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22 <br />Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in <br />Orange County <br />The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires jurisdictions to submit a <br />Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs along with their <br />applications for funding. The purpose of the Consolidated Plan is to analyze and propose <br />solutions to the most pressing housing and community development issues of the community. <br />Each year the plan is updated by the Orange County Consortium. <br />The FY 2000-2005 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in <br />Orange County, N.C. identifies the following priorities: <br />Housiniz Priorities <br />• Provide rehabilitation assistance for very low- and low-income homeowners and renters; <br />• Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor plumbing; <br />• Provide assistance to households at less than 80 % of MFI to connect to existing public <br />water and sewer systems; <br />• Facilitate the construction of new or substantially rehabilitated housing units that are <br />affordable to families below 80% of the area median; <br />• Facilitate the construction of rental housing affordable to very low- and low-income <br />families. <br />• Create transitional housing units for homeless individuals and families; <br />• Assist local nonprofit human service agencies to provide a continuum of housing options <br />for special populations, including older adults, disabled, mentally ill, and persons with <br />AIDS; <br />• Facilitate the purchase of new and existing housing units by first-time homebuyers with <br />incomes 80% and below the area median income. <br />Non Housing Community Development Priorities <br />• Provide funds to activities that support other Community Development objectives and <br />activities or serve public housing residents. <br />• Provide economic development opportunities to low- and moderate-income citizens in <br />Chapel Hill; and <br />• Revitalize the business areas serving low-income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill. <br />CDBG / HOME Program Application <br />Januarv 2003