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Are there any Community Development or Public Housing Authority activities <br />or programs that have the effect of perpetuating segregation? Cabarrus County <br />has applied for and used Community Development Block Grant funds for housing <br />rehabilitation and "hook up" grants in Mount Pleasant (infrastructure, connections to <br />public water service). Low-income neighborhoods, with and without minority <br />concentrations, have been targeted for this work. The housing rehabilitation <br />programs the County is currently running are all scattered site and the infrastructure is <br />in minority and low-income neighborhoods. These actions may have caused <br />individuals or families to stay in neighborhoods, rather than move to more integrated <br />neighborhoods. Additionally, there is public housing located in an area of high <br />minority concentration. The location of this public housing may encourage <br />segregation. <br /> <br />Are the Boards and Commissions representative of the community? Cabarrus <br />County's Boards and Commissions are representative of the community. The Board <br />of Commissioners consists of four white males and one black male. The Planning <br />and Zoning Commission/Board of Adjustment has ten white males, one white <br />female, and one black female. Mount Pleasant's Board of Commissioners has five <br />white males and one white female. The Planning and Zoning Commission/Board of <br />Adjustment has four white males and one black female. Harrisburg has 6 white men <br />and one white woman on the Town Board. The Planning and Zoning <br />Commission/Board of Adjustment has five white men and one white woman. <br />Midland's Town Board has five white men and one white woman. The Planning and <br />Zoning Commission/Board of Adjustment has five white males and one white female. <br />Both Harrisburg and Midland have small minority populations with 3.2% (2000 <br />Census) for Harrisburg. In Midland, we have no accurate measure as the Town was <br />incorporated after the 2000 Census was conducted. <br /> <br />Step 6. Discrimination in the Rental Market <br /> <br />1. Are there any zoning requirements that have the effect of limiting the <br /> availability of rental units within the jurisdiction? No. <br /> <br />Where are rental units are located? Are they located in areas of minority <br />concentration? Rental units are located throughout residential areas of the County <br />and the towns and cities. Rental units are located in all price ranges, in more diverse <br />racially and less racially diverse areas. There are multifamily and single family units <br />available in all price ranges, providing housing choice for all. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Where are the public housing units located? Public housing units are located in <br />the City of Concord, in a traditionally minority Census tract, where public water and <br />sewer services are available. <br /> <br />Determine what barriers exist for protected class members in the rental market. <br />The cost of rental housing outside the lower income, racially diverse areas are a <br />barrier. Newer multifamily units have been built in more suburban areas as well as <br /> <br />Se?tcmher 25. 2001 <br /> <br />Page 14 of 22 <br /> <br /> <br />