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b. Chapel Hill Department of Housing and Community Development <br /> Operates as the Town' s Housing Authority, operating public housing <br /> in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and implementing the Town' s affordable <br /> housing program. <br /> c. Chapel- Hill Planning Department - Administrator of the <br /> Town' s CDBG entitlement program. Also, responsible for long range <br /> planning and policy design for housing development. <br /> d. Carrboro Planning Department- Houses the Carrboro CDBG <br /> small cities program and the Rental Rehabilitation Program <br /> administration. The Carrboro Planning Department is responsible <br /> for planning and policy design for housing development. <br /> e. Hillsborough Planning Department - Responsible for planning <br /> and policy development for the Town, including the recently-adopted <br /> 2010 plan. <br /> Non-Profit Organizations <br /> a. O range Community Housing Corporation - A nonprofit housing <br /> development corporation, whose operating budget is funded by Orange <br /> County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro governing boards. OCHC is also <br /> a central clearinghouse for information about other nonprofits ' <br /> housing efforts, including Orange County Mental Health Association, <br /> AIDS Service Agency, local churches and other involved in housing <br /> assistance. OCHC is planning at least one housing development <br /> project each year. <br /> b. Orange County Habitat for Humanity, Incorporated - A strong <br /> local affiliate of the national organization. <br /> c. InterFaith Council for Social Service - Operators of the <br /> homeless shelter and chief advocates for the homeless population. <br /> IFC also offers a program to prevent homelessness through financial <br /> assistance to families that are at risk of losing their permanent <br /> housing. <br /> d. Orange Congregations in Mission, serving northern Orange <br /> County, offering programs that prevent homelessness through <br /> financial assistance to families that are at risk of losing their <br /> permanent housing, and proposing a 35-unit rental project in <br /> Hillsborough. <br /> e. Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action Agency, offering a <br /> wide variety of rehabilitation, weatherization, counseling, and <br /> financial assistance to very low income families. <br /> f. Pine Knolls Neighborhood Development Association, a non- <br /> profit involved in the construction of 20 housing units in the Pine <br /> Knolls neighborhood. <br /> 39 <br />