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11 <br />CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />PROGRAMS IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires jurisdictions to submit <br />a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs along with their <br />applications for funding. The purpose of the Consolidated Plan is to analyze and propose <br />solutions to the most pressing housing and community development issues of the <br />community. <br />The FY 2000-2005 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs <br />in Orange County, N.C. identifies the following priorities: <br />• Provide rehabilitation assistance for very low- and low-income homeowners and <br />renters; <br />• Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor <br />plumbing; <br />• Provide assistance to households at less than 80 % of MFI to connect to existing <br />public water and sewer systems; <br />• Facilitate the construction of new or substantially rehabilitated housing units that are <br />affordable to families below 80% of the area median; <br />• Facilitate the construction of rental housing affordable to very low- and low-income <br />families. Priority will be given to projects participating in the Low Income Housing <br />Tax Credit Program, with at least three bedrooms; <br />• Create transitional housing units for homeless individuals and families; <br />• Assist local nonprofit human service agencies to provide a continuum of housing <br />options for special populations, including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, and <br />persons with AIDS; <br />• Provide economic development opportunities to low- and moderate-income citizens <br />in Chapel Hill; and <br />• Revitalize the business areas serving low-income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill.