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3 1 that their perspective is greatly appreciated. She said in the next year they hope to keep a full 2 board, conduct a lottery pool for the newly opened waitlist, continue in person events, and 3 continue to save money and increase efficiency through software upgrades. 4 Chair Bedford asked what is the Moving to Work program. 5 Blake Rosser, interim Housing Director, said that the Moving to Work program is a bit 6 obsolete because they have missed the cutoff for that program rating. He said that they were 7 awarded the standard rating. He said HUD calls this a demonstration program, or pilot, to see 8 what happens when subsidy funding can be used for more administrative purposes. He said they 9 were hopeful but will not be able to proceed with that. He said that there is another program called 10 the family self-sufficiency program that they are hoping to participate in. He said the waitlist is not 11 open yet, but it is prepared to open soon. He said there is a list, and they hope to use it this 12 summer. He said there are probably 700 names on it. 13 Commissioner Richards asked if there is a maximum number of vouchers for Orange 14 County. 15 Blake Rosser said the maximum is 687. He said that they have gotten gradual increases 16 over the years. He said they are working to make sure all of the vouchers are being utilized. 17 Commissioner Richards asked if they would discuss the working relationship with 18 landlords. 19 Blake Rosser said they have a staff member that is the coordinator for landlord outreach. 20 He said they offer a landlord incentive program, and it has been around for3 or 4 years. He said 21 that it provides a signing bonus and a risk mitigation program. He said that is more robust than 22 many other housing authorities and they are fortunate to be able to do that. He said that voucher 23 utilization increases can be attributed to this program and the transfer of people from other 24 jurisdictions. 25 Commissioner Hamilton asked for information about the meet and greet. 26 Blake Rosser said that it was in August at Anderson Park. He said about 80 people came 27 and they served hot dogs to attendees. He said they were championing their homeownership 28 program and there was a lot of interest. He said that it is an exciting program. 29 Commissioner Hamilton asked how most people traveled to the meet and greet. 30 Blake Rosser said that most people came by car. He said that in the future, he wants to 31 find a park that is on several transit lines. 32 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if all voucher recipients are in their own homes. 33 Blake Rosser said yes. 34 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how many landlords the department works with. 35 Blake Rosser said he was not sure of the total. 36 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how many new landlords they have gotten. 37 Blake Rosser said the only way they can track that is by looking at the number of signing 38 bonuses they have provided and that is between 30-40. 39 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if that was higher or lower than previous years. 40 Blake Rosser said it was about in line with previous years and that has been between 25- 41 40. 42 Vice-Chair Greene asked if Chapel Hill Housing is using the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) 43 program. 44 Blake Rosser said he did not know if they were using FSS specifically, but they have a 45 similar program that aligns with home ownership. He said he will reach out to them when they are 46 ready to start. 47 48 Commissioner McKee arrived at 7:24 p.m. 49 50 Leon Meyers from the Board of Adjustment said they met 4 times to hear and decide two 51 cases. He said they also had two administrative meetings for a total of 6 meetings. He said that