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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-Family 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 /> covering the hard costs associated with the rehabilitation of the home. The loan will be <br /> forgiven at$3,000 per year. <br /> 3 <br />