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15 <br />GENERAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS <br />Which Form? This form is to apply for CDBG or HOME funds for Affordable Housing <br />projects. There is a senarate form for Community Service proiects. If in <br />doubt, please contact the Chapel Hill Housing and Neighborhood Services <br />or Orange County Housing and Community Development staff: <br />Affordable Housing projects would include the following activities: <br />Property Acquisition <br />New housing construction <br />Housing rehabilitation <br />Construction or improvement of public facilities <br />Homeownership / Downpayment Assistance <br />Tenant Based Rental Assistance (HOME only) <br />Infrastructure Development /Site improvements <br />Construction of public improvements (CDBG only) <br />Emergency Home Repair <br />Predevelopment Costs <br />CDBG or HOME? This is not a simple question, since the programs do overlap. Here are <br />some guidelines: <br />• CDBG assistance is limited to projects within the Town of <br />Chapel Hill <br />• HOME funds may be used anywhere in Orange County <br />(Carrboro, Hillsborough or Orange County) <br />• Non-Housing projects -CDBG only <br />• New housing construction - HOME only (except for <br />Community Based Development Organizations which may use <br />CDBG for new housing construction in Chapel Hill) <br />Please see Attachment 1 for more <br />Development and HOME Programs. <br />Chapel Hill or Orange County staff <br />information about the Community <br />If in doubt, please contact Town of <br />Eligible Applicants HOME applicants must be: <br />• Consortium member governments; or <br />Non-profit agencies or for-profit corporations applying throw <br />a member government (outside Orange County: contact your <br />member government for additional application requirements); <br />or <br />• Non-profit Community Housing Development Organizations <br />(CHDOs).. <br />II <br />