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PRIORITY 3 Housing for All 9 <br /> M <br /> GOAL STATEMENT Objectives <br /> 1. Use regular federal and local funds to build and/or acquire <br /> Promote equitable and new affordable housing. <br /> 2. Address need and any policy barriers to increase access to <br /> accessible housing and emergency shelter beds and other low-barrier housing, includ- <br /> ing eviction diversion. <br /> address housing disparities 3. Invest in permanent supportive housing and help residents <br /> through policies, achieve housing stability. <br /> 4. Prioritize and select County-owned land and/or facilities, in- <br /> partnerships, and cluding the Greene Tract, as part of an overall plan of facilities <br /> collaboration to create to create crisis, bridge, low barrier, affordable, and permanent <br /> housing. <br /> a thriving community. 5. Review County ordinances, policies, agreements, and the <br /> regulatory processes to streamline practices, and increase <br /> opportunities and reduce barriers to construct housing. <br /> 6. Increase opportunities for public employees to buy and rent <br /> homes where they work. <br /> 7. Expand resources and invest in housing designed for our ag- <br /> ing and disabled residents. <br /> 8. Rehabilitate and repair existing housing to preserve naturally <br /> occurring affordable housing and avoid displacement. <br /> 9. Increase representation of people with lived experience on <br /> „J housing related matters. <br /> 10. Support unhoused residents in obtaining temporary and per- <br /> manent housing. <br /> 11. Ensure timely and thorough investigations and dispositions to <br /> all civil rights and fair housing complaints. <br /> m <br /> Performance Measures <br /> 1. Increase the number of affordable(80%AMI or below) hous- <br /> ing units funded by Orange County by an average of 10 annu- <br /> ally over 5 years, prioritizing 60%AMI or below. <br /> 2. Increase the amount of immediately accessible cold weather <br /> emergency beds available in the community by 25% by 2026. <br /> 3. Establish baseline and increase by 5 per year the number of <br /> individuals moved from Bridge Housing programs to stable <br /> permanent housing. <br /> 4. Increase the number of households housed by permanent <br /> - supportive housing by 10%annually. <br /> - — - 5. 70%of residents served by eviction diversion programs avoid <br /> eviction in the next 12 months. <br /> 8 <br />