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10 - 150 units of refurbished ublic housin Cha el Hill Priority 13 -Low income (<80% AMI) homeowners that do not have indoor plumbing or adequate connections to existing public water and sewers stems Strategies: - Continue to fund the connection of lower income homeowners to existing water and sewer facilities Continue to fund the construction of com lete indoor lumbin facilities Out ut Indicators: - 100% of all Coun residents have ode uate indoor lumbin Oran e Coun ICha el Hill Prio ' 1.4 -Low-income renters <80% AMI That are otential homebu ers Strategies: Provide down-payment and closing cost assistance to qualified homebuyers - Provide homebuyer education and counseling with an emphasis on credit - Provide acquisition, infrastructure, predevelopment and/or construction funding to eligible non- profitsand for-profits to develop affordable housing opportunities Establish homeownershi ro ram to assist existin Section 8 reci tents Out ut Indicators: 75 additional lower income homebu ers Oran a Coun ICha el Hill Pdo ' 1.5 - Eliminate bamers to affoNable housin Strategies: - Challenge and encourage non-profit and for-profit affordable housing providers to share resources and collaborate - Seek legislation that would require all local governments to require new residential and commercial developers in the County and Towns seeking zoning approval and/or permits to contain at least 15% affordable units in residential projects - Declare 2006 "The Year of Affordable Housing" and implement a public education that defines af- fordablehousing - Utilize equity sharing and community land tmst concepts to limit the dramatic escalation of housing costs Output Indicators: - 100 units of new affordable housing in mixed income developments (Orange County/chapel Hill) Increased awareness of barriers to affordable housin Oran e Coun ICha el Hill Goal 2 -Provide Housing and Services for Populations with Special Needs Priorit 2.1-Service-enriched transitional housin for homeless ersons with s ecial needs Strategies: Promote and make public service funds available to homeless agencies that operate emergency shelters - Partner with other funding agencies to encourage the development of transitional housing (SRO's, group homes) that isservice-enriched Continue to strengthen partnership with the local Continuum of Care Provide property acquisition funding to eligible non-profits and for-profits to develop transitional housin Output Indicators: - Provide financial assistance to support the constmction of a residential center for homeless men Oran e Coun ICha el Hill Priority 2 2 - Continuum of services for special populations including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, persons with AIDS and at-risk oath Strategies: Promote and make public service funds available to agencies that serve identified special popula- tions [10]