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D3. Does your <br />project help to <br />address any racial <br />disparities in the <br />location it is <br />proposed for? (200 <br />word limit) <br />Yes, by focusing on helping underserved, low-income, and rental <br />households reduce their energy use, this program will help address <br />disparities in cost burden within the Town. <br />According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />(HUD), households paying over 30% of their income for housing, including <br />utilities, are considered “cost burdened.” In Carrboro, only 17% of all <br />homeowners are considered cost burdened, while more than one in five <br />renters (22%) are paying between 30%- 50% of their income on rent and <br />utilities, and 28% of renters are extremely cost burdened, meaning they are <br />spending more than 50% of their household income on rent and utilities. <br />In Carrboro, 59% of housing is rental property. There is a racial disparity in <br />owner-occupied and rental-occupied units: <br />- Owner-occupied units: Black: 6.1% W hite: 80%; Hispanic: 5.6% <br />- Renter-occupied units: Black 22.1%; W hite 66.1%; Hispanic: 5.5 <br />There is also a racial disparity in households who experience severe cost <br />burden: 15% of white, non-Hispanic households in Carrboro experience <br />severe cost burden, while 19% of Hispanic households and 21% of Black <br />households experience severe cost burden. <br />D4. Please list any <br />data sources used in <br />reference to D1, D2, <br />and D3 and show the <br />steps of any <br />calculations. (300 <br />word limit) <br />Town of Carrboro. (2020). Issues and Opportunities: Affordable Housing. <br />Town of Carrboro, NC. <br />https://townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/12068/Carrboro- <br />Connects-Housing-Issues-Oppor-20201030v2?bidId= <br />North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. (2019). NC DEQ’s <br />potentially underserved block groups 2019. NC DEQ GIS Data. <br />https://data-ncdenr.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ncdenr::nc-deqs- <br />potentially-underserved-block-groups-2019/explore? <br />location=35.913854%2C-79.073863%2C14.75 <br />US Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2025, January 1). <br />2024 and 2025 Small DDAs and QCTs. Office of Policy Development and <br />Research (PD&R). https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sadda/sadda_qct.html <br />D4a. Optional file upload to show the steps of any calculations. <br />TOC-_AdditionalCollaboratorInformation.pdf <br />Docusign Envelope ID: B7F69C66-F314-4506-B393-F26F9CEC96B0