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Attachment 3 <br />Recipient's Plan to Further Fair Housing <br />Cabarrus County <br />Recipient <br />P.O. Box 707 65 Church Street S Concord, NC 28027 <br />Recipient's address <br />Kelly Sifford 704-920-2142 <br />Contact Person Telephone Number/TDD Number <br />I. Indicate if the Recipient will be affirmatively furthering fair housing for the first <br />time or has implemented specific activities in the past. <br />First Time Past Activities X <br />II. Identify and analyze obstacles to affirmatively furthering fair housing in recipient's <br />community. (Use additional pages as necessary) <br />The main obstacles to Fair Housing in Cabarrus County are the costs of land and housing. <br />The costs of land and housing limit the locations of available housing. Many citizens <br />lack awareness of Fair Housing regulations and programs to assist families with Fair <br />Housing issues. Citizen awareness is an issue that is easily dealt with. An aggressive <br />advertising campaign can increase knowledge about Fair Housing Programs in Cabarrus <br />County. The costs of land and housing are much more complicated issues. The cost of <br />housing is a limiting factor. There are housing programs which attempt to create housing <br />opportunities for low income persons. Many of these programs are marketed to <br />minorities as well. These housing programs create new housing, remodel and update <br />homes in older neighborhoods, and assist with appropriate regulations for rental housing. <br />III. Briefly describe the activities that the recipient will undertake over the active period <br />of the grant to affirmatively further fair housing in their community. A time schedule for <br />implementation of these activities must be included. Activities must be scheduled for <br />implementation at least on a quarterly basis. (Use additional pages as necessary.) <br />Cabarrus County will publish fair housing advertisements in the local newspaper, on the <br />local cable access channel and on our website complete with the TDD number. We will <br />distribute and display fair housing pamphlets to libraries, government offices, and <br />financial institutions. We will post fair housing posters in government offices. Cabarrus <br />County will have the local radio station advertise fair housing laws and complaint <br />procedures. These activities will occur in the following sequence: <br />l <br />