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2 <br /> Staff calculated award amounts using the following guidelines: <br /> • All applicants were arranged in priority order <br /> o FIRST: Tax Burden, largest to smallest <br /> o SECOND: Length in Home, longest to shortest <br /> o THIRD: Age, oldest to youngest <br /> • Full awards were allocated to as many participants as possible using $75,000 of the <br /> $250,000 available funding. <br /> • Staff determined a multiplying factor for the remaining $175,000 in available funding and <br /> used this to reduce all other awards by the same percentage. <br /> • All eligible homeowners received a minimum award amount of$200 or up to the full amount <br /> of the County portion of their tax bill if it was less than $200. <br /> • Award amounts were the County portion of the tax bill less 2% of the applicant's household <br /> income. <br /> Between August 1 and December 15, 2024, the County received 604 applications and awarded <br /> $323,824 (including $73,824 in Town of Chapel Hill supplemental funding) to 484 households for <br /> property tax assistance. The minimum award amount was $200. The average award amount for <br /> recipients was $498.01, and the median award amount was $369.77. <br /> LHA Applications Submitted <br /> 2023 2024 <br /> Number Percentage Number Percentage <br /> Eligible <br /> Applications 484 90% 502 83% <br /> Ineligible <br /> Applications 57 10% 102 17% <br /> TOTAL 542 604 <br /> LHA Award Amounts <br /> 2023 2024 <br /> Number Percentage Number Percentage <br /> $101-$200 123 25% 129 26% <br /> $201-$300 67 14% 54 11% <br /> $301-$500 127 26% 102 20% <br /> $501-$999 97 20% 112 22% <br /> $1,000+ 70 14% 105 21% <br /> TOTAL 484 502 <br /> The County received the highest number of LHA applications during August. 83% of all received <br /> applications were approved. The most common reason for application denial was applicants not <br /> including the property tax form in their final application, which indicates the specific property for <br /> which the applicant is requesting assistance. The demographics of LHA awardees is as follows: <br />