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government incentives and other policies that influence the development of <br />affordable housing. <br />• Locate new affordable housing where infrastructure is available, especially water, <br />sewer, and public transportation services, and disperse it throughout the County, <br />especially near jobs, with a range of types and densities of housing in urban and <br />rural areas. <br />• Encourage the preservation, repair and replacement of existing affordable housing <br />stock, by, .for example, adopting a maximum size limit for homes in neighborhoods <br />where there is pressure to replace small homes with larger ones. <br />Balance affordable housing design standards, environmental concerns, and <br />harmony with surrounding neighborhoods and ensure that the design of all housing <br />minimize barriers to accessibility, allowing people to age in place and use materials <br />that conserve energy. Expectations are that the b5 and older population of <br />Orange County will grow from 9,308 to 21,553 by 2020. This is an increase of 131.6% <br />compared to total county population growth of only 38.1 ~. (See Zoning <br />Subcommittee Attachment) <br />• Support safely installed and sited manufactured homes as a valuable form of <br />affordable housing, expanding building inspector purview and improving standards <br />for installation. <br />Provide a safety net for individual mobile home owners when parkland is removed <br />through sale and development or due to health and safety deficits. <br />Work with human service providers to expand services and capacity in shelter, <br />group homes, transitional housing, SROs, assisted living, and other "service- <br />enriched" housing. Towns should locate and reserve suitable sites for these types of <br />housing. <br />III. Education <br />• Utilize a variety of educational formats including brochures, videos, press/media kits, <br />and an Internet website. - <br />• Provide personalized examples of "eligible" affordable housing consumers in <br />educational materials using demographic data and celebrating successes to <br />address NIMBY concerns of officials, providers, and neighborhoods. <br />• Demonstrate the importance of affordable housing, the value of diversity for the <br />community, and paint scenarios of what the community might look like if the <br />problem of affordable housing is ignored (based on economic, racial, ethnic and <br />age data). <br />• Produce an annual report on affordable housing availability by cost, numbers in <br />relation to need, and ownership type as well as an Annual Affordable Housing <br />