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ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY <br /> n4vCHCD <br /> ADVISORY BOARD MEETING <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING&COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Wednesday, October20, 2021 at 6:00 PM <br /> VIRTUAL MEETING: https://zoom.us/e/98126441099 <br /> AGENDA - MINUTES <br /> I. CALL TO ORDER/GREETINGS/ROLL CALL <br /> II. Members present:Jacobs,Johann, Reynolds <br /> • Staff present: Corey Root(ED), Blake Rosser(Manager) <br /> III. APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER '21 MEETING MINUTES <br /> Approved unanimously (Jacobs/Johann/Reynolds) <br /> III. UPDATES FROM MEMBERS (3-MINUTES PER MEMBER) <br /> IV. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/COUNTY REPORT <br /> a. UPDATE ON THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM <br /> i. Administrative Plan Changes (Increasing payment standard to 110%) — <br /> DISCUSS and VOTE <br /> • Board discussed 3 options: 1) leaving payment standards as is, <br /> raising payment standards to 110% of FMR across the board, <br /> or raising payment standards in a more targeted fashion by <br /> applying Small Area FMRs (SAFMRs) to specific zip codes (in <br /> this case, 27510 and 27514) <br /> • Board agreed that raising payment standards was a good idea <br /> given increased rent prices in the area, and also increase in <br /> reserve funds. Manager Rosser pointed out that the general <br /> increase to 110%will allow OCHA to petition HUD for a higher <br /> FMR in general after 6 months <br /> • Board unanimously(Jacobs/Johann/Reynolds) approved increase to <br /> 110%across the board and requested that it be implemented as soon <br /> as possible in order to impact the greatest number of people in the <br /> most equitable possible way. <br /> ii. Emergency Housing Vouchers—First applications have been sent out. <br /> iii. Reducing Briefings to 1x/month—Rosser states that as volume of issuing has <br /> decreased, need for 2 meetings/month has also decreased. Reducing briefings to <br /> once a month leaves OCHA with more frequent briefings still than most other <br /> PHAs. <br /> b. MONTHLY OVERVIEW <br /> Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Main Office:300 W.Tryon Street, Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> Chapel Hill Office:2501 Homestead Road,Chapel Hill,INC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490• Fax(919)644-3056 <br />