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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 />• Eviction Diversion Program <br />o Moved to Housing in 2021; was part of Human Services <br />o Loose guidelines. If your LL is using the word “eviction,” you’re eligible for assistance <br /> <br />Community Development <br />Creates and preserves affordable housing. <br />• Housing and Preservation Coalition <br />o One application for everyone <br />o Long waitlist with prioritization for health and safety <br />o One-stop shop so that clients don’t have to be experts <br />• BOND funding <br />• HOME funding <br />o Usually about $400k/yr. $1.3 in HOME-ARP <br />• Longtime Homeowner Assistance Program <br />o This is the second year. We didn’t get many applications in 2021. Had about 130; 91 <br />were eligible. Either $16k or $19k <br />o Holly mentions Homestead Exemption in OH; it’s a state program and NC has it, too. <br />Income eligibility requirements are really low; Jackson Center also has tax assistance <br />program <br />o Please share LHA videos with your networks! <br />o Last year’s awards were really low ($1.50 for one); this year we’ll have $100 minimum <br />o BOCC doesn’t want folks to spend more than 2% on the county portion of their tax bill. <br />We’re prioritizing based on age, income, tax burden <br />o Hoping awards will reduce bills by about 75% <br /> <br />Mae asks why there’s such high turnover. It’s a really hard job. <br />Meeting next month is in Hillsborough, December 13. <br /> <br />Adjourn: 7:28pm <br />