AHAB Agenda Minutes, January 2023

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Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board (AHAB) GRANGE COUNTY Meeting Agenda HOUSING DEPARTMENT Tuesday,January 10, rChapel30 PM Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill 104 S Estes Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Zoom link: https:Horangecountync.zoom.us/j/87805574687?pwd=RnNDNWsrNVItQWIuVlZHZU82eEJMQT09 ii. PEACH dedicated to 30%AMI housing iii. Mission: affordable housing, economic development, community stabilization. Empowerment came from community movement iv. Bright Path Solutions provides resources for women and minority owned businesses v. Had monthly meetings with community and police to bring stability to community, and it worked vi. Provide affordable homeownership and rental. EMPOWERment owns 65 affordable rentals. With peach, it will be 75 vii. Mitigating barriers for OC residents,whether income, gender, race, etc. viii. Over half of OC residents are renters; generally residents are transitioning from homelessness and poverty,very low income. OC is losing African American population due to lack of affordable housing ix. In 1996, EmPOWERment became HUD certified housing counseling agency for delinquency and pre-purchase. Org has served over 1,000 people.Things shifted in 2005. Began acquiring property. Started doing counseling with families to keep them in their homes x. Started partnering with OC's Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA) program to keep families in their homes xi. 76 participants filled out survey about EHA;very good results xii. 1200 homes needed to fill housing gap xiii. 25%of EMPOWERment's members live at or below poverty level and have school-aged children; EMPOWERment makes meal baskets for holidays. Provided 400 turkeys for Thanksgiving. Provided 180 gift cards. xiv. Conduct annual survey to make sure they're addressing tenants' needs and concerns