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11 <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-enriched" <br />housing. Towns should locate and reserve suitable sites for these types of 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 />Report Card to keep elected officials and the community up to date and aware of <br />needs and successes. <br />• Pursue a housing information clearinghouse that can be accessed by a hotline and <br />website for individual renters, buyers, sellers, housing developers, media, and <br />officials. <br />Collaboration With UNC-CH <br />Encourage the University to house more students on University land, and assist <br />with the provision of affordable housing for any projected new employees or <br />facilities. <br />Include University officials in all ongoing deliberations in the County and the <br />Towns regarding affordable housing. <br />