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Rating and ranking of applications. There are many more SFR-eligible households (with eligible houses) than can be assisted with the available funds. Therefore, Orange County has devised the following priority system to rank eligible applicants, determine which of them will be selected for assistance and in what order. Under this system applicants will receive points for falling into certain categories. Applications will be ranked according to which receive the most points. Priority Ranking System for Orange County's 2011 Single-Family Rehabilitation Program Elderly Head of Household (62 or older) 4 Disabled Head of Household 4 Disabled or Elderly Household Member (not Head of Household) 2 I l~`"~ ~ b!'Sr~ f.. ~ ` "rr: ~.~.5 Y ~~+~n~.a 7,.~, r Less than 30% of County Median Income 8 30% to 50% of County Median Income 5 50% to 80% of County Median Income 1 In the case of equivalent rankings based on the 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 62 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 family 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.