Orange County Commissioners to Consider Bridge Funding for Residents Displaced by Chantal on August 26

[Orange County, NC]

View this email online. For Immediate Release: August 25, 2025 For Media Inquiries: Wil Glenn, Community Relations Director wgl...@orangecountync.gov (office) 919.245.2302 Orange County Commissioners to Consider Bridge Funding for Residents Displaced by Chantal on August 26 At its Aug. 26 meeting, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will vote on whether to transfer up to $20,000 from the county’s Social Justice Reserve to the Department of Social Services (DSS). If approved, these funds would provide bridge assistance to residents displaced by Tropical Storm Chantal, helping extend temporary housing or establish new permanent housing. To qualify for this funding, residents must: Have been displaced from their primary residence due to Tropical Storm Chantal; and Have household earnings at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. This equates to an annual income of $31,300 for a single person or $64,300 for a family of four. Since July 11, Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill have partnered to provide hotel accommodations for displaced residents. The Town of Chapel Hill allocated $100,000 in emergency housing funds to ensure affected residents did not face homelessness. Under the agreement, Orange County DSS has managed casework and coordinated housing solutions with support from the Orange County Housing Department. Residents currently staying in hotels had been informed that funded hotel stays would end on Aug. 29. If approved, the additional county funding would help extend housing support for qualified residents while permanent housing arrangements are finalized. The Aug. 26 Board of Commissioners meeting will be held at the Whitted Building (Donna S. Baker Meeting Room), 300 West Tryon St., Hillsborough, beginning at 7 p.m.  Link to Press Release Manage your preferences | Opt Out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 300 W. Tryon St. | Hillsborough, NC 27278 US This email was sent to ocb...@googlegroups.com. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.