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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 10 Housing Priorities The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following housing priorities far 1995-2000. • Provide 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 SO 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 far homeless individuals and families. Nan-housing Community Development Priorities The Consolidated Plan for Orange County identified the following community development priorities: Provide economic development opportunities to low- and moderate-income citizens in Chapel Hill. Revitalize the business azeas 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 mazket 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.