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AI~-.~ ' <br />Orange County <br />Housing and Community Development <br />Date: April 11, 2001 <br />To: Assembly of Governments <br />From: Tara L. Fikes <br />Subject: Commissioner's Affordable Housing Task Force Update <br />In April 2000, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed the <br />Commissioners Affordable Housing Task Force to investigate and analyze information <br />and problems, and recommend strategies and policies, to assist the County <br />Commissioners in formulating a comprehensive, long-range vision of decent and <br />affordable housing in Orange County. Commissioners Margaret Brown and Barry <br />Jacobs serve as co-chairs for this Task Farce. <br />After an initial presentation of the draft Report of the Affordable Housing Task Force in <br />March 2001, on April 3, 2001, the Board of Commissioners approved the Executive <br />Summary of the Report. The summary contains ten (10) key recommendations <br />designed to begin to address the County's affordable housing issues. These <br />recommendations reflect the principal work of four (4) task farce subcommittees in the <br />areas of Inventory/Needs, Finance, Land Use/Zoning, and Education. <br />These recommendations represent a "call to action" far local and state elected officials, <br />the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, non-profit and for-profit organizations, <br />and the general citizenry to become involved in addressing our local affordable housing <br />challenges. - <br />Future plans for continued dialogue include the establishment of a Housing/UNC Task <br />Force in the next couple of months in order to target discussions regarding the impact of <br />the university on affordable housing issues. <br />Attachment: Executive Summary <br />