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I <br /> ORANGE COTIM'Y <br /> BOARD OF OCHNISSIONFIZS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION ACEMA fl.TM -A11:7..;TRACT Item Tzo. <br /> • eetincj Date; FT:DRUAPY ?. 1986 <br /> Ramer: sTATLI OF MIN-run FK)USING CrOB 12RFOrCEM1- .I.' PRCKTIV• <br /> _ <br /> DF,PARTNENT: OWN EANAGER ilEAPIZ,K;: Yes X No <br /> _ <br /> Arrl'ACHP•IENT(S) I2701•24\TION COPTACT: •ANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE, X501 <br /> NO TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Nebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To review status of minimum housing code enforcement program. <br /> • <br /> NEED; On December 2, 1985 the Board reviewed the housing complain!;:s . <br /> reCeived since the July 1. 1984 effective date of the DirlifrOM <br /> housing. code. During the discussion which questioned the number <br /> of corvlaints (12) received: the Board requested staff to <br /> research/onalye the limited sum of housing complaint referrals <br /> fm other agencies. <br /> To ,.ascertair. whethex the nwber of referrals contributed to the <br /> low number of housing complaints. staff coni-acted human service <br /> agencies that supported adoption of the code. Comments received <br /> frOm these agencies reveal the lack of a data base on how many <br /> rental units are substandard and the fact that few tenants have <br /> been referred from the agencies and individuals which previously <br /> adMccated for the code's adoption. Another problem appears to <br /> be the lack of citizen education about the code. The general <br /> public and agencies are insufficiently educated about specific <br /> prOvisions of the code and the enforcellent procedure which <br /> relpires the lodging of complaints to trigger enforcei.ent <br /> action. <br /> IMPACT: The establishment and implementation of an outreach program <br /> shou3d increase the filing of housing complaints. <br /> :RECOTTPI,DAria014(E) : <br /> AuthoL-ize staff to investigate End report on the feasibility of <br /> using Section C surplus funds to mount an outreach programto <br /> increase citizen av:areness, of the remedies available to overcome <br /> subStandard condition . <br />