Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY HAPP ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN Page 3 <br /> 5. TO maintain all records in a manner which will permit evaluation <br /> and study toward a better understanding of the overall housing <br /> situation in Orange County. <br /> II. OUTREACH TO FAMILIES AND LANDLORDS <br /> Initially, staff net with agencies and groups throughout the county to explain the <br /> operation of the program. Newspaper articles and television coverage announced the <br /> beginning of the Rental Assistance program. As anticipated, response was greater <br /> than staff could manage, so except for ongoing caumanication with Social Services <br /> agency staffs, orientation to any individual or group that requests that, no formal <br /> outreach has been done. <br /> Applications are monitored for locality, race, income, bedroom size and family status <br /> to make sure there is no group or area that needs extra outreach effort. Applications <br /> are taken full time at the Chapel Hill Housing Authority Office and in Hillsborough <br /> by appointment. There is a Housing Counselor in the Hillsborough area half of each <br /> day, but not always in the office. Initially, applications were taken on a weekly <br /> basis in other parts of the county. However, the Hillsborough location is the only <br /> location where enough regular interest nukes staff time reasonable. <br /> All program applicants are notified by postcard, of their eligibility and informed <br /> that their name has been placed on a waiting list. <br /> A brochure was developed and used widely during the first few program years. Extra <br /> effort was, and is made to personally review the program with any interested landlord <br /> or owner. <br />