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PAGE 88 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 3.1: The Indian River County Property Maintenance Code shall continue to be the county's standard for public health, safety, and welfare with regard to occupancy limits based on unit size, provision of adequate plumbing facilities, and prevention of exterior physical deterioration. This code will be enforced by the building division and code enforcement section staffs. Revise IRC has adopted a modified version of the Maintenance Code (with some language duplicated in the LDRs). Suggest making language more generalized and in keeping with that already in the LDRs. Policy 3.2: The county shall do a periodic inventory of housing conditions, as permitted by funding and staffing, on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis to identify units suitable for concentrated code enforcement, rehabilitation, demolition, or other actions to achieve a suitable residential environment. No Change Policy 3.3: In areas with a high percentage of substandard housing units, the county shall provide property owners with consumer information and technical assistance on new housing products and their applications in order to encourage improved housing maintenance. No Change Policy 3.4: The county shall improve the appearance of housing units within low-income neighborhoods by participating in the World Changers Program. Remove Could remove if County does not do this any longer. County Staff agreed to removal. Policy 3.5: The county shall offer rehabilitation loan assistance through its local housing assistance program, cooperative ventures with non-profit groups, or Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) type programs to effect spot removal of blighted structures and blighting influences. No Change Policy 3.6: The County shall continue to apply its SHIP program “Minimum Standards for Rehabilitation of Residential Properties” to all SHIP rehabilitation work activities. No Change Policy 3.7: The county shall work with community-based organizations to inform and encourage people to rehabilitate their home by utilizing the county’s local housing assistance program. No Change Objective 4 Annually, at least 40 income eligible households will receive assistance through county’s local housing assistance program. Revise Consider replacing specific target with “as many as feasible” or similar language. Policy 4.1: The Board of County Commissioners shall request the Housing Authority to provide an annual report of its activities to the Board of County Commissioners by July 1 of each year. The report shall also identify the agency’s objectives regarding the number and types of recipients the Authority is able to serve annually. No Change Policy 4.2: The Board of County Commissioners shall evaluate the annual activity report prepared by the Housing Authority and take appropriate actions through funding, policy revisions, and program initiatives to assist the authority to support, augment, and facilitate assistance to households who are unable to provide housing within acceptable cost limits of 30% of gross household income, or who require rehabilitation, financial, and/or technical assistance to assure safe, healthful, and affordable housing. No Change Policy 4.3: The county shall maintain its current policy of financing water and sewer capacity charges for newly constructed housing units. Remove Not strictly required and unclear if the County still adheres to this Policy. Policy 4.4: The county shall maintain its Housing Trust Fund which provides below-market interest rate financing, for downpayment/closing cost loans, impact fee/capacity charge loans, rehabilitation loans, land acquisition loans, emergency/disaster loans, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program matching grants for affordable housing units in the county. Disbursements from the Housing Trust Fund will be revolving loans, with borrowers paying back principal and applicable interest into the trust, therefore ensuring a permanent source of financing. No Change Presuming the fund still exists Policy 4.5: The county shall enter into interlocal agreements with any county municipality which, because of unusually high property values or coastal high hazard area constraints, cannot meet its affordable housing needs within its jurisdiction, and desires to contribute to the Housing Trust Fund. The amount and method of payment will be established prior to execution. Consolidate Consider consolidating with Objective 9 and its respective Policies