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- Profits come from higher priced construction <br />- Legislation preventing inclusionary zoning <br />- Can't do impact taxes, only impact fees <br />- Fees (OWASA) haven't been proportional in past <br />- Legislation is often a disincentive to affordable housing <br />- High fees make affordable housing difficult <br />- Lack of data indicating upcoming housing needs <br />- Lack of transportation <br />- Banks afraid to lend for anything new, different <br />- Lack of sense of urgency among leadership <br />- People don't want to live near those with disabilities <br />- Fear of losing property values or living near others who are different <br />- Lack of money for existing homes <br />Group 5: ideas for addressing ~~lack of public support" <br />- Change public opinion in favor of supporting governmental and community <br />measures, policies, programs to address affordable housing <br />- Establish a central housing group with reps from: UNC, county, cities, nonprofits, <br />churches, corporations/business, general public, affordable housing users <br />- Develop a web site with information to promote public understanding and action on <br />affordable housing <br />- Build public commitment through understanding of what affordable housing means <br />- Publicize where public money is being spent (mortgage deduction; transportation <br />system geared toward private transit). Realize that there already are subsidies. <br />- Publicize affordable housing successes -- give people a picture of public housing <br />- Expand definition; include new and old housing <br />- Studies showing what happened in other areas in regard to affordable housing <br />changes/practices <br />- Proper planning (at all levels of government) <br />- Fix up existing housing <br />- Size and type: single parents, safe, small enough <br />- Policies which allow for a wide variety of lifestyles <br />- Loans for small homes <br />- Single room occupancy <br />- .Lowest income level housing within bike/bus/walk distance of jobs <br />- Education about diverse communities integrating diff housing types <br />- Translate Section 8 guidelines into local govt policies for home ownership <br />- County speed up disbursement of bond fund <br />- Set up a county trust fund <br />- University, town housing task force <br />ii <br />