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!3 <br />Priorit 9' 4 -Low-income renters <80% AMI that are' oten6al. homebu ers <br />Strategies: - Provide down-payment and closing cost assistance to qualified homebuyers <br /> - Provide homebuyer education and counseling with an emphasis on credit <br /> - Provide acquisition, infrastructure, predevelopment and/or construction funding to eligible non- <br /> profits and for-profits to develop affordable housing opportunities <br /> - Establish homeownershi ro ram to assist existin Section 8 reci Tents <br />Output Indicators: - Provide water/sewer service for a subdivision assisting 20 additional lower income homebuyers <br />(Orange County/Chapel Hill) <br />Pno ~ 1.5'- Eliminate banierv~ to affordable housin '' <br />Strategies: - Challenge and encourage non-profit and for-profit affordable housing providers to share resources <br /> and collaborate <br /> - Seek legislation that would require all local governments to require new residential and commercial <br /> developers in the County and Towns seeking zoning approval and/or permits to contain at least <br /> 15% affordable units in residential projects <br /> - Utilize equity sharing and community land trust concepts to limit the dramatic escalation of housing <br /> costs <br />Output Indicators: - 11 units of new affordable housing in mixed income developments (Orange County/Chapel Hill) <br /> - Increased awareness of barriers to affordable housin Oran a Coun /Cha el Hill <br />Goal 2 -Provide Housing and Services for Populations with Special Neetls <br />Priority 2:2 Continuum of services'forspdcial populations including older adults;, disabled, mentally ill, persons with AIDS and <br />of=risk youth <br />Strategies: - Promote and make public service funds available to agencies that serve identified special <br />populations <br />- Partner with other funding agencies to encourage the development of transitional housing (SRO's, <br />group homes) that isservice-enriched <br />- Continue to strengthen partnership with local service providers <br />- Support applications for federal supportive housing funds <br />- Provide property acquisition funding to eligible non-profits and for-profits to develop permanent <br />housin for those with s ecial needs <br />Output Indicators: - 5 additional permanent housing units for those with special needs (Orange County) <br />- Provide communi services to 61 area outh Cha el Hill <br />~8~ <br />