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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7-a <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Housing Rehabilitation CDBG Program _ _ <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive comments from the public concerning the FY 2001 Housing <br />Rehabilitation Program for Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The County was recently notified by the N.C. Department of Commerce - <br />Division of Community Assistance of the award of $400,000 in Scattered Site Housing <br />Rehabilitation funds under the FY 2001 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br />Program. This is the first year for the implementation of a change in funding for the Scattered <br />Site Housing Rehabilitation Program. These grants are no longer competitive, and each <br />interested county in North Carolina is scheduled to receive an allocation every three years to <br />provide housing rehabilitation funds for the county and the municipalities within the county. <br />Orange County has been selected to receive funding in the inaugural year for this new program. <br />These grant funds must be to repair substandard housing occupied by low-income families in <br />the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough as well as the unincorporated areas of Orange County. <br />These funds may not be used in the Town of Chapel Hill since they receive Community <br />Development Block Grant funding directly from HUD. <br />Families with incomes at or below 50% of area median income that own and occupy <br />deteriorated housing are eligible to participate in the program. For the purpose of this program, <br />deteriorated housing are dwelling units that that have existing housing code violations including <br />houses that lack indoor plumbing. <br />In order to receive this funding, the County must conduct two public hearings. The first hearing <br />provides an opportunity to obtain citizen comments prior to developing an application for these <br />funds and another hearing after the application is completed but prior to submission to the N.C. <br />Department of Commerce. <br />After initial public comment is received, an application document will be prepared with input <br />from the Carrboro and Hillsborough members of the HOME Program Review Committee. A