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14 <br /> Following the establishment of the land banking program and designated funding from Orange <br /> County, local housing partners began to discuss and evaluate the opportunities and obstacles <br /> in redeveloping an existing mobile home park or developing new affordable housing <br /> addressing the needs of mobile home park residents at risk. Orange County Habitat for <br /> Humanity invited interested, local individuals to form an informal ad hoc committee that <br /> became known as the Mobile Home Park Work Group. The Work Group consisted of local <br /> government staff, for-profit developers, and non-profit housing staff and continues to meet as <br /> facilitated by County staff. <br /> Over the course of several months, the Work Group reviewed and discussed several issues <br /> facing mobile home park residents and owners. The main issue identified by the Work Group <br /> was that mobile home park residents, specifically in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, were faced with <br /> losing their homes thereby resulting in displacement as a result of redevelopment of the <br /> existing parks. In addition, these residents faced limited affordable housing options due to a <br /> lack of available mobile homes and/or mobile home spaces elsewhere and increasing housing <br /> costs in the Towns. <br /> After identifying the main issues that may be unfolding in the immediate future, the Work <br /> Group set out to identify goals, explore options, and consider strategies that would assist in <br /> developing effective recommendations to address the mobile home park issue in Orange <br /> County. <br /> Additional information regarding the Mobile Home Park Work Group is included in Attachment <br /> 1. <br /> Mobile Home Park Survey Report <br /> Throughout the process, the Mobile Home Park Work Group stressed the need to learn more <br /> about the mobile home park residents. In order to develop an effective strategy to deal with the <br /> potential conversion of mobile home parks, the Work Group recognized it was imperative to <br /> learn about the needs and obstacles current mobile home park residents are facing. In <br /> addition, the group identified the importance to collect information regarding residents' social <br /> and economic needs in order to create successful recommendations in the future. In order to <br /> gather input and data on existing residents, the Orange County Family Success Alliance <br /> initiated a survey campaign in August which included the completion of 100 surveys from eight <br /> (8) mobile home parks in Orange County. The Mobile Home Park Survey Report is included in <br /> Attachment 2. Information collected from this survey was utilized to develop the proposed <br /> mobile home park recommendations. <br /> Best Practices See Attachment 3 — Summary of Tools Used In Other Jurisdictions <br /> Sherrill Hampton, Director for Housing, Human Rights and Community Development, <br /> made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Mobile Home Park Survey Report and Recommendations <br /> November 20, 2017 <br /> Item 6-b <br /> Purpose <br /> • Overview <br /> • Mobile Home Park Survey Report <br />