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Orange County Affordable <br /> ORANGE COUNTY Housing <br /> HOUSING DEPARTMENT Advisory Board (AHAB) <br /> Meeting Agenda <br /> Tuesday, May 14, 2024 <br /> 300 W Tryon St. <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Kyle: The scoring document prevents otherwise viable projects frorpeg-AgirliAkv�lic�E.. WEW iT8A'& yii p <br /> in beds" and shovel-ready projects. If you didn't change the architectural features, or other criteria that <br /> seemed outside the scope of affordable housing, it hurt the application (this specifically harmed NOA <br /> and rehabs). <br /> Lynn: Reciting a question from Commissioner Hamilton—what are the number of affordable housing <br /> units?AHAB is using the historically available data to research this question. <br /> Manager Hammersley:The Housing Department's Consolidated Plan planning process will accomplish <br /> this. <br /> Lynn: So you're saying we don't need to do this? <br /> Manager Hammersley: We know how many affordable units there are and how many are needed. <br /> Kyle: What is a Comp plan? <br /> Blake: 5-year consolidated plan for HUD. <br /> Matthew: It's good to know that the number of affordable units and how the investments are <br /> addressing the need in Orange County. <br /> Hammersley: Housing records this information; we know the impacts of our investments. <br /> Lynn: No ability to do a cost/unit calculation. No ability to discern between differences in types of <br /> projects. <br /> Kyle: My perspective is, given that I'm wearing a safety vest, is from a safety perspective. 4 points: 1) <br /> Depending on the sophistication of the applicant, certain applicants performed well (perhaps because <br /> they had a team or a specialty in grant approval). 2)The process is cumbersome; 3) We should have a <br /> standardized form, and someone from staff should be evaluating whether the application is complete <br /> (this was a major problem); 4)Applicants' histories weighed heavily in applicants' ability to access funds. <br /> It's not just CASA, Habitat for Humanity, or other well-known developers.The point should be about <br /> getting the most affordable units,the fastest. If an applicant can build 80 units, but they aren't near a <br />