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8 <br />HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY <br />Housing Priorities <br />The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following housing priorities for <br />1995-2000. <br />• Provide rehabilitation assistance for very low- and low-income homeowners and renters. <br />• Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor plumbing. <br />• Provide assistance to households at less than 80 percent of MFI to connect to existing public <br />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 families. <br />Priority will be given to projects participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit <br />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 options for <br />special populations, including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, and persons with AIDS. <br />Non-housing Community Development Priorities <br />The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following community development <br />priorities: <br />Provide economic development opportunities to low- and moderate-income citizens in <br />Chapel Hill. <br />Revitalize the business areas serving low-income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill.