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5 1 2 Chair Dorosin asked if there could be clarification about the part-time position. 3 Dorothy Cilenti said this would be a seasonal position. 4 Chair Dorosin asked if this is one person. 5 Dorothy Cilenti said they may be inspectors from other counties that want extra work, 6 and some are retired inspectors. 7 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 8 9 • Housing, Human Rights & Community Development, Pg. 374 10 • Total expenditure budget - $6,055,782 11 • Administration Division 12 • No significant budget changes 13 • Housing Choice Voucher Program 14 • Housing Rehabilitation Specialist to assist with required 15 inspections - $53,622 to start on 1/1/18 16 • Community Development Division 17 — Recognize two (2) new grants for urgent repair and housing 18 rehabilitation from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency - 19 ($325,000) 20 — Housing Resource Coordinator to coordinate and support 21 rehabilitation programs - $32,222 to start on 1/1/18 22 — Housing displacement funds to promote housing stabilization and 23 prevent homelessness - $67,778 24 » Technical amendment to add funds with offsetting 25 expense reduction 26 27 Commissioner Marcoplos said Habitat for Humanity had funds, and asked if there are 28 other funding sources. 29 Annette Moore, Interim Housing, Human Rights, and Community Development Director, 30 said there are other sources: HOME monies; Urgent Repair monies from the County; and two 31 North Carolina Housing Finance Agency grants. She hopes these funds will be pooled and 32 leveraged against the community partners, so as to avoid doing double duty. 33 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the grant total of available funds is known. 34 Annette Moore said she will find out and send information to the Board. 35 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the number of section 8 holders in Orange County is 36 known, and how many people are waiting. 37 Annette Moore said there are 623 vouchers, and of those vouchers there are 558 38 people who have vouchers, and there are 42 vouchers on the street, meaning those who are 39 looking for housing. She said some of the vouchers are being saved, because starting on July 40 1 there will be a "homeless" preference in the Section 8 Administrative Plan. 41 Commissioner Jacobs said there is a good chance that the federal government will cut 42 Section 8 funding, and asked if the County has any contingency plan. 43 Annette Moore said there may be a decrease in the housing choice voucher funds in 44 2018, and the Housing Resource Coordinator will incentivize landlords, as well as educate 45 landlords about the program to increase the pool of landlords. 46 Commissioner Price asked if the items being cut from the requested budget could be 47 identified.