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M <br />Rating and ranking of applications. There are many more SFR- eligible households <br />(with eligible houses) than can be assisted with the available funds. Therefore, Orange <br />County has devised the following priority system to rank eligible applicants, determine <br />which of them will be selected for assistance and in what order. Under this system <br />applicants will receive points for falling into certain categories. Applications will be <br />ranked according to which receive the most points. <br />Priority Ranking System for Orange County's <br />2014 Single- Familv Rehabilitation Program <br />Elderly Head of Household (62 or older) 4 <br />Disabled Head of Household 4 <br />Disabled or Elderly Household Member (not Head of Household) 2 <br />Less than 30% of County Median Income 8 <br />30% to 50% of County Median Income 5 <br />50% to 80% of County Median Income 1 <br />In the case of equivalent rankings based on the above criteria the applicant with the <br />lowest percentage of median income will rank highest. <br />The definitions of special needs populations are: <br />• Elderly: An individual aged 62 or older. <br />• Disabled: A person who has a physical, mental or developmental disability that <br />greatly limits one or more life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is <br />regarded as having such impairment. <br />• Head of Household: The person or persons who own(s) the house. <br />• Household Member: Any individual who is an occupant (defined below) of the <br />unit to be rehabilitated shall be considered a "household member" (the number of <br />household members will be used to determine household size and all household <br />members are subject to income verification). <br />• Occupant: An occupant is defined as any immediate family member (mother, <br />father, spouse, son /daughter of the head of the household, regardless of the time <br />of occupancy; or non - immediate family member who has resided in the dwelling <br />at least 3 months prior to the submission of the family's application. <br />Recipients of assistance under the SFR program will be chosen by the above criteria <br />without regard to race, creed, sex, color or national origin. <br />Forms and terms of assistance under SFRLPI4. Orange County will provide <br />assistance to those households selected in the form of a 0% interest, forgivable loan <br />3 <br />