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<br />Orange County Affordable Housing <br />Advisory Board (AHAB) <br />Meeting Agenda <br />November 14, 2022, 6:00 PM <br />Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill <br />Louise Beck room <br />04 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> <br /> <br />I. Call to Order – Jenn Sykes, Chair: 6:00 <br />Hasan and Jenn tuning in from home. <br />Introductions <br />II. Approval of the Oct 10, 2022 Minutes (5 minutes) <br />Save minutes for December. We don’t have approval process <br />III. Member updates <br /> <br />IV. Outside Agency presentations <br /> <br />PEE WEE HOMES: <br />Root lets board know that Outside Agencies will be presenting over next couple months. Erica Walker <br />(Executive Director) with PeeWee homes starts us off with slides. Founded in 2017, became 501c3 then. <br />Tiny homes for folks transitioning out of homelessness. Target 30% AMI and below. A little over $20k/yr. <br />20 homes since 2017; 300 sq feet each. Rent is 30% of net income (about $309). A few homes in <br />Northside neighborhood with land bank. A few homes off Homestead. Inspired by Pee Wee, who now <br />lives in one of the Pee Wee homes (since 2019). Church of the Advocate Homes. Mitchell Lane is also in <br />Northside neighborhood. 10% of each on-time rent payment goes to escrow fund for emergencies. <br />Residents have saved cumulative of $4,500. Recently developed resident support program using grant <br />funds. Just posted Assistant Director position (all tenant focused). PeeWee homes on Hill Street are <br />underway. <br />Holley asks who designs the homes. Sarah Stellehow (architect). She does everything pro bono and Pee <br />Wee has looped in some paid help. One home is built uniquely because it’s next to OWASA land. <br /> <br />HOPE RENOVATIONS: <br />Nora Spencer, founder <br />Kat Reach