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16 <br />1 <br />■ <br />Currently living in Tar Heel Mobile Home Park with my parents, siblings, and son <br />2 <br />■ <br />Family Success Alliance (FSA) Zone 6 Navigator since August 2017 <br />3 <br />4 <br />Why is a Manufactured Home a Viable Option for Housing? <br />5 <br />■ <br />Moved from Royal Park Apartments to Tar Heel Mobile Home Park in 2004 due to <br />6 <br />affordability and space issues <br />7 <br />■ <br />Mobile home built in 1998 <br />8 <br />■ <br />All of my extended family members who live in the County followed this trend <br />9 <br />■ <br />A mobile home is the more affordable option <br />10 <br />11 <br />Pros <br />12 <br />■ <br />Kids are zoned for great schools (Estes Hills Elementary, Smith Middle School, and East <br />13 <br />Chapel Hill High) <br />14 <br />■ <br />Timberlyne Shopping Center is within walking distance (Food Lion, Walgreens, and <br />15 <br />restaurants) <br />16 <br />■ <br />Sense of community (walking group, kids biking, and engaging in sports) <br />17 <br />18 <br />Cons <br />19 <br />■ <br />Infrastructure: <br />20 <br />— Lack of lighting at night <br />21 <br />— No playground for kids <br />22 <br />■ <br />Since we own the home, we are responsible for all maintenance <br />23 <br />24 Imaact of Relocation <br />25 ■ Unable to move mobile home to another property due to age and condition <br />26 ■ Would have to move in with extended family because an apartment is not an immediate <br />27 option <br />28 ■ Kids would have to relocate schools <br />29 ■ My parents would lose their most valuable asset <br />30 <br />31 Summary of Tools Used In Other Jurisdictions — table <br />32 <br />33 Summary of Tools Used In Other Jurisdictions — table <br />34 <br />35 Summary of Tools Used In Other Jurisdictions — table <br />36 <br />37 Summary of Tools Used In Other Jurisdictions — table <br />38 <br />39 Recommendation 1: Mobile Home Park Improvement and Expansion Program (Short <br />40 Term) <br />41 Orange County establishes a loan program for mobile home park owners to improve <br />42 and /or expand their existing park. <br />43 ■ Strategy would be part of an overall Rental Rehabilitation Initiative for Investor - <br />44 Owners. <br />45 ■ Recommended that up to $500,000 from the $2M Affordable Housing /Land Bank <br />46 Set -aside in the approved Capital Investment Plan be used to initially fund this <br />47 Initiative. <br />48 Recommendation 2: Repair and /or Replacement Program Component (Short Term) <br />49 Orange County establishes, with local funds, a repair and /or replacement program <br />50 component for residents living in a mobile home, whether rental or owner - occupied. <br />