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2 <br /> <br /> <br />To address these strong preferences, our first proposal indicates that the Towns and Counties <br />should partner to purchase the land of mobile home communities at risk for displacement. This <br />proposal increases racial equity by ensuring that the majority Hispanic population of these parks <br />will be able to remain in their homes and on current land, thereby maintaining access to <br />services, transportation, and schools, which surveyed individuals cited as important reasons for <br />remaining in their current locations. This proposal would substantially benefit the residents of <br />mobile home parks facing displacement. <br /> <br />However, this proposal would also place a significant financial burden on the Towns and <br />Counties tasked with purchasing the land. <br /> <br />Our second proposal recommends the relocation of residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />mobile home parks to other pre-designated, town-owned parcels of land. This proposal is less <br />preferred under a racial equity lens given that it would force the relocation of marginalized and <br />vulnerable populations. Although this proposal places a burden on the residents, it takes into <br />account their preferences. The pre-designated parcels of land would ensure that residents <br />remain within Chapel Hill and Carrboro, ensuring that their children remain in the city school <br />district. Further, remaining within the towns would help alleviate concerns over access to transit <br />and other services. This proposal would also place a significant burden on the Towns and <br />County in that it would be costly to build the infrastructure for new mobile home parks and to <br />move residents and their trailers. <br /> <br />Both of their proposals include measures for ensuring accountability including conducting <br />follow-up surveys with the Orange County Health Department and the Family Success Alliance <br />throughout the implementation process as well as after the process. <br /> <br />Dr. Allison DeMarco and UNC Students – Shodeah Kelly, Julia Corbett, Ariella Hirsch, <br />Lucas Risinger and Serena Singh (Current CEF Advocates) – made the following PowerPoint <br />presentation: <br /> <br />Orange County: Mobile Home Parks and Racial Equity <br />Shodeah Kelly, Julia Corbett, Ariella Hirsch, Lucas Risinger, Serena Singh <br /> <br />Step 1: What is your proposal and the desired results and outcomes? <br />● Mobile home parks are overwhelmingly made up of people of color, meaning that any <br />adverse effects disproportionately harm communities of color. <br />○ A racially equitable policy is one that respects the wishes of these communities, <br />minimizes harm, and does not disproportionately harm people of color. <br />● We seek to propose two sustainable outcomes that balance the desires of these <br />marginalized communities with the financial realities of the County. <br /> <br />Step 2: What is the data? <br />● The burden of instability and uncertainty falls on the residents of these mobile home <br />parks, who are all low-income, majority-Hispanic, and often undocumented <br />themselves or live with undocumented family members. <br />● Residents who are undocumented or live in mixed-status homes are particularly <br />vulnerable, as they often cite avoidance of public services for fear of deportation, and <br />thus are likely particularly reliant on location-specific support networks and their <br />communities.