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4 Housing Land Banking/Manufactured Home Park Initiative over two (2) years ago. Doug Boemker brought up the fact that the money is being spent on a home that is not as durable and not on something more sustainable. Ms. Hampton responded stating that a better option would possibly have been modular home or multi-family constructed units. However, a modular home costs about $120,000 and the families did not select a multi -family complex. In addition, Housing staff sought manufactured homes that had the most sustainable features. The County is still investigating other options that may be more susta inable and cost effective. Ms. Hampton clarified that under the D-MAP, the County contracted with EmPOWERment to provide relocation coordination services….. the non-profit secures the lot and pays the rent to the park owner and also handles the maintenance of the units Tenants pay directly to EmPOWERment. Other Housing Program Activities Ms. Renee Holmes, Housing Coordinator, stated that the Orange County HOME Consortium went to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) with an updated version of the Annual Action Plan and had a Public Hearing. The items will be brought for final approval on June 19 th. Revisions to the draft Annual Action Plan were needed due to changes in the amount of funds received from HUD, as well as for amount of funds set-aside for CHDO activities. Keith Cook asked if you can amend after the approval and Renee and Ms. Hampton stated that jurisdictions can amend their plans but still must receive approval from the BOCCC and HUD. The revised Annual Action Plan will be submitted to HUD on July 2nd. Ms. Hampton added the following information on the various projects: EmPOWERment is requesting funds for acquisition of rental units; Habitat is seeking funds to provide second mortgage assistance in the Tenant Woods neighborhood; and Community Home Trust (CHT) is asking for funds to homebuyer assistance for low-to-moderate income homebuyers. IFC withdrew their application for funds for Rapid Re-Housing activities. The Rapid Re-Housing Program will come back to the County. DSS and Housing will collaborate to administer the program. The Program is underfunded by the State as they do not pay for staff to administer the program. The received $25,000 in funds from the State and those funds have almost been exhausted. Therefore, the County sought funding for TBRA (Tenant Based Rental Assistances) funds to be used countywide and this request includes monies for Rapid Re-Housing activities. The County will apply again for State funds for the program. The remaining monies under the requested TBRA funding will be leveraged against funding for a proposed Local Voucher Subsidy Program, and hopefully the BOCC will approve the new program. If the new Local Voucher Subsidy Program is approved, guidelines will be created and additional information on the program will be brought to an AHAB meeting. Ms. Holmes informed the Advisory Board that the Housing Department is continuing with the implementation of an Essential Single-Family Rehab, several people have been approved and