Links

Municipal Organizations:

Town of Chapel Hill: Website for the Town of Chapel Hill. (http://www.townofchapelhill.org/)

Orange County: Website for Orange County (http://www.co.orange.nc.us/)

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency: Created in 1973 by the General Assembly, the Agency has financed more than 118,000 affordable homes and apartments for North Carolina citizens. Its mission is to lead in creating affordable housing opportunities through the effective investment of public and private capital including Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and capital from the N.C. Housing Trust Fund. (www.nchfa.com)

Federal Organizations:

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Established in 1965, HUD’s mission is to provide a decent, safe, and sanitary home and suitable living environment for every American, and works towards those goals by providing grants, assistance and education. (http://www.hud.gov/ )

• HUD Clips: HUD Clips provide easy and free access to policies, procedures, announcements and other material. (http://www.hudclips.org/cgi/index.cgi)
• HUD's Online Library: Reference a variety of information easily using HUD’s Online Library. Topics include: the Freedom of Information Act, Housing, Homelessness, Funding, and Congressional activity, among others. (http://www.hud.gov/library/index.cfm )

U.S. Department of Labor: Find information on requirements for wages, health plans, benefits, unemployment insurance and receive assistance with compliance. (Click here: Find It! To view their shortcuts to much of the information and services provided by the Department of Labor on various topics. (http://www.dol.gov/ )

• Wage Information: Information about wages from the Department of Labor website. (http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/govtcontracts.htm )
• Davis Bacon Act: Information about the Davis Bacon Act from the Department of Labor website. (http://www.dol.gov/esa/programs/dbra/index.htm )
• Davis Bacon Wage Determinations (Form WD-10)

§ North Carolina County Web Index (http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/nc.html)

§ Orange County Building Wage Rates (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=Davis-Bacon&docid=NC020051)

§ Orange County Residential Wage Rates (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=Davis-Bacon&docid=NC020012)

• Davis Bacon Wage Poster (Notice to All Employees, WH-1321); (PDF Version)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Poster; (PDF Version)

Local Affordable Housing Organizations:

EmPOWERment, Inc.: A local non-profit promoting affordable housing, community organizing and grassroots economic development. http://www.empowerment-inc.org/

Orange Community Housing and Land Trust: A non-profit developer of affordable housing, funded by Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough providing affordable housing for both rental and homeownership. The Community Land Trust keeps homes affordable for generations. http://ochlt.org/

• To download a homebuyer’s application, click here.

Habitat for Humanity, Orange County: Learn about the work that Habitat for Humanity has been doing in our area to provide affordable housing to low income residents. (http://home.earthlink.net/~ochabitat/index.htm )

• For information regarding qualifying and applying for a Habitat for Humanity home, click here.

Other:

Mapquest : Use this tool to find maps of cities and properties and to find directions. (http://www.mapquest.com/ )