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Date: September 18, 2002 OAK To: Orange County Board of Commissioners Orange County Board of Education Chapel Hill Carrboro Board of Education ORANGE COMMUNITY From: Robert Dowling, Orange Community Housing and Land Trust HOUSING & Susan Levy, Habitat for Humanity LAND TRUST Mark Chilton, EmPOWERment, Inc. Board of Directors Re: Marketing homes to County and School system employees Wayne Kuncl Chair Orange Community Housing and Land Trust, Habitat for Humanity and Nina Moseley Empowerment are all non-profit developers of affordable housing. Key Vice-Chair target markets for each of our organizations are the public sector Eleanor Howe employees who work in the schools and for the local governments. Secretary Amy Newton We all sell homes to individuals and families who earn less than 80% Treasurer of the area median income; more specific buyer qualifications are Marceia Blake provided on the following pages. Flicka Bateman Marion Brooks We would like to ask for your help to establish a systematic Laurie Cbarest means of marketing our homes to employees of the County and Gary Giles both School Systems. Amy Hannon Barbara Kaminski We each already work with the school systems and the local Susan Levy governments to disseminate information to the employees. However, Mabon Malekian a more systematic approach would better serve employees and save Ruffin Slater Cbris Moats us all the time it takes to re-negotiate these matters individually. Garry Sronce Alexzaffron Since none of us can afford to pay Realtor commissions, marketing our tart„zawawi homes often present a challenge. This is the great irony of our work— RobertDowling despite the obvious need for affordable housing, the homes can Executive Director sometimes be difficult to sell. Ideally, we would like every employee of the County and the Schools to be aware of the opportunities we have Funding provided by to offer as they become available. We are happy to work with your Town of Cbapel Hill respective staffs to accomplish this goal. Orange County Town of Carrboro As we all know, housing is becoming increasingly expensive Town of Hillsbarougb throughout the County. Our collective efforts will not resolve the problem of inadequate levels of decent, affordable housing. However, we can serve some of the folks who currently are unable to afford to own a home in the community where they work. PO Box 307 104-C Jones Ferry Rd. Thank you for your interest in our work, and your willingness to Carrboro, NC 27510 participate. 919. 967. 1545 Fax 919. 968. 4030 www.ochit.org