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Group 1: Barriers <br />- People are not sensitive/aware to low income levels in Chapel Hill area <br />(ex: 7,000 - 8,000 per year) <br />- Funding <br />- State restrictions on local gouts on how to raise money, zone <br />- Don't work together with state <br />- State delegations are not lined up <br />- Attitudes that people are operating with snobbery <br />- Availability/builders <br />- Incentives for developers to build low income housing <br />- Low appreciation of human need and what effect it can have socially, economically <br />(ex: Michigan shooting) <br />- Opposition to density <br />- Attitudes <br />- Snobbery. <br />- Fear <br />- Availability of affordable land <br />- Cost of infrastructure <br />- Student population <br />- Rural buffer <br />- Preserve rural character <br />- Urban sprawl <br />- Lack of commitment <br />- Land use ordinances <br />- Non-regional fraction approach. Maybe protectionist approach <br />- Time from start to finish of project -approval <br />- Lack of creativity, acceptance of new ideas <br />- Lack of new living arrangements <br />Group 1: Ideas to address "lack of commitment sensitivity by policy makers and <br />stakeholders to funding and innovation." <br />- Increase tax dollars <br />- Change state law <br />- Celebrate successes <br />- Vote for the proper leadership <br />- Educate as to the human need and social benefits of safe affordable housing <br />- Diversity and inclusion are positive quality of life issues <br />- Public/private sector cooperation <br />3 <br />