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INFORMATION ITEM <br />Housing, Human Rights and Community Development <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: May 27, 2014 <br />To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Michael Talbert, Interim County Manager <br />From: James E. Davis, Jr., Interim Director <br />RE: Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Status Report <br />CC: Jean Bolduc, Orange County Housing Authority Chair <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an update on the status of Housing Choice <br />(Section 8) Voucher holders displaced from properties managed by General Services <br />Corporation (GSC). The Orange County Housing Authority received notice on June 24, 2013 <br />that GSC has opted to reject rent payments in the form of Housing Choice Vouchers. Eighty - <br />nine families occupying GSC apartment communities were given the option of renewing their <br />lease agreements using other acceptable forms of income, or moving at the end of their lease <br />term. <br />As of the date of this memo, 56 families have either moved from GSC or renewed their lease <br />agreements: <br />0 41 moved to another home within the Orange County jurisdiction <br />• 5 ported to another jurisdiction <br />• 4 renewed their lease <br />• 2 abandoned the property <br />4 voluntarily relinquished their voucher <br />The remaining tenants' lease agreements will expire by October 2014 at which time the tenants <br />must renew their lease or move out of their homes. The Orange County Housing Authority has <br />been working with local agencies to provide resources to the tenants that are unable to renew <br />their lease. Notwithstanding the expiration of the tenants' lease agreements, the vouchers will <br />remain effective. Therefore, the tenants will be eligible to use their vouchers in Orange County <br />or port their voucher to another jurisdiction. <br />