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10 <br />Priorit 1.4 -Low-income renters <80% AMt that are otential 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 reel tents <br />Out ut Indicators: - 75 additional lower income homebu ers Oran a Coun /Cha el Hiil <br />Priorif 1.5-Eliminate barriers 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 /> Declare 2006'The Year of Affordable Housing" and implement a public education that defines <br /> affordable housing <br /> - Utilize equity sharing and community land trust concepts to limit the dramatic escalation of housing <br /> costs <br />Output Indicators: 100 units of new affordable housing in mixed income developments (Orange CountylChapel Hill) <br /> - Increased awareness of barriers to affordable housin Oran a Count /Cha el Hill <br />Goat 2 -Provide Housinc and Services for Populations with Special Needs <br />Priorit 2.1-Service-enriched transitional housin forhomeless ersons with s eclat needs <br />Strategies: - Promote and make public service funds available to homeless agencies that operate emergency <br /> shelters <br /> Partner with ocher funding agencies to encourage the development of transitional housing (SRO's, <br /> group homes) that isservice-enriched <br /> - Continue to strengthen partnership with the local Continuum of Caro <br /> - Provide property acquisition funding to eligible non-profits and for-profits to develop transitional <br /> housin <br />Output Indicators: - Provide financial assistance to support the construction of a residential center for homeless men <br /> Oran a Count ICha el Hill <br />Priority 2,2- Continuum ofservices (orspecial populations including olderadults, disabled, mentally ill, persons with AIDS and <br />at-risk oath <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 is service-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 io develop permanent <br /> housin for those with s eclat needs <br />Output Indicators: 20 additional permanent housing units for those wish special needs (Orange County) <br /> - Provide communit services to 100 area oath Cha el Hiii <br />[10] <br />