OC Assistance Policy for 2017 Cycle of the Urgent Repair Program

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Outreach Efforts of the Urgent Repair Program. Orange County will advertise or publish an article about the Urgent Repair Program in the local newspaper serving Orange County (The Chapel Hill News), at senior centers throughout the County, and on the County's website. Selection of applicants. The County has devised the following priority system to rank eligible applicants, determine which of them will be selected for assistance and in what order. Under this system applicants will receive points for falling into certain categories of special need and income. The applications will be ranked according to which receive the most points. Priori!t Rankino System for Orange Coun URP17 r,Ar .. �... i# i ....: ...., ih Disabled, Elderly or Veteran Head of Household (62 or older) 4 Disabled, Elderly, or Veteran Household Member (not Head of 3 Household) Single-Parent Household (with one or more children in the home) 3 Large Family (5 or more permanent residents) 2 Emergency (may submit without regard to application deadlines) 2 Elevated Blood Lead Level Child 2 Less than 30% of County Median Income 10 30% to 50% of County Median Income 5 Under NCHFA Program Guidelines, a minimum of 50% of households assisted must have incomes which are less than 30% of the area median income for the household size, and no household with an income exceeding 50% of the area median income will be eligible. This guideline will be adhered to strictly and will be the primary factor in the selection of those households to be assisted under URP17. Recipients of assistance under the URP17 will be chosen by the above criteria without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status and disability. The definitions of special needs' populations under URP17 are: • Elderly: An individual aged 62 or older. • Emergency: A situation in which a household member has an immediate threat of being evicted or removed from a home due to health or safety issues within a time frame that the program can complete a repair to stop eviction or removal. These applications will be received at any time during the funding cycle and evaluated on the ability of the program to complete the work in a timely manner that meets the goal of assisting homeowners to remain in their home. • Disabled: A person who has a physical, mental or developmental disability that greatly limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. • Large Family: A large family household is composed of five or more individuals; at least four are immediate family members. • Head of Household. The person or persons who own(s) the house. 2