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4 Rating and ranking of applications. There are many more SFR-eligible fiouseholds (with eligible houses) than can be assisted with the available funds. Therefore, Orange County has- devised tape following priority system to rank eligibie~applicants, determine which of them will be selected fox assistance and in what order. Under this system applicants will receive points for falling irt~ certain categories. Applications will be ranked according to which receive the most points. P-riority Ranking System for Orange County's- ___ 2011 Single-Family Reha-bilitation Program _ ~~pecial Needs tfor definitions, see belo«~) Pt>il~ts 1/lderly Head of Household (62 or older) 4 Disabled Head of Household 4- Disabled or Elderly Household Member (not Head of Household) - 2 Income (See Income "fable at~ove), Points Less than 30% of County Median Income 8 30% tb- 50% of County Median Income 5 50% to 80% of County Median Income 1 In the case of equivalent rankings based on-t-he above criteria the applicant with the lowest percentage of median income will rank highest. The definitions of special needs populations are: • Elderly: An individual aged b2 or older. • Disabled: A person who has a physical, mental or developmental disability that greatly limits one or more life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such-impairment. • Head of Household: The person or persons who own(s) the house. •- Household Member: Any individual who is an occupant (defined below) of the unit to be rehabilitated shall be considered a "household member" (the number of household members will be used to determine household size and all household members are subject to income verification). • Occupant-: An occupant is defined as any immediate famil-y member (mother, father, spouse, son/daughter of the head of the household), regardless of the time of occupancy; or non-immediate family member who has resided in the dwelling at least 3 months prior to the submission of the family's application. Recipients of assistance under the SFR program will be chosen by the above criteria without regard to race, creed, sex, color or national origin.