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BOCK 9 ma 585 2 0 HOP HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY PROVISIONS Context - The HOP would apply to all of Region J, and affect the distri- bution of resources to nine "allocation areas:" the Cities of Raleiah, j Durham and Chapel Hill; the ''county balance" areas of Wake, Durham, and Orange Counties (outside of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill); and the counties of Chatham, Johnston, and Lee. The overall HOP program objectives are to (1) increase housing opportunities regionwide, (2) improve the access of all lower-income people to housing opportunities regionwide, (3) give particular emphasis to increasing housing opportunities outside areas containing undue concentrations of low-income or minority households, and (4) provide assistance where it has not been provided before. Needs A.ssessemnt - There are over 40,000 households in Region J with some sort of housing problem (living in substandard dwellings, overcrowded in dwellings, paying excessively for housing in relation to income). About half, of these households are in the cities of Raleigh and Durham. Specific shares of the Regional need follow: Chatham County - 4.3% City of Durham -28.2% Durham (balance of county) - 2.9% Johnston County - 7.4% Lee County - 5.5% Chapel Hill - 4.4% Orange County (outside Chapel Hill) - 7.0% Raleigh - 25.1% Wake County (outside Raleigh) - 15.2% Distribution Procedure - It is proposed that the federal housing available to Region J be distributed in accordance with the grogram objectives described above. The Housing Opportunity Plan describes in detail a distribution procedure that reflects (1) current needs; (2) population shifts; (3) an assessment of the number of households which could be expected to reside in each area based on employment and commuting patterns; (4) the present locations of assisted housing; (5) data from local Housing Assistance Plans; (6) the capacity of each area to accommodate assisted housing; (7) regional policies; and (8) concentrations of minority households. Goals - The percentage goals for the distribution of housing assistance in the Region, derived by the procedure described above are a key element of this HOP. A summary of those proposed goals appears below: ALLOCATION AREA Chatham County City of Durham Durham County Balance Johnston County Lee County Chapel Hill Orange County Balance Raleigh Wake County Balance % of REGIO14AL ASSISTANCE 4.3% 22.3% 4.6% 7.7% 5.9% 5.5% 7.9% 24.8% 17.0%