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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-23-1993 - III-G 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. X12-Cr ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 23, 1993 SUBJECT: Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev. PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: x ATTACHMENT(S) : - INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara L. Fikes Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Plan TELEPHONE NUMBER- Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To adopt a Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for Orange County. BACKGROUND: Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) regulations require all localities receiving CDBG funds to adopt a Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan under Section 104 (d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. In summary, this regulation states that all occupied and vacant occupiable low and moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income housing must be replaced on a one-to-one basis within three years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion within a CDBG target areas. Should demolition and relocation be deemed necessary, the costs of these activities can be included in the CDBG budget. However, these activities are generally avoided except in the most extreme cases due to the high cost of providing replacement housing. Thus, the Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for Orange County minimizes residential displacement and provides relocation assistance to displaced residents in a timely manner when necessary. RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends adoption of the Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for Orange County. 2 ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN under Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as Amended Orange County will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income housing as a direct result of activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, as described in 24 CFR 570.606 (b)(1). All replacement housing will be provided within three years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion. Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, Orange County will make public the following information in writing: 1. A description of the proposed assisted activity; 2. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activity; 3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion; 4. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units; 5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units; and 6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a low/moderate income dwelling unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy. Orange County will provide relocation assistance, as described in 570.606(b)(2), to each low/moderate income household displaced by the demolition of housing or by the conversion of a low/moderate income dwelling to another use as a direct result of assisted activities. 3 Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Act, Orange County will take the following steps to minimize the displacement of persons from their homes. 1. To the extent feasible, all property rehabilitated under the CDBG Program will be conducted in such a manner that enables the tenant to remain in the dwelling unit during the activity. 2. Should temporary relocation be necessary, it will be for a period no longer than sixty days. The family will be housed in safe, sanitary, decent housing free of housing code violations. Orange County will move the family's contents to the dwelling or provide for storage, whichever is necessary. Additionally, the County will pay the necessary payment for the replacement housing. 3. Only property which is cannot be rehabilitated for a cost less than sixty (60) percent of the tax assessed value will be demolished. All property targeted for clearance and the subsequent relocation will be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Act.