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12 <br /> Slide #10 <br /> Staff propose 3 recommendations for 2023 <br /> to increase award equity <br /> 1. Increase minimum award to $200 <br /> 2. Establish property value cap <br /> $363,000 $465,000 $563,000 $698,000 <br /> Establish $1,500 award limit <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> �a HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if people got a minimum award of$200 but their bill was less <br /> than that, how that would work. <br /> Erika Cormack said it is not very likely that a bill would be less than $200. <br /> Nancy Freeman, Tax Administrator said some tax bills are lower than $200, but that real <br /> estate would have very few at that amount. She said that the document says they will award up <br /> to the amount of the tax bill but would not award over that. <br /> Corey Root said that this is just for the county portion of the bill. <br /> Vice-Chair McKee asked for more information on outreach efforts for the coming year. <br /> Corey Root said they issued press releases in 2021 and the biggest outreach was a flyer <br /> that went out with the tax bill, so every homeowner got one. She said many churches were <br /> supplied with flyers, a short video in English and Spanish was posted on social media and Whats <br /> App. <br /> Vice-Chair McKee asked that flyers be distributed to every church and community center. <br /> Corey Root said churches were provided with flyers and a lot of community members were <br /> partnered. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if there is a way to break down the data geographically <br /> by race. <br /> Corey Root said they can do that. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton asked if they take the 2022 data and applied the new <br /> recommendations how it would look. She asked if they would assume they will have the same <br /> number of awardees. <br /> Corey Root said it looked like more $200 awards. She said it put everyone closer to the <br /> cap of$1,500. <br /> Erika Cormack said it was close to 20 more households that would receive the full award. <br /> Commissioner Richards asked for clarification on how the dollar numbers were reached. <br /> Erika Cormack said that if everyone that applied had gotten a full award, then the average <br /> would have been $1,149. <br /> Commissioner Richards said the $1,500 gives some room there and more people could <br /> be served. <br /> Erika Cormack said the recommendations are made with the hope that more people could <br /> get more money. <br />