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18 <br /> Citizen Participation Outreach <br /> 1)Newspaper Ad <br /> Mode of Outreach: Newspaper Ad <br /> Target of Outreach: Minorities; Non-English Speaking:Spanish; Non-targeted/broad community <br /> Summary of response/attendance: No responses received <br /> Summary of comments received: No comments received <br /> Summary of comments not accepted and reasons:N/A <br /> URL(If applicable): N/A <br /> 2)Public Hearing <br /> Mode of Outreach: Public Hearings <br /> Target of Outreach: Minorities; Non-English Speaking:Spanish; Persons with disabilities; Non-targeted/broad <br /> community; Residents of Public and Assisted Housing, Relevant local agencies and organizations <br /> Summary of response/attendance:One member of the public signed up to speak, no other comments <br /> received. <br /> Summary of comments received: Douglas Call,of Habitat for Humanity,said his organization helps <br /> homeowners with down payments. He said these down payments are getting larger and larger due to the <br /> increase in values. He said in FY17 they were given$285,000 and they helped twelve families. He said that in <br /> FY20 there was less money available at$131,000,and that helped six families. He said that last year,$450,000 <br /> was allocated to help fifteen families at$30,000 each. He said they have nineteen homes they plan to close on <br /> this year. He said they hope to serve affordable housing community as much as possible. He said that it will <br /> allow only$7,000 for each family. He said they had requested$475,000 but these requests were made before <br /> the conflict in Ukraine. He said there are a lot of changes in the amount of money that is allocated from <br /> federal dollars. He said he was here to give details on how they use the funding and if further monies become <br /> available, he will return to make a request to add to that amount. He said that some homes built in <br /> Hillsborough that were assessing for$180,000 3-4 years ago are now assessing at$300,000. <br /> Any comments received at the June 7,2022 public hearing will be placed here. <br /> Summary of comments not accepted and reasons:All comments were accepted and incorporated into the <br /> Annual Action Plan. <br /> URL(If applicable):http://orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos <br /> 3)Internet Outreach <br /> Mode of Outreach:Internet Outreach <br /> Target of Outreach: Minorities; Non-English Speaking:Spanish, Burmese, Karen; Persons with disabilities; <br /> Non-targeted/broad community; Residents of Public and Assisted Housing; Relevant local agencies and <br /> organizations <br /> Summary of response/attendance: N/A <br /> Summary of comments received: No comments received. <br /> Summary of comments not accepted and reasons: N/A. <br /> URL(If applicable):http://orangecountync.gov/2336/HOME-Program <br /> Table 4—Citizen Participation Outreach <br /> Annual Action Plan 14 <br /> FY 2022-2023 <br />