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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 4, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-i <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of a Resolution Authorizing a Revision in the Resolution Adopted May <br /> 5, 2016 Which Authorized the Orange County FY 2016-2017 HOME Program <br /> Design <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community <br /> Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1: Approved Resolution Emila Sutton, Director, Housing and <br /> Authorizing the Orange Community Development, (919) 245- <br /> County FY 2016-2017 2490 <br /> HOME Program Design <br /> Attachment 2: Resolution Authorizing a <br /> Revision in the Resolution <br /> Adopted May 5, 2016 Which <br /> Authorized the Orange <br /> County FY 2016-2017 <br /> HOME Program Design <br /> (Mark-up Version) <br /> Attachment 3: Resolution Authorizing a <br /> Revision in the Resolution <br /> Adopted May 5, 2016 Which <br /> Authorized the Orange <br /> County FY 2016-2017 <br /> HOME Program Design <br /> (Clean Version) <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a revision in the resolution adopted May 5, 2016 which authorized the <br /> Orange County FY 2016-2017 HOME Program Design. <br /> BACKGROUND: The resolution to approve the project activities for the 2016-2017 HOME <br /> Program, adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on May 5, 2016, included the <br /> approval of $114,655 to the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department <br /> to be used for housing rehabilitation for homeowners earning no more than 80% of the area <br /> median income (Attachment 1). <br /> Since the award was made in 2016, these funds have never been used. As such, the Housing <br /> and Community Development Department requests that the Board reallocate the funds for tenant- <br /> based rental assistance through the Rapid Rehousing program operated by the Orange County <br /> Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH). The need for assistance for low-income renters has <br />