Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
46 <br /> 1 Slide #65 <br /> Human Services <br /> Housing Dept. — page 204 — Housing Roadmap <br /> • SInce 2420, Heustng has receNed $16 milllan In one-time <br /> pandemic response grants <br /> Housing Pandemic Grants <br /> SE QQa,DDG &544= <br /> M Qm QQa <br /> Id p(Ofi-W <br /> 2 5+3t1 SW s27)s�a <br /> 5t QM,QQO <br /> 32,32$,184 <br /> d2.0W.01)) <br /> 51,371,491 <br /> 51 QGI,QQQ , <br /> .725 5391,133 <br /> Goamy0QF'A GQunlyGMES w4ODG Em.iprcy HCV€rPMs H44EAPP HOPE1 U NGOHHS <br /> 501UNOM Mart <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 65 nx3Fsr]i CliR ILINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Richards thanked Corey Root for breaking this information out. She <br /> 4 asked if this is as close as they can get to what was being spent on housing pre-pandemic. <br /> 5 Corey Root said yes, and that any additional programs were listed below. <br /> 6 Commissioner Richards asked what kind of reduction they have seen in emergency <br /> 7 housing requests now that they are moving from pandemic to endemic. <br /> 8 Corey Root said if anything the demand is increasing. She said she would like to come <br /> 9 back to Board in the fall with some options for the Emergency Housing Assistance Program. <br /> 10 She said they can continue to run a generous program without caps like now, or the Board can <br /> 11 provide staff direction and guidelines. <br /> 12 Commissioner Richards asked if there is data on this program. <br /> 13 Corey Root said that is coming up in the presentation. <br /> 14 Commissioner Richards said she is not sure about putting $4 million in the budget for <br /> 15 emergency efforts when there is also a need for emergency housing and asked if it could be <br /> 16 used in a different way. <br /> 17 Corey Root said cutting off the spigot would cause hardships. She said that trying to get <br /> 18 out of the pandemic as much as possible so they are not continuing to see the effects or that a <br /> 19 natural slowdown could have occurred and that would have been a stop point. <br /> 20 Bonnie Hammersley said there has been an increase. She said there is a tremendous <br /> 21 need for emergency housing assistance. She said there is housing and utility assistance. She <br /> 22 said that discussions about taking $4 million and putting it towards affordable housing, some <br /> 23 commissioners might remember that $5 million for affordable housing did not make a dent. She <br /> 24 said that there is a great need for affordable housing but also a great need now for emergency <br /> 25 housing assistance. <br /> 26 Travis Myren said the intention is to bring those recommendations to the commissioners <br /> 27 in the fall. He said that the program design changes would affect the $4 million <br /> 28 recommendation. <br />