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deliberative process of engaging partners; including relationships with providers, ideally with the clients themselves and also with the landlords. Bonnie Hammersley said she would provide additional information to the BOCC on this issue. Commissioner Jacobs said more rental units are being built in Chapel Hill. He asked if there is any strategy for providing more affordable housing rentals, versus affordable units for ownership. Jamie Rohe said there is an inclusionary zoning ordinance for home ownership. She said the Affordable Housing Commission, which is all of the main affordable housing stakeholders in the County, is focusing on how to encourage private developers to give affordable rentals in their developments. Commissioner Rich said the Town of Chapel Hill is working with a developer on Legion Road; but the process has been delayed, due to paperwork not being filed in a timely manner. She said the development is supposed to be largely made up of affordable housing. She said she is unsure if this development will include any priority for those who are homeless, or at risk of being so. Commissioner Jacobs said he was thinking more about the Ephesus Fordham area, and downtown on Rosemary Street. Commissioner Rich said the Exchange was at Ephesus Fordham, and it was put on Legion Road instead. Bonnie Hammersley said she will find out the strategy information from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, and will forward it to the Board. Commissioner Jacobs said he agreed with Commissioner Dorosin about incentivizing the private sector to interface with government, to provide affordable units. He said an incentive per unit may not be a financially viable option with a large apartment complex; but it may be a viable option with an owner of a private home, which is rented out. He said he would not want to give up this option entirely. Commissioner Rich said the density bonus strategy is not working for the Town of Chapel Hill. Commissioner Rich said her concern is, as transitional housing is built with Inter-Faith Council Social Services (IFC), there are still homeless on the street, and there are no emergency shelters available to them. She said the option of building a shelter must be considered, as the transitional housing is a non-emergency shelter. She said there must be a discussion about what to do when IFC moves out of their current shelter. Jamie Rohe continued with the PowerPoint presentation: Calculation of Unmet Need for Housing Homeless street outreach workers and shelter/transitional housing staff estimate that Orange County's unmet need for housing to ultimately resolve the homelessness of their clients is (after new Community House opens): • Emergency Shelter: 0 18 beds for men o (surplus of 10 for women) • Transitional Housing: • (surplus of 60 beds for men) • (surplus of 8 beds for women & children) • Rapid Re-Housing: 49 beds • Permanent Supportive Housing: 29 beds