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6/19/15 HOME Recipients End of Program Year CAPER Report Covering July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 Please provide detailed information regarding your HOME - assisted projects from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Complete a separate form for each HOME - assisted activity. Please provide at least one picture of each project listed. Use as much space as needed to answer the questions. *Please return this form to Pepper Bego no later than July 17 2015. Agency Name: Cabarrus County Contact Person: Kelly Sifford 704 - 920 -2142 2014 -2015 HOME - ASSISTED ACTIVITIES 1. Proposed Activities (per Action Plan): 2014 -2015 Had no proposed activities as Cabarrus County did not take funding for this year, however, the 2011 -2012 and 2012 -2013 funding was amended to allow for a reconstruction of a home and one single family owner occupied rehabilitation. 2. Describe how you provided decent housing and a suitable living environment for low and moderate - income persons and how it made an impact on identified needs. Cabarrus County has identified low to moderate income homeowners with substandard housing as the greatest housing need in its jurisdiction. Cabarrus County has also decided to focus its' housing resources on elderly and disabled residents. Low to moderate income persons and families are selected for the single family rehabilitation after going through an application process. The homes are inspected and evaluated for their needs. Qualified applicants have their homes rehabilitated through the HOME program. Cabarrus County uses standardized inspection forms and lead reports by certified inspectors to create work write -ups to meet all the code needs and other needs as defined by the circumstances. Common rehabilitation activities are: roof replacements, electrical and plumbing work, energy efficiency updates, windows, doors, and handicap accessibility features. All of these activities work to keep the home affordable and safe for the client. It also helps Cabarrus County keep clients in the home when accessibility measures are taken. Most work is focused on low to moderate income elderly and disabled clients, thereby meeting the published goals of the program. All of these activities are available to qualified applicants, however, we had difficulty this year finding qualified applicants due to debt issues in the past two years. Staff has been working on a complicated home reconstruction project for 1.5 years. It had sewer access issues, topography and other Attachment number 1 G -2 Page 257