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2 <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> Earl McKee, Chair <br />TO: <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Director <br />CC: <br />Orange County Dept. of Housing, Human Rights& Community Development <br />Board Members, OCHA <br /> Jean Bolduc, Chair <br />FROM: <br />Orange County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners <br /> February 3, 2015 <br />DATE: <br /> Annual Report <br />SUBJ: <br />This year has been a productive and challenging one for the Oran <br />Authoritys Board of commissioners. With the retirement of longt <br />Fikes, our board has worked well with Interim Director James Davis and we l <br />to working with the current Director, Audrey Spencer-Horsley. <br />Though the following is not an exhaustive list, it does represenprimary <br />activities and accomplishments. <br />During the late Spring and through the Summer, there was a growi <br />controversy surrounding the decision of one property management <br />(GSC) to discontinue its acceptance of Housing Choice Vouchers. <br />corporate level decision based on many factors, having nothing to do with <br />Orange Countys voucher holders or the management of its program <br />Nevertheless, activists and housing advocates took up the issue <br />meeting regularly in an effort to force GSC to reverse its decis <br /> <br />Although we are always concerned about the pressure on our housi <br />Voucher program itself was managing this within its normal cours <br />were left, then, with a disconnect between the actual problem an <br />the problem. <br />Through the summer, Mr. Davis and I spend many Wednesday afternoons at <br />Empowerment, Inc. meeting with the ad hoc group of advocates who <br />assist the affected families. We spent a significant amount of t <br />misinformation on many points, the leading one being that these families were <br />losing their vouchers. <br />This activity culminated in a press conference given by the mayo <br />and Carrboro to bring attention to the issue and to assistance f <br />available to help families that needed emergency funds for security deposits. Mr. <br />Davis spoke at the August press conference, which was well cover <br /> <br />