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13 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA Orange County, North Carolina <br /> scope of rehabilitation work needed to make the mobile home safe, <br /> sound, and secure, and to bring it up to minimum code standards. <br /> It was determined that: <br /> • 378 (18.74%) mobile homes are in sound condition <br /> • 990 (49.08%) mobile homes are in need of minor repairs <br /> • 580 (28.76%) mobile homes are in need of major repairs <br /> • 69 (3.42%) mobile homes are economically infeasible to <br /> repair <br /> • A total of 55 mobile home parks had vacant spaces (250 <br /> vacant spaces). Of those parks with vacancies, the average <br /> number of vacancies is 4.6 spaces with the largest number <br /> of vacancies at one park of 28 spaces available with room to <br /> expand. <br /> • According to the 2010-2014 American Community Survey, there <br /> are an estimated 4,089 mobile homes in Orange County, 7.3% of <br /> the total housing units. This indicates that roughly half of all mobile <br /> homes are located outside of mobile home parks. <br /> • The average sales price for manufactured housing also has <br /> continued to steadily increase with the smallest unit costing <br /> approximately $39, 500 in 2010 to $45,000 in 2014 for 1,115 sq. ft. <br /> unit and larger units ranging from $65,300 ($45.41/sq. ft.) to <br /> $82,000 for a 1710 sq. ft. unit ($47.95/sq. ft.). The cost and or <br /> lack or rinancing along warn we cost or insurance makes even <br /> this purchase difficult for low income households and has <br /> caused this to become more of a rental o- " " <br /> A comparison of other <br /> manufactured housing with stick built was also examined in the <br /> AHSP. The AHSP recommends that the county continue to pursue <br /> ways to work with landowners and owners of individual units to <br /> preserve and expand this stock of housing where feasible and <br /> environmentally suitable. <br /> Persons with Disabilities <br /> The 2007-2011 ACS data showed the number of disabled <br /> individuals in Orange County to be approximately 11,180 or 8.4% of <br /> the total population over the age of 5 (126,228). This is an indicator <br /> of the need for housing for the disabled which are mainly low- and <br /> moderate-income, and do not have housing resources that are <br /> accessible and/or affordable. <br /> Draft Affordable Housing Strategic Plan 10 <br />