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10 <br />Strategies <br />I. Finance <br />• Seek local government commitment to fund affordable housing initiatives with: <br />• Bonds <br />• Local Property Taxes <br />• Rental. License Fees <br />• Challenge local governments to further avail themselves of the following funds and <br />commit them to affordable housing initiatives: <br />• Economic Development Initiative Funds (EDI) <br />• HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee Funds <br />• Individual Development Accounts (IDA) <br />Seek state legislation to fund affordable housing initiatives from: <br />• .Corporate Tax Credits <br />Linkage Funds <br />• Restructured Property Taxes <br />• Title Transfer Fees <br />• Reserve Fund Set-asides <br />• Special Taxes <br />Encourage Public/Private Initiatives such as: <br />• Private Placement Bonds <br />• Seattle-style Philanthropy <br />• Affordable Housing-Friendly Foundations <br />II. Land-Use/Zoning <br />• Review the inter-relationship between land use policies and affordable housing <br />relevant to land costs, availability of water and sewer systems, density controls, and <br />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 65 and older population of Orange <br />County will grow from 9,308 to 21,553 by 2020. This is an increase of 131.6% <br />