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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~> - q - <br />SUBJECT: Annual Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan -Section 8 Housing Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Status Report <br />Annual PHA Plan INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Certifications of Compliance/Board Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />Resolution <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing and approve submission of the Annual Public Housing <br />Agency Plan for the Orange County Housing Authority. <br />BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) <br />requires all agencies operating the Section 8 Existing Housing Assistance Program to prepare a <br />Five (5) Year Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan and an Annual Plan. The County's Department <br />of Housing and Community Development administers the Section 8 Program that provides rent <br />subsidies to low income families in the County. <br />The PHA Plan is a 5-year plan that describes the mission of the Agency and the Agency's long- <br />range goals and objectives for achieving its mission over the next five (5) years -Fiscal Years <br />2005-2010. The Board of County Commissioners approved the last Five (5) Year Plan on April <br />19, 2005. <br />Currently, the Section 8 Housing Program serves approximately 615 families throughout the <br />County including the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. The program currently <br />has a waiting list of approximately 2,100 applicants. A complete status report for the program is <br />attached to this abstract. <br />HUD provides a template for the plan and the County's Annual Plan is provided with this <br />abstract. The plan will be made available for public comment for the period April 18, 2008 to <br />June 3, 2008 as advertised in the Chapel Hill Herald. All public comments received will be <br />incorporated into the PHA Plan. There are no substantive changes proposed in the Annual Plan <br />since the Five (5) Year Plan was approved in 2005. <br />This plan must be filed with HUD and must contain the attached Certification of Compliance/ <br />Board Resolution signed by the Chair of the Board of Commissioners in order to continue to <br />administer the Section 8 Existing Housing Choice Voucher Program. <br />