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Proposal for Manufactured Housing Needs Assessment and Response for Orange County The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina proposes to develop a Manufactured Housing Needs Assessment and Response for Orange County to: • inform officials on challenges and opportunities of manufactured housing as an affordable housing and community development issue • evaluate local conditions of manufactured housing communities • develop strategies to loss and preservation of manufactured housing. The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina will conduct a survey and analysis of the condition and .location of Orange County's Manufactured Housing Communities (MHC) utilizing the County's inventory of manufactured housing communities. The survey will include GIS mapping of MHC in relation to surrounding commercial, residential and environmental considerations. The survey will provide a photo and where available descriptive data including housing affordability of lot rents. The survey will categorize the quality and condition of MHC based on infrastructure. Based on this survey, the analysis will look at the contribution of MHC to affordable housing and provide an assessment of future scenarios for housing loss or preservation based on development trends and MHC conditions. We anticipate that the categories of MHC will be • stable and well maintained with likely continued use • probable land use change due to commercial and residential development • need for intervention due to poor infrastructure and housing conditions Based on these categories, the Response section will provide recommendations for Orange County as it • addresses dislocation of residents from MHC that are closed • considers preservation and development strategies of MHC for affordable housing and community redevelopment. The report will link the Needs Assessment with the Response section to categorize MHC that have high value opportunity for Orange County to consider for preservation or intervention actions. The Response section will list tools and resources available to the County to fulfill these objectives including zoning, health code, acquisition and redevelopment among others. The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina is recognized nationally for its expertise in manufactured housing as the producer of the book This is My Home, O~»ortunities and Challenges of Manufactured Housing. Peter Skillern and Adam Rust who will undertake the project both have Masters in City and Regional Planning from UNC Chapel Hill and extensive experience in the housing and community development field. Mr. Rust has a Masters in Journalism which he utilizes in the photography and documentation of manufactured housing communities.