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nodes, but allow their occurrence anywhere in the <br /> Agricultural-Residential plan areas. <br /> CATEGORY: HOUSING <br /> GOAL EIGHT: Adequate, reasonably priced safe housing in an <br /> appropriate variety of types in proximity to jobs and <br /> • daily activities for all citizens. <br /> 8.1 Encourage the construction and rehabilitation of a <br /> diverse range of housing types in response to the <br /> needs of various household sizes and incomes. <br /> 8.2 Encourage the location of various housing types <br /> according to the accessibility of public services and <br /> commercial uses. Multi-family housing should be built <br /> in Urban and Transition Areas where urban-type <br /> services are available. Lower density (a minimum of <br /> one dwelling unit per acre) non-farm housing is most <br /> appropriate in rural and community areas outside of <br /> 1 productive farmland areas. <br /> 8.3 Encourage the provision of a range of affordable and <br /> suitable low-income housing by means of development <br /> incentives in order to provide a balanced housing <br /> stock for the residents of Orange County. <br /> 8.4 Support the provision of housing assistance for <br /> 1 households in need through technical assistance and <br /> • coordination with public organizations responsible for <br /> housing in the County. <br /> 8.5 Recognize the Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan as the <br /> basic guide for the allocation of assisted housing to <br /> • the County. The Housing Assistance Plans for the <br /> County and for the Towns will serve as the guide for <br /> the allocation and distribution of housing within the <br /> County. <br /> 8.6 Assist the Orange County Community Development Block <br /> Grant Program in concentrating its efforts and <br /> resources in those areas of the County occupied by low <br /> and moderate-income households and having the most <br /> severe housing and community development needs. <br /> 8.7 Support the use of individual mobile homes as a useful <br /> housing resource in the County by affording these <br /> homes the same locational opportunities as single- <br /> family units meeting the State Building Code. <br /> 8.8 Require that all new housing built or located in <br /> • Orange County meet the minimum standards specified in <br /> • the State of North Carolina Building Code, as well, as <br /> Department of HUD and FmHA standards when required. <br /> 8.9 Encourage the location of high density housing within <br /> • one-half mile of the center of the activity nodes in <br /> the Chapel Hill 10 and 20 Year Transition areas. <br />