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14 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 WHEREAS, by supporting and promoting fair housing and equal opportunity, we are <br /> 3 contributing to the strength of our County, State and Nation. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County North <br /> 6 Carolina, do proclaim April 2021 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to <br /> 7 all Orange County residents. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 This the 6th day of April, 2021. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Renee Price, Chair <br /> 14 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 15 <br /> 16 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 17 approve the proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Roll call ensued <br /> 20 <br /> 21 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 22 <br /> 23 d. Presentation by Carolina Common Enterprise on the Resident-owned Community <br /> 24 Model for Manufactured Home Communities <br /> 25 <br /> 26 The Board received a presentation on Carolina Common Enterprise's implementation of <br /> 27 the resident-owned community model for manufactured home communities (MHCs). <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Emila Sutton, Housing Director, introduced the item and the speakers. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 BACKGROUND: <br /> 32 Manufactured homes are an important piece of the affordable housing continuum. The per <br /> 33 square foot cost of producing a manufactured home is less than half the cost of constructing a <br /> 34 comparable stick-built, single-family detached home, making manufactured housing one of the <br /> 35 most affordable options available to both renters and homeowners. Orange County has <br /> 36 approximately 100 manufactured home communities collectively containing more than 2,000 <br /> 37 lots. Due to the high value of land in the County and the potential for large profit margins, many <br /> 38 developers are interested in buying and redeveloping manufactured home communities for <br /> 39 other uses, placing residents in danger of displacement and housing insecurity. As such, <br /> 40 developing an actionable manufactured housing strategy for the County is a priority. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Carolina Common Enterprise (CCE) is a tax-exempt nonprofit cooperative development center <br /> 43 that provides training and technical assistance to cooperatives in North Carolina, including start- <br /> 44 up and growing cooperatives, and businesses converting to a cooperative enterprise. Operating <br /> 45 as ROCarolinas, CCE is also the North Carolina network affiliate of ROC USA, a New <br /> 46 Hampshire-based nonprofit that establishes resident-owned communities (ROCs)— <br /> 47 manufactured home communities that are owned by a cooperative of resident homeowners <br /> 48 rather than an outside landlord. In a ROC, residents buy a share in a cooperative that owns the <br /> 49 entire community rather than each resident renting or owning an individual lot. To date the ROC <br /> 50 USA Network has converted 268 MHCs to resident ownership in 20 states. CCE facilitated the <br /> 51 first such North Carolina conversion last year in Randolph County. <br />