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• <br /> . 2 <br /> Recipient's Plan to Further Fair Rousing <br /> Orangq County <br /> Grantee <br /> P.O. Bo; 81.81, Hillsborough/ N.C. 27278 <br /> Grantee's Address <br /> T4,ra L. Pikes <br /> Contact Person Telephone Number <br /> I. Indicate if the grantee will be affirmatively furthering fair housing <br /> for the first time or has implemented specific activities in the past. <br /> • First Time jrz. Past Activities <br /> II. Identify and analyze obstacles to affirmatively furthering fair housing <br /> in grantee's community. (Use additional pages as necessary) <br /> 1 . The lack of knowledge by the general public of Federal <br /> • <br /> Fair Housing Laws and more specifically the State Fair <br /> Housing Act and the protection provided by these laws. <br /> 2. The scattered geographic location of the County's low <br /> and moderate income population throughout the County <br /> causes difficulty in disseminating information pertinent <br /> to this population. <br /> 3. The apparent lack of importance of maintaining standard <br /> rental housing and practicing sound leasing and <br /> management practices by realtors and individual property <br /> owners. <br /> 4. The housing sales market in the County tends to respond • <br /> to the influence of the upper income population in terms <br /> of housing size, cost , location and design, thereby, <br /> limiting homeownership opportunities for prospective <br /> low/moderate income homebuyers. These persons are then <br /> overwhelmed by this complex sales market and tend to <br /> lack knowledge of financing options available to them. <br /> • <br /> Page 1 of 3 pages <br />