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Audrey Spencer-Horsely said she would do further research. She said it is her <br /> understanding that manufactured housing is not eligible for the rehabilitation funding. She said <br /> there is no other source of funding for rehabilitation. <br /> Chair McKee asked for a definitive statement on state regulation to be gathered, for <br /> future reference. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said there has been a real disconnect between the issue raised <br /> by Minister Campbell and the State. He said the Board believes this is a priority and he said if <br /> this State funding does not address rehabilitation for manufactured housing, then Orange <br /> County should create funding locally. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin asked if there are numbers available regarding the members of <br /> elderly population that are considered low-income. He said the report in the packet states that <br /> housing for the elderly should be a priority, but it does not break down how many are <br /> considered low-income. <br /> Audrey Spencer-Horsely said the report does include tables that provide this <br /> information. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said he supported Commissioner Dorosin, and he suggested <br /> that the Manufactured Housing Association would likely be one of the County's most <br /> aggressive allies and should be brought into the conversation regarding affordable housing. <br /> Commissioner Rich asked if there is a definition of a manufactured home, and if it <br /> varies between government entities. <br /> Audrey Spencer-Horsely said she knows there is a definition that the Department of <br /> Housing and Urban Development (HUD) uses, and she will research if the State uses a <br /> different one. <br /> Chair McKee said there continues to be a stigma associated with mobile homes and <br /> manufactured housing. He said this stigma is unnecessary and should be eradicated. He said <br /> as a young adult he lived in a mobile home for fourteen years, as it was what he could afford. <br /> He said the new emphasis on tiny houses is very much like the mobile home in which he used <br /> to live. <br /> Commissioner Rich said she agreed and she felt that public sentiment is moving away <br /> from the stigma. <br /> John Roberts said North Carolina has a definition of a mobile home and he read it: <br /> "Manufactured home -A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the <br /> traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width or is 40 feet or more in length, or when erected <br /> on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to <br /> be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required <br /> utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained <br /> therein." <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier for <br /> the Board to close the public hearing. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF <br /> THE FY 2015-2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE CONSORTIUM <br /> ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />