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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 21, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Affordable Housing Updates <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing /Human Rights /Comm. PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Development <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />(Provided as One Electronic Document) <br />Tara L. Fikes, (919) 245 -2490 <br />1 — Orange County Clearinghouse <br />Loryn Clark, (919) 969 -5076 <br />Network <br />Patricia McGuire, (919) 918 -7327 <br />11 — Town of Chapel Hill Affordable <br />Margaret Hauth, (919) 732 -1270 <br />Housing Strategy <br />111. Mayor's Committee Report and <br />Recommendations <br />IV — Carrboro Affordable Housing Task <br />Force Recommendations <br />V - Carrboro Affordable Housing <br />Dialogue Sessions: Results and <br />Recommendations <br />VI — Hillsborough Memorandum <br />VII — Memo from Robert Dowling, <br />Community Home Trust <br />VIII — Draft Charter <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on local affordable housing efforts from County and Town <br />staff. <br />BACKGROUND: The principal staff members working on affordable housing issues in the <br />County and the Towns met to discuss the status of affordable housing initiatives throughout <br />the County and the findings are summarized below. <br />I. Orange County <br />The Affordable Housing Advisory Board has met with the Board of County Commissioners <br />twice this year to discuss affordable housing issues and concerns. Specifically, those <br />conversations have centered on the following. <br />• The challenges of the Community Home Trust (CHT) with HVAC systems at <br />Greenbridge as well as its general challenges with selling its inventory in the current <br />housing market. The Advisory Board plans to engage in conversation with CHT <br />personnel to better understand its inventory challenges and its marketing strategies. <br />