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ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY <br /> ADVISORY BOARD MEETING <br /> O.�,&CHCD <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HQUSING&COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 6:00 PMVIRTUAL MEETING: https://zoom.us/i/98126441099 <br /> • Informal Hearings— N/A <br /> • HCV Program Update <br /> • Personnel Update: Housing Technician/Specialist <br /> • HOV Update: Materials Created, Edited at meeting. <br /> • PBV Update <br /> • Current apartment complex recently approached OCHA with desire to <br /> dedicate units to HCV specifically. <br /> • Admin Plan Changes <br /> • Highlights from Editing Chapters 1-8 <br /> • Limiting Rent Increase amounts <br /> • Mahood: likes 10%v. $100 <br /> • Webb: really only comes up when LL wants to increase it more <br /> than 10%, and that increase... concern: is this another <br /> restriction that will make LLs not want to take our clients? <br /> • Carmody: same concern <br /> • Mahood: two competing priorities, like 15% <br /> • Webb: Perhaps 15%, but exception if they haven't requested <br /> rent increase in X number of years. <br /> • Mahood: Would like to postpone decision until next meeting. <br /> 6:37 Agenda Amendment: Client Afi Byrd arrived at meeting, had requested previous <br /> Sunday to speak at meeting about program concerns. <br /> Mahood proposes allowing public comment period, limiting public comment to 3 <br /> min. a piece. <br /> Carmody Moves to approve, Webb 2nds, unanimous approval <br /> Ms. Afi Byrd, HCV client: Just moved 4 months ago because my house has <br /> major plumbing issues from day 1, and mold. Inspectors are supposed to be specialists in <br /> their field, and this mold was obvious and I don't know how it was missed. I'm having to <br /> move again,just paid $170 today for an application fee ($85 apiece for me and my <br /> daughter)... this is causing me to overdraft my account and move around. <br /> The housing inspector from Burlington came out and confirmed it was mold. When <br /> we moved in and signed the lease, we found out about the realty company and he's a <br /> slumlord, putting people in a moldy house. The house we were in already had a plumbing <br /> issue, but he's saying we broke the plumbing and brought the mold. I don't feel like I have <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 />