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2 <br /> A public comment period, as required by HUD, was held March 31 — May 1, 2023, and a public <br /> hearing was held on the draft Annual Action Plan at the April 4, 2023 Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners Business meeting. Public notice of the hearing was posted in The Herald Sun <br /> and La Noficia. Staff posted copies of the draft Annual Action Plan on the Orange County Housing <br /> Department website, and circulated a link to the website and draft plan by public notice in the <br /> newspapers listed above. Staff conducted outreach by email to over 100 housing and homeless <br /> service providers nonprofit organizations, government entities, elected officials, and interested <br /> residents. All comments will be incorporated into the final Annual Action Plan to be submitted to <br /> HUD. <br /> HUD requires staff to submit the FY 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan on or before May 15, 2023. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners is therefore asked to consider approval of the attached <br /> resolution (Attachment 2) authorizing submission of the Annual Action Plan. <br /> FY 2023-2024 HOME Program Activities <br /> For FY 2023-2024, Orange County has received the following HOME resources: <br /> FY 2023-2024 HOME Funds $ 429,496.00 <br /> HOME Program Income $ 13,306.00 <br /> Local Match $ 96,636.60 <br /> Total $ 539,438.60 <br /> The Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative (the "Collaborative"), comprised of one <br /> (1) elected official and staff members from Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel <br /> Hill, and Hillsborough, reviewed the received applications for the FY 2023-2024 HOME Program <br /> on March 9, 2023 and made the following funding recommendations for consideration by each of <br /> the jurisdictions' elected bodies: <br /> Applicant and Project Funding Funding <br /> Requested Awarded <br /> CASA — Pre-Development and Rental Development $512,000.00 $446,489.00 <br /> Pee Wee Homes — Rental Development $50,000.00 $50,000.00 <br /> Community Empowerment Fund — Homebuyer $50,000.00 - <br /> Assistance <br /> Common Ground Eco- Village — Homebuyer Assistance 280,000.00 - <br /> EMPOWERment— Rental Acquisition 120,000.00 - <br /> Habitat for Humanity— Homebuyer Assistance 475,000.00 - <br /> Hope Renovations — Homeowner Rehabilitation 24,975.00 - <br /> Administration 10% of HOME Funds, per statute $ 42,949.60 $ 42,949.60 <br /> Total $ 1,554,924.60 $ 539,438.60 <br /> A summary of the awarded projects can be found in Attachment 3. <br /> In accordance with the Orange County HOME Consortium Agreement, approved in May 2011, <br /> the HOME Program Design for each year must be approved by all jurisdictions prior to submission <br /> to HUD. The HOME Program Design is scheduled for approval by the: <br /> • Town of Carrboro on May 2, 2023; <br /> • Town of Chapel Hill on May 3, 2023; and <br />