citizen participation, Orange County held a public hearing on February 1, 2011 to <br />receive citizen comments regarding the Annual Action Plan The public hearing was <br />advertised in .,local newspapers in advance. The meetings were held in Qrange County <br />at the fol lowing location„_ <br />Tuesday, February 1 Z41 i <br />Hillsborough Commons - DSS Conference Room <br />106 Mayo Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 2727$ <br />7.00 P.M~ <br />Additionally, the Town of Chapel Hill conducted two public forums <br />FY 2011-2412 Action Plan 26 <br />