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Priorit 1.4 -Low-income renters <80% AMI that are otential homebuyers <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 reci tents <br />Output Indicators: - Provide waledsewer service for a subdivision assisting 20 additional lower income homebuyers <br /> Oran e Count /Cha el Hill <br />Pnont 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 /> - Utilize equity sharing and community land tmst concepts to limit the dramatic escalation of housing <br /> costs <br />Output Indicators: 11 units of new affordable housing in mixed income developments (Orange CountylChapel Hill) <br /> - Increased awareness of barriers to affordable housin Oran a Coun ICha el HIII <br />Goal 2 -Provide Housing and Services for Populations with Special Needs <br />Priority 2.2 -Continuum of services for special populations including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, persons with AIDS and <br />at-risk outh <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) chat 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 to develop permanent <br /> housin for those with s eclat needs <br />Output Indicators: - 5 additional permanent housing units for those with special needs (Orange County) <br /> - Provide communit services to 61 area outh Cha el HiII <br />~8~ <br />