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9 9GGr 9 %684 September 11, 1979 Triangle J Council of Governments Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan SUMMARY INTRODUCTION. A Housing Opportunity Plan (HOP) is a plan for the distribution of federal housing assistance within a specified multijuricdictional geographic area, and a plan of action designed to increase housing opportunities regionwide. It is a mechanism through which neighboring local governments together decide how and where housing assistance will be provided area- wide, advise the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in its program implementation, and then take action locally to remove barriers to housing opportunity. The Region J HOP contains a proposed allocation system for distributing HUD conventional Public Housing and Section 8 (all components) program assistance in this Region. (Other available federal housing assistance is discussed, but only these two major HUD program funds are allocated). The allocation system is based on an "Areawide Needs Assessment," and takes into account local plans, policies, opportunities, and constraints. Goals for providing assistance are set forth, and specific activities designed to achieve those goals outlined. The regional HOP mechanism, recommended and promoted by HUD, aims to enlarge locational choices for lower income households which qualify for housing assistance under the Department's conventional Public Housing and Section 8 programs. For the HOP to become effective (win HUD certification) it must be formally adopted by at least half of the 36 jurisdictions in Region J, which together represent three-fourth's of the Region's population, and by the Triangle J Council of Governments. The Housing Opportunity Plan began as a collection of Region J's locally adopted Housing Assistance Plans. The final draft of the HOP (highlights of which are summarized here) grows out of extensive discussion and ne- gotiation with elected officials and staffs from the Region's local governments. Each of the 36 governments in Region J has been given opportunity to read and react to a "Discussion Draft;" the suggestions and other input resulting from this "regional dialogue" have been in- corporated into this final draft to the greatest extent possible. I J;