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3 <br /> Housing Priorities <br /> The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following housing priorities <br /> for 1995-2000. <br /> 1. Provide rehabilitation assistance for very low and low income homeowners and <br /> renters. <br /> 2. Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor <br /> plumbing. <br /> 3. Provide assistance to households at less than 80 percent of median family <br /> income to connect existing public water and sewer systems. <br /> 4. Facilitate the construction of new or substantially rehabilitated housing units <br /> that are affordable to families below 60% of the area median income. <br /> 5. Facilitate the construction of up to 50 new units of rental housing affordable <br /> to very low and low income families. <br /> 6. Create transitional housing units for shelter residents who can live <br /> independently. <br /> 7. Assist local non-profit human service agencies to provide a continuum of housing <br /> options for special populations, including older adults, the disabled, the mentally <br /> ill, and persons with AIDS. <br /> Non-housing Community Development Priorities <br /> 1. Provide economic development opportunities to low and moderate income <br /> citizens,in Chapel Hill. <br /> 2. Revitafte the business areas serving low income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill. <br />