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3 <br /> 1 below <br /> 2 ■ Seek housing in Chapel Hill <br /> 3 ■ Home must be primary residence <br /> 4 <br /> 5 The Town will also offer financial counseling and training opportunities to all employees as part <br /> 6 of this program. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Town plans to begin implementation this program in the winter of 2019. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 3) The Town was notified by HUD that its application for a Rental Assistance Demonstration <br /> 11 (RAD) conversion for two of its public housing communities was approved. The plan is to <br /> 12 renovate and redevelop the Trinity Court and Craig-Gomains public housing neighborhoods. <br /> 13 The Town continues to engage with residents and the community about the RAID program to <br /> 14 jointly develop plans for the future of the communities. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 4) The Town, in partnership with residents, community partners, and staff, has developed a <br /> 17 Public Housing Master Plan to help create a sustainable strategy relative to the maintenance, <br /> 18 development, and redevelopment potential of public housing communities. Consistent with this <br /> 19 purpose is the mission to provide programs and services to help public housing families <br /> 20 improve basic life skills and increase their economic independence. Town staff will present this <br /> 21 plan to the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 30, 2019. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 5) The Town is pursuing affordable mixed-income development on several Town owned sites. <br /> 24 The Town has completed the visioning and Concept Plan process for 2200 Homestead Road. <br /> 25 Town staff is in the process of identifying potential development partners and advancing <br /> 26 through the next steps of the development review process. The Town Council also prioritized <br /> 27 three additional Town-owned parcels in the Spring of 2018, and is in the process of conducting <br /> 28 analysis to determine feasible options for development on these sites. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 6) The Town continues to implement a Manufactured Home Communities Strategy to <br /> 31 proactively engage residents and owners of the Town's manufactured home communities. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 7) The Town supported the development of 99 new affordable housing units in Chapel Hill and <br /> 34 the preservation of 23 existing affordable homes in fiscal year 2018. The development of 99 <br /> 35 homes surpassed the Town's annual goal of 80 new homes and brought the total number of <br /> 36 subsidized affordable housing units to over 1,000. The Town also deployed $1.7 million in Town <br /> 37 funding (in FY 2018) to support affordable housing projects in the community. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 8) The Town provided support for the development of several tiny homes in in the community, <br /> 40 including the Church of the Advocate project on Homestead Road, a tiny house duplex in <br /> 41 Northside, and Grisham cottages relocated to Town-owned parcels in the Northside <br /> 42 neighborhood. These projects will provide affordable rental housing to very low-income <br /> 43 households in the community. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Commissioner Greene referred to the plan to acquire properties for affordable housing, <br /> 46 and asked if this is moving forward. <br /> 47 Loryn Clark, Chapel Hill Executive Director Housing and Community, said not at this <br /> 48 moment, due to the current plan of working with already owned properties. She said this would <br /> 49 be a future opportunity. <br />