2017-482-E Finance - Habitat for Humanity, Orange County, NC - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: B67A2C26-3304-4095-BB1C-73A2BC4A569A EXHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION median income (AMI), and live in substandard housing. Habitat was incorporated in 1984, and completed its first home in 1987. Since that first home, Habitat has built more than 260 affordable homes throughout the County. Through its New Home Construction program, Habitat uses donations and volunteer labor to construct energy-efficient, green-certified, high- quality homes, and then sells those homes to qualifying families. The buyers receive an affordable mortgage, and mortgage payments are recycled to build future homes. Homebuyers are required to contribute 325 hours of sweat equity toward the construction of their own and other Habitat homes. Habitat retains the right of first refusal to repurchase a Habitat home if the owner wishes to sell. Habitat uses deferred-payment second mortgages and equity sharing to ensure that the community's investment of funds and labor will continue to benefit low-income families if the original buyer sells the home. • Since 2010, Habitat has also provided home repairs to low-wealth homeowners. To date, Habitat has completed 88 repair projects. Through these projects, Habitat recognizes and seeks to address the ongoing need for affordable work on existing homes in the communities where it builds. Repairs are an important aspect of Habitat's affordable housing strategy because they offer low-cost assistance to homeowners living in deteriorating or unsafe homes, which improves their quality of life as well as the quality of life of other neighborhood residents. Habitat is also committed to strengthening the neighborhoods where it builds by developing relationships and supporting other neighborhood improvement initiatives identified by neighborhood residents. • In carrying out its affordable housing and community strengthening activities, Habitat seeks to educate and empower its homebuyers through a series of relevant workshops and one-on- one trainings. Habitat also strives to educate the broader community about the crisis in affordable housing by introducing and involving hundreds of new volunteers from all walks of life into its work each year. Habitat promotes the positive value of diversity by uniting people of varied economic, religious, social, and racial backgrounds to work together toward a common goal — building and repairing decent homes in partnership with families in need. d) Agency's History with Providing These Services: Habitat is requesting funding for its Home Preservation program. Habitat first began completing exterior home repairs in 2010, and has since successfully completed 76 projects. Habitat has received government funding for these projects in the past, and has proven its ability to successfully complete and report the agreed upon work. In addition, during the fall of 2016 Habitat piloted providing critical repairs to homeowners in Northside and Pine Knolls. These repairs were also subject to grant funding restrictions and reporting. Habitat successfully completed 12 critical repairs. e) Other Pertinent Agency Information (Ex. Has the agency experienced any major changes in the past year?Is there a new Executive Director?Are there new initiatives?) At its meeting on January 21, 2017, Habitat's Board of Directors approved a motion to pursue long- term funding for critical repairs, following a successful pilot program during the fall of 2016. f) Schedule of Positions (For Entire Agency) • Full Time Equivalent(FTE) staff will be noted as 1.00; half time as .50; quarter time as .25, etc. • Calculate a Full Time Equivalent for all recorded volunteer hours using the following: Total Volunteer Hours =Volunteer FTE 2,080 #of FTE - Full-Time Paid Positions: 15.6 #of FTE - Paid Part-Time Positions: 0.5 DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/31/2017 2:31 :06 PM Page of °'f