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11 <br /> government incentives and other policies that influence the development of <br /> affordable housing. <br /> • Locate new affordable housing where infrastructure is available, especially water, <br /> sewer, and public transportation services, and disperse it throughout the County, <br /> especially near jobs, with a range of types and densities of housing in urban and <br /> rural areas. <br /> • Encourage the preservation, repair and replacement of existing affordable housing <br /> stock, by, for example, adopting a maximum size limit for homes in neighborhoods <br /> where there is pressure to replace small homes with larger ones. <br /> • Balance affordable housing design standards, environmental concerns, and <br /> harmony with surrounding neighborhoods and ensure that the design of all housing <br /> minimize barriers to accessibility, allowing people to age in place and use materials <br /> that conserve energy. Expectations are that the 65 and older population of <br /> Orange County will grow from 9,308 to 21,553 by 2020. This is an increase of 131.6% <br /> compared to total county population growth of only 38.1%. (See Zoning <br /> Subcommittee Attachment) <br /> • Support safely installed and sited manufactured homes as a valuable form of <br /> affordable housing, expanding building inspector purview and improving standards <br /> for installation. <br /> • Provide a safety net for individual mobile home owners when parkland is removed <br /> through sale and development or due to health and safety deficits. <br /> • Work with human service providers to expand services and capacity in shelter, <br /> group homes, transitional housing, SROs, assisted living, and other "service- <br /> enriched" housing. Towns should locate and reserve suitable sites for these types of <br /> housing. <br /> III. Education <br /> • Utilize a variety of educational formats including brochures, videos, press/media kits, <br /> and an Internet website. <br /> • Provide personalized examples of "eligible" affordable housing consumers in <br /> educational materials using demographic data and celebrating successes to <br /> address NIMBY concerns of officials, providers, and neighborhoods. <br /> • Demonstrate the importance of affordable housing, the value of diversity for the <br /> community, and paint scenarios of what the community might look like if the <br /> problem of affordable housing is ignored (based on economic, racial, ethnic and <br /> age data). <br /> • Produce an annual report on affordable housing availability by cost, numbers in <br /> relation to need, and ownership type as well as an Annual Affordable Housing <br />