OC Assistance Policy for 2019 NCHFA-Funded Urgent Repair Program (approved 090319)

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* Income limits are subject to change based on annually published HUD HOME Limits and will be updated each year . This update will not require a re - approval by the governing authority . What Outreach Efforts will be Undertaken to Announce the Urgent Repair Program ? Orange County will advertise or publish an article about the Urgent Repair Program in the local English - speaking and Spanish - speaking newspapers serving the County ( The News of Orange and La Noticio ) and provide printed information about the program at the Passmore and Seymour Senior Centers ; Cedar Grove , Rogers Road and the Efland - Cheeks Community Centers , Orange County Home Preservation Coalition ; Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition ; Carrboro Town Hall , Chapel Hill Town Hall , Orange County DSS Office and on the County' s website . Selection of Applicants : The County has devised the following priority system to rank eligible applicants , determine which of them will be selected for assistance and in what order . Under this system , applicants will receive points for falling into certain categories of special need and income . The applications will be ranked according to which receive the most points . Priority Ranking System for Orange County' s URP19 Special Needs (for definitions, see below) Points Disabled , Elderly or Veteran Head of Household (62 or older) 4 Disabled , Elderly or Veteran Household Member (not Head of Household) 3 Single - Parent Household (with one or more minor children in the home) 3 Emergency (may submit without regard to application deadlines) 3 Large Family (5 or more permanent family members) 2 Elevated Blood Lead Level Child 2 Income (See Income Table above) Points 30 % or below County Area Median Income 10 31 % to 50 % of County Area Median Income 5 Under NCHFA Program Guidelines , a minimum of 50 % of households assisted must have incomes which are 30 % or less of the area median income for the household size , and no household with an income exceeding 50 % of the area median income will be eligible . This guideline will be adhered to strictly and will be the primary factor in the selection of those households to be assisted under URP19 . Recipients of assistance under the URP19 will be chosen by the above criteria without regard to race , color, religion , national origin , sex, familial status and disability . Note that in the likely case of applicants receiving identical scores , the application with the earlier submission date will be considered first . The Definitions of Special Needs Populations Under URP19 are : • Elderly : An individual age 62 or older . • Emergency : A situation in which a household member has an immediate threat of being evicted or removed from a home due to health or safety issues within a time frame that the program can complete a repair to stop eviction or removal . These applications will be received at any time during the funding cycle and evaluated on the ability of the program to complete Page 2