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9 <br />FFY 2015 -2019 Five Year Consolidated Plan Orange County HOME Consortium, NC <br />Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, and the Town of Chapel Hill's Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. <br />The priority ranking of needs for housing, homelessness, other special needs, community <br />development, economic development, and anti - poverty are as follows: <br />• High Priority - Activities are assigned a high priority if the County or Chapel Hill expects <br />to fund them during the Five Year Consolidated Plan period„ <br />• Low Priority - Activities are assigned a low priority if the activity may not be funded by <br />the County or Chapel Hill during the Five Year Consolidated Plan period. The County or <br />Chapel Hill may support applications for other funding if those activities are consistent <br />with the needs identified in the Five Year Consolidated Plan. <br />Housing Priority (High Priority) <br />There is a need to improve the quality of the housing stock in the County by increasing the amount <br />of decent, safe, sound, and accessible housing for homeowners, renters, and homebuyers that is <br />affordable to low- and moderate - income persons and families <br />Goals /Strategies: <br />HS -1 Housing Rehabilitation - Continue to provide financial assistance to low- and moderate - <br />income homeowners to rehabilitate their existing owner - occupied housing <br />HS -2 Housing Construction - Increase the supply of decent, safe, sound, and accessible <br />housing that is affordable to low- and moderate - income owners and renters in the County <br />through rehabilitation of vacant buildings and new construction including mixed design and <br />mixed income developments that incorporate affordable housing options <br />HS -3 Fair Housing - Promote fair housing choice through education and outreach in the <br />community and through encouraging compliance with fair housing laws and affordable <br />housing choices throughout the County, <br />HS -4 Home Ownership - Assist low- and moderate - income households to become <br />homeowners by providing down payment assistance, closing cost assistance, and housing <br />counseling training including Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher holders <br />HS -5 Public Housing - Support the Town of Chapel Hill's improvements and maintenance of <br />existing public housing units including the provision of broadband internet access for all <br />residents, and promote self - sufficiency through the use of Section 8 Vouchers for home <br />purchase, transitional housing, and supportive services to residents to transition out of public <br />housing to private rental and homeownership opportunities. <br />OMB Control No: 2506 -0117 (exp.07/31/2015) 6 <br />