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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 16, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-b <br /> SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Orange County's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community <br /> Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1: Draft HOME-ARP Allocation Corey Root, Director, Housing and <br /> Plan Community Development, (919) 245- <br /> 2490 <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on Orange County's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 appropriated $5 billion nationwide to <br /> provide housing, services, and shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness and other <br /> vulnerable populations. The funds were allocated by formula to jurisdictions through the U.S. <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) <br /> Program. This funding is called "HOME-ARP". In September 2021, HUD awarded the Orange <br /> County HOME Consortium (which consists of the County — the "lead entity" for the Consortium — <br /> and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough) $1,371,401 in HOME-ARP funds. <br /> HOME-ARP can fund the following eligible activities: <br /> (1) development of affordable housing; <br /> (2) tenant-based rental assistance; <br /> (3) provision of supportive services (such as housing counseling, homelessness prevention, <br /> moving costs) and; <br /> (4) acquisition and/or development of non-congregate shelter units. <br /> Funds must primarily benefit individuals and households in the following "Qualifying Populations": <br /> • Experiencing homelessness <br /> • At risk of homelessness <br /> • Fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking <br /> • Other populations with high risk of housing instability (including highly cost-burdened low- <br /> income households, households who have moved two or more times in the last 60 days, <br /> and households living in a hotel) <br /> Led by the Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative (a group made up of one elected <br /> official from each jurisdiction that comprises the Consortium), the Orange County HOME <br /> Consortium must develop an Allocation Plan to identify priority housing and service needs in the <br />