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6 <br /> Slide #9 <br /> HOUSING IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Unlike in Other Counties in the Region, in Orange, <br /> Apartment Units Are a Declining Share of Total <br /> Share of housing units in buildings with 5 or more units,by county As they have grown, <br /> -0-Alamance County Chatham County Durham County other Triangle counties <br /> �OrangeCounty �WakeCounty have added apartment <br /> 30% <br /> units as a share of the <br /> 25% _ building stock. But since <br /> 1980, Orange has <br /> 20% <br /> become more <br /> 15% dominated by single- <br /> 10°% family homes, <br /> 50% potentially limiting <br /> housing options. <br /> 0% <br /> 1980 1990 2000 2008-12 2020-24 <br /> u x e A IN I If s T I T U T c - Source:US Census 1990,1990,2000,2010,and ACS 2020-2024. <br /> Commissioner McKee arrived at 1:20 p.m. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said that Chapel Hill recently approved several new apartments. <br /> She said that there are vacancies in some of the high-end expensive complexes. <br /> Yonah Freemark said complexes that were recently opened would not be included in the <br /> data. He said he uses 5-year estimates because they have a lesser margin of error. He emphasized <br /> that Durham and Wake have also been adding housing. <br /> Chair Hamilton said the Board recently received information that county is meeting its <br /> needs for apartments and multi-family units, but is falling behind in single-family homes. <br /> Yonah Freemark said the Board should consider if Orange County is an island or if the <br /> county is part of a metropolitan region. He said it's harder to compile data on that, because there <br /> aren't good surveys on people's housing choices from that perspective. He said it raises questions <br /> such as are there a number of people in the Triangle who would like to live in Orange County, but <br /> can't because there aren't enough apartments. <br />