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explores new and/or innovative affordable housing strategies and new funding <br /> opportunities in order to make cogent recommendations to the BOCC, and <br /> monitors the progress of local housing programs. <br /> The AHAB participates in the review of housing-related applications for the <br /> annual Outside Agencies Funding Process. In 2021, the AHAB also reviewed and <br /> made funding recommendations to the BOCC for the 2021 Affordable Housing <br /> Bond Program. <br /> What are your Board/Commission's most important accomplishments? <br /> In 2021, the AHAB's notable accomplishments include the following: <br /> • Reviewed and scored housing-related applications for the annual Outside <br /> Agencies Funding Process. <br /> • Developed a standardized PowerPoint presentation that can be used by <br /> AHAB members at community meetings. <br /> • Board members helped promote local regulatory changes to advance <br /> affordable housing (e.g., the density bonus considered by the Town of <br /> Hillsborough Planning Board). <br /> • Board members promoted increased awareness of and communication <br /> with local groups and organizations by attending their meetings and <br /> reporting back to the AHAB at their regularly scheduled meetings; <br /> members attended meetings of the Partnership to End Homelessness, <br /> EmPOWERment, Community Empowerment Fund, Town of Hillsborough <br /> Planning Board, and the Town of Hillsborough Water and Sewer Board. <br /> List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br /> • Review and provide comments on the Annual Action Plan and <br /> Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the <br /> County's federal HOME funds. <br /> • Monitor accomplishments of the Affordable Housing Bond and other <br /> County housing programs. <br /> • Review Outside Funding applications from organizations providing <br /> housing services. <br /> • Educate the community on affordable housing needs and resources and <br /> related partnerships with the towns, public agencies, nonprofits, civic and <br /> for-profit organizations. This is primarily done informally by individual <br /> members through their civic engagement activities in their respective <br /> communities. <br />