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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~'" ~_ <br />SUBJECT• Annual Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan -Section 8 Housing Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Status Report <br />Annual PHA Plan <br />Certifications of Compliance/Board <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Resolution Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing and approve submission of the Annual Public <br />Housing Agency Plan for the Orange County Housing Authority. <br />BACKGROUND: The U,S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) <br />requires all agencies operating the Section 8 Existing Housing Assistance Program to prepare a <br />Five (5) Year Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan and an Annual Plan, The County's <br />Department of Housing and Community Development administers the Section 8 Program that <br />provides rent subsidies to low income families in the County, <br />The PHA Plan is a 5-year plan that describes the mission of the Agency and the Agency's long- <br />range goals and objectives for achieving its mission over the next five (5) years, The Board of <br />Commissioners approved this plan on January 18, 2001. Each year, this plan must be updated <br />via an Annual Plan that provides details about the Agency's immediate operations, program <br />participants, and programs and services and the Agency's strategy for addressing the needs of <br />the community in the upcoming fiscal year. <br />Currently, the Section 8 Housing Program serves approximately 623 families throughout the <br />County including the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, The program currently <br />has a waiting list of approximately 494 applicants. A complete status report for the program is <br />attached to this abstract. <br />HUD provides a template for the plan and the County's Annual Plan is provided with this <br />abstract. The plan will be made available for public comment for the period March 1, 2004 to <br />April 15, 2004 as advertised in the Chapel Hill Herald. There are no substantive changes <br />proposed in the Annual Plan since the 5-Year Plan was approved last year. <br />