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9 <br /> How do we make sure people are living in safe, decent, standard housing? <br /> - Tracking is an important thing we all need to do to see how people are migrating <br /> across the county and if their needs are being meet <br /> - Each jurisdiction could do the tracking for themselves and then we bring it together <br /> Current waitlists <br /> Sarah Vinas reported some preliminary data regarding waitlists: <br /> o Public housing waitlist is 271 households currently <br /> o CASA is over 1000 households <br /> o Habitat is also 1000 households <br /> o Home Trust 300 <br /> - There may be crossover on the lists, but the numbers show the need for the people <br /> who are already here or working here and trying to live here—explains the goals we <br /> are trying to reach <br /> Define roles & responsibilities <br /> - Because of the urgent, growing needs, all jurisdictions are asking the question how <br /> can we help? What can we do? <br /> - When it comes to our roles, there are real differences in capacity. How can we <br /> acknowledge these differences in staffing and other resources? How to best tackle <br /> these problems? <br /> - It's important for jurisdictional goals to be clear, but the real conversation has to <br /> come around to roles and responsibilities <br /> - Who can do what and how can we support each other? Eg., Perry Place <br /> - What is it the Town can do? What dollars can you get? And what dollars can the <br /> County get to show it's all one effort? <br /> Coordinate MOUs <br /> - Learn about how each jurisdiction approaches MOUS <br /> - Consider would it be appropriate to have joint agreements versus individual <br /> agreements <br /> - Be aware of timelines & Budget cycles <br /> What are the roles of the towns versus the county? How can we more clearly <br /> define those roles so that we can best meet the needs of the community? <br /> Overview of jurisdictional staffing and resources <br /> - Carrboro has three positions in the housing office currently, property tax raised 1.5 <br /> cents to support the special revenue funds dedicated to achieving affordable <br /> housing goals and strategies. $380,000 for affordable housing fund; more than a <br /> third of that goes to agreements which support keeping people in their units. For <br /> creating units it's about $250,000 <br /> Page 4 <br />