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both earn the Orange County living wage, which ends up being a little less <br /> than 50% AMI. <br /> 3. Commit to a 30-year period of affordability. <br /> 4. Partner with an affordable housing agency, local government or third party <br /> agency to screen tenants for income qualifications. <br /> 5. Accept Housing Choice Vouchers for the affordable units. <br /> 6. Dedicate all affordable units to households that are not comprised entirely <br /> of full-time students. <br /> 7. Promote access to housing by including extenuating circumstances for <br /> applicants who may have criminal or credit issues. <br /> 8. Ensure the affordable units are integrated appropriately into the <br /> development as a whole, including similar bedroom-counts and exterior <br /> appearance. <br /> Mr. Cook asked why developers do not want to do the income verification. Is <br /> it too complex? Ms. Jenks responded that she will get an answer to that <br /> question and relay it back to the Advisory Board. Ms. McLendon said that if a <br /> potential employee works in the public section then their income/salary data is <br /> public information. If it is in the private section, then the income verification <br /> requires a fee. <br /> Ms. Jenks also stated that income verification requires a more rigorous and <br /> administrative burden to ensure that a tenant's income is below 50% AMI. <br /> Landlords are used to doing a background check just to make that the tenant <br /> is working so that they can regularly pay the rent. <br /> Sherrill Hampton stated that with regards to the 30-year affordability period, <br /> each jurisdiction will have different ways to impose this requirement. All <br /> commitments and/or concessions made part of the development process <br /> negotiations must be in writing. <br /> Ms. Kinnaird stated that it will be difficult to enforce restricting student <br /> housing. Mr. Boemker stated that he shares Ms. Kinnaird's concerns about <br /> using zoning enforcement as the way to keep units affordable. <br /> Arthur Sprinczeles relayed a situation that he was aware of in which a couple <br /> was involved in a domestic argument. The police were called and it ended up <br /> being a he said/she said situation in which both parties denied that they were <br /> involved. He learned that the wife was thrown off the HCV waiting list <br /> because of the domestic violence call even though she did nothing wrong. <br /> Page 2 <br />