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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY io Housing Priorities The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following housing priorities for 1995-2000. • Frovide rehabilitation assistance for very low- and low-income homeowners and renters. • Reduce the number of owner-occupied and rental housing units without indoor plumbing. • Provide assistance to households at less than 80 percent of MFI to connect to existing public water and sewer systems. • Facilitate the construction of tip to 50 new units of rental housing that is affordable to very low and low-income families. • Create transitional housing units for homeless individuals and families. Non-housing Community Development Priorities The Consolidated Plan for Qrange County identified the following community development priorities: Provide economic development opportunities to law- and moderate-income citizens in Chapel Hill. Revitalize the business areas serving low-income neighborhoods of Chapel Hill. Anti-Poverty Strategy In a recent update to the County's Work First Plan, a subcommittee of the Welfare Reform Task Force, Strengthening Independence, was charged with identifying strategies and resources for Work First families that will enable them to increase their income and to become self-sufficient. As a part of their work, this committee identified the lack of affordable housing for those in the lowest income ranges as a major impediment to building self-sufficiency. They identified the following strategies to address this situation: 1. Build, renovate, or designate existing affordable housing and rental units for which preference is given to families who are engaged in aself-sufficiency program that provides job skills, employment counseling, entrepreneurship training, money management, and other social supports. 2. Increase availability and access to affordable rental housing and to special incentives and home mortgage loans in the primary market at rates attractive to buyers in this income group. 3. Advocate among policy makers, housing organizations, and funding sources to limit undue analysis',of the need and to place emphasis on action.