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UH, I'M SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, COUNCILWOMAN FOR DISTRICT FIVE, THE CHAIR.
I HAVE TO, TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UM, AND, UH, WE ARE BACK INTO A LITTLE BIT OF NORMALCY WITH OUR PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, I, UH, WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE
SHALL WE TAKE ROLL? PARDON? OH, YES.
THANK YOU, CITY CLERK FOR REMINDING ME.
SO PLEASE, UH, PLEASE TAKE ROLL.
TREVINO, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE ON HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN HERE.
I, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO MAY BE ON THE, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
AND, UM, WE WILL NEXT MOVE ON TO APPROVAL
[1. 20-6620 Approval of the minutes from the February 10, 2020 Planning and Land Development Committee Meeting.]
OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2020 PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.SO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT, UH, COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES? I, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[2. 20-6614 Briefing on the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan progress including the draft recalibrated affordable housing goals, definition of affordability, and implementation strategies to include a Source of Income Discrimination Ordinance [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROGRESS, INCLUDING THE DRAFT RECALIBRATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS, DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES TO INCLUDE A SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.AND, UH, WE HAVE, I THINK, LORI HERE OR VETO FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS ITEM IS A PRESENTATION, AND WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IS THE STREET STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
IT REALLY IS THE IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE FRAMEWORK.
IAN BENAVIDEZ, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, HE'LL GO OVER THE TIMELINE AND SOME OF THE ACTUAL STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE PLAN.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO IAN RIGHT NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IAN BEEZ, DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AS LORI STATED, I'M GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AS COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UH, STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE MET, UH, THIS INITIATIVE STARTED LATE OR, OR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THIS COMMITTEE NOT, NOT MEETING, UM, THIS IS THE SOONEST THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU ALL A BRIEFING.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, THIS BRIEFING WILL BE A LITTLE, UH, LONG, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, I THINK, TO, TO CATCH THIS COMMITTEE UP ON.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE'RE HERE IN NOVEMBER AND WE PLAN TO COME, COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE EVERY OTHER MONTH WITH UPDATES.
AND IN BETWEEN THAT, WE'LL BE MEETING WITH OUR SHIP COMMITTEE STAKEHOLDER FORUMS, HOUSING COMMISSION, AND OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT PUBLIC INPUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO, THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS REALLY A CONTINUATION OF THE HOUSING HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
UM, THE, THE GUIDE FOR THAT FRAMEWORK WAS TO BE A COMPASSIONATE AND COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AGENT PLACE, REHABILITATE THEIR HOUSING, AND PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THAT'S TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
I KNOW ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UH, THERE'S FIVE MAJOR SECTIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED, UH, IN THAT FRAMEWORK, AND THAT IS TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PROTECT AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, THE
THE CITY KNOWS THAT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GREAT, AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOUSING PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND SAN ANTONIO HOUSING
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AUTHORITY, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONNECT THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE POPULATIONS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM AT THE CENTER OF THIS WORK.AND THAT'S, AGAIN, A CONTINUATION OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND WE MET TOGETHER WITH OUR SHIFT COMMITTEE, THERE WERE SOME PRINCIPLES THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THOSE WERE AFFORDABILITY, QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND CHOICE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HOUSING IS AVAILABLE TO SERVE THE POPULATIONS OF SAN ANTONIO.
ALL POPULATIONS HOUSING IS A QUALITY CONDITION THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, BUT HOUSING IS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES LOCATED IN AREAS, AND ALSO LOCATED IN AREAS WITH TRANSIT AND AMENITIES AND HOUSING CHOICE THAT HOUSING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE CITY-WIDE AND PREVENTIVE DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING RESIDENTS.
THE SHIP IS FOR TWO MAIN GROUPS.
ONE IS RESIDENTS WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT IN HOMELESSNESS, AND THOSE, THOSE ARE REALLY, THOSE WITH HOUSING AND SECURITY AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES, UM, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENCIES AND PARTNERS.
AND WE KNOW THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
THEY HAVE HIGH HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
THEY HAVE POOR ACCESS TO CRITICAL RESOURCES LIKE EDUCATION, HEALTHY FOODS AND JOBS, AND THEY BE LIVING IN, UH, OVERCROWDED, DETERIORATING HOMES.
OUR AGENCIES AND PARTNERS, UM, WE WORK WITH EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR TO, TO DELIVER HOUSING AND PROGRAMS. UM, THEY'RE THE AGENCIES WORKING IN HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND FINANCEERS, OUR NON-PROFIT AGENCIES WORKING TO EMPOWER HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT IS WORKING TO PROVIDE HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AT THE BOTTOM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR MAIN, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND IT REALLY IS PRIMARILY, UH, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES.
I, I MENTIONED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, AND SAHA AS THE THREE MAIN PLAYERS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN THIS COMMITTEE, UH, BEXAR COUNTY VIA THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE AREA FOUNDATION, AND OUR UTILITY, JUST YOU.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WE'VE CREATED STAKEHOLDER FORUM, AND THESE ARE TO ALLOW US TO GET, UH, INPUT ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE'VE BROKEN 'EM UP INTO REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND HOUSING POLICIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF MEMBERS ON HERE, SO I KNOW THEY'RE VERY HARD TO READ, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU A SUBSTANTIAL, A SUBSTANTIAL LIST.
AND WE ALSO RECEIVE SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE THIS MEETING.
SO WE'LL BE MAKING SOME ADDITIONS.
THE CHAIRS ARE HIGHLIGHTED OR THEY'RE BOLDED AT THE TOP OF THE, THE, UH, GROUPS.
WE HAVE PEDRO ESE FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND VERONICA GARCIA WITH C C D O THAT ARE CO-CHAIRING OUR REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
FOR OUR RESIDENTS COMMUNITY, WE HAVE MICHELLE LOU GALIA WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND JESSICA GUERRERO WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, WE HAVE KRISTEN DAVILA WITH MERCED HOUSING AND TIM ALCOTT WITH AHA.
AND FOR HOUSING POLICY, WE HAVE JIM BAILEY WITH ALMA ARCHITECTS AND ONE OF THE TRI CHAIRS FOR THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING IS THAT SHIP COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS AND PUBLIC FORUMS LIKE THIS COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND SAHA ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED SO FAR IN TERMS OF RECALIBRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
AND THEY'LL CONTINUALLY REFINE IT AND PROVIDE US FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
BODIES LIKE THIS, AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL TO THE ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
I MEAN TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE END, WHICH WILL COME FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION, WHO OVERSEES THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAHA.
AND THOSE INCLUDE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, HOUSING ACCESS, AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
UM, THIS CRISIS, THE COVID 19 CRISIS, HAS GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE MAY BE SERVING THROUGH ONE PROGRAM MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM ACCESS TO OTHER PROGRAMS. UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR MERCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHERE WE COUPLE THAT WITH PROGRAMS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE BEYOND PRODUCTION REHABILITATION INCLUDE HOUSING ACCESS WITH DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION WITH EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND COUNSELING, AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY WITH FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND JOB TRAINING.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WAS LOOK AT THE CURRENT HOUSING TARGETS THAT ARE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND LOOK TO SEE HOW WE COULD RECALIBRATE THOSE.
WE KNOW WHEN WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY THAT WE'RE EXCEEDING MANY OF THOSE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK GOALS, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING.
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SO WE NEEDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REDEFINE THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SET NEW TARGETS.WE'RE ACTUALLY JOINED ON THIS CALL BY DAVID SCHWARTZ WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEM.
UH, HE'S A CONSULTANT THAT WE BROUGHT BACK AND WHO WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL HEALTH POLICY FRAMEWORK TO HELP US IDENTIFY THAT COMMUNITY NEED AND SET SOME TARGETS.
WE STARTED WITH THE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS IN BEXAR COUNTY, WHICH WE KNOW IS APPROXIMATELY 500,000.
AND WE LOOKED A SUBSET OF THOSE THAT ARE COST BURDEN, AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A VERY BROAD BRUSH AND THAT SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT BE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO TARGET THE SPECIFIC HOUSING PROGRAMS. SO WE CREATED TWO INDEXES, I SHOULD SAY.
DAVID CREATED TWO INDEXES, BUT TOGETHER WITH INPUT FROM THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN COMMITTEE.
ONE WAS TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE OF THOSE COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS.
LOOKING AT COST BURDEN FOR AFFORDABLE A M I RANGES SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF UNITS AT THOSE A M I RANGES, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO MAP THOSE BY REGIONAL CENTER SO THAT WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET GEOGRAPHIC UNITS AND TARGETS THAT ARE SUBSET THAN JUST CITYWIDE.
WE OFTEN HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OR, UM, EVEN NONPROFITS OR ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE NEED IS IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN INTO THOSE WITH THE BEST DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CREATED A VULNERABILITY INDEX THAT LOOKED AT A SUBSET OF THOSE AND LOOKED TO SEE WHAT WERE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH, UM, OR HAVE SOME VULNERABILITY, UM, AS TO WHAT WE COULD FURTHER DEFINE THAT VULNERABILITY AS.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT VULNERABILITY FACTORS, INCLUDING LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, CONCENTRATION OF LOW INCOME HOUSING, UNEMPLOYMENT, VETERANS OVERCROWDING, AND SENIORS.
WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS A NUMBER ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 96,000, WHICH IS A PRETTY DRASTIC INCREASE FROM THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK OF 19,000, BUT AT LEAST IT GOT US TO THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEED WAS IN SAN ANTONIO AND ALLOWED US TO WORK ON SETTING A GOAL.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MAP OUT SOME OF THIS NEED ON THE LEFT.
WHAT WE HAVE IS A DENSITY MAP BY THE NEED IN THE, IN THE, IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UH, THE AREAS IN YELLOW HAVE A DENSER NEED.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT NEED IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT WHERE IS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF NEED WITHOUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON THE RIGHT, WE, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT WHAT LEVEL IS THAT NEED AT, IF THERE IS A NEED IN A PARTICULAR AREA, UM, IS IT LESS THAN 30% OR IS IT ANYWHERE FROM GREATER THAN 80% A M I? AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAP THIS OUT SO THAT WE COULD GET A LOOK AT WHAT THE NEED IS, WHERE THE NEED IS, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
NINE, 6,000 IS A, IS A VERY HIGH TARGET.
WE DID SOME BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER CITIES, UH, AND WE KNOW WITH TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS, THE APPROXIMATE PRICE TECH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAY BE A LITTLE OUT OF REACH FOR A 10 YEAR GOAL.
WHAT WE WORK TOWARDS RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS STILL DRAFT, IS A, IS A HOUSING TARGET, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT.
SO 47,685, AND WE'VE BROKEN THAT DOWN BY THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, TARGET AREAS INCLUDING RENTAL, REHABILITATION PRESERVATION, UH, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, OWNERSHIP, REHABILITATION AND OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THE NEEDS ANALYSIS AND OUR NEW TARGET IS THERE'S A LARGE INCREASE IN RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP REHABILITATION.
CONCISE, UH, COINCIDING WITH THIS PROCESS, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS ALSO ASKED BY, UM, A REMOVING BARRIERS WORKING GROUP OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK TO DEFINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE FELT THIS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IMPLEMENTED.
WE KNOW THAT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DISCUSSED AFFORDABILITY, UM, FOR RENTAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL UP TO 80% A M I AND SINGLE FAMILY UP TO 120% A M I.
BUT WE KNOW THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE TWO METHODS OF DETERMINING A M I, BOTH THE CENSUS, THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, AS WELL AS HUD, THE HUD LIMITS THAT THEY PUT OUT EVERY YEAR THAT ARE USED FOR C D B G HOME AND LITECH PROGRAMS VARY.
THE HOME OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LARGER METROPOLITAN AREA THAT INCLUDES AREAS LIKE NEW BRAUNFELS AND ALAMO HIGHS AND MAY SKEW THOSE INCOME LEVELS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
WHEN WE TOOK THIS OUT FOR FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS AND THROUGH HOUSING COMMISSION, WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK.
THE PRIMARY TAKEAWAY WAS HUD IS THE MEASURING STICK THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH.
IT IS A COMMON AND INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT A LOT OF OUR, UH, HOUSING PROVIDERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS USE.
AND IF WE WERE TO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UH, OR ADDITIONAL MEASURING STICK, THEN IT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF CONFUSION.
BUT WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO IS DECIDE WHERE ON THAT MEASURING STICK STICK IS AFFORDABLE FOR SAN ANTONIO.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE CRITICAL AND LABELING AND DEFINITIONS MATTER.
AND THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, UM, CHART THAT I SHOWED YOU
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ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UH, THEY BROKE IT DOWN FROM, FROM SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO WORKFORCE HOUSING.WE HEARD THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING MAY UNINTENTIONALLY IMPLY THAT MAYBE OTHER SEC SECTIONS OF THAT WHEEL, UM, DON'T WORK.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO GO INTO, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT STAFF AS WE LOOK AT REDEFINING WHAT AFFORDABILITY MEANS.
IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW VISUALLY WHAT THIS DISPARITY LOOKS LIKE BETWEEN HUD AND THE A C F, UM, WHAT WE DID ON THIS SLIDE IS WE SHOWED THE AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA AS DEFINED BY THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND CENSUS DATA.
AND SO THAT LINE DIRECTLY ACROSS SHOWS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT ZERO TO 30% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 30 TO 80, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS 80 TO ONE 20.
AND THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRAPH IS THE A C S, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S MUCH LOWER THAN THE HUD THAT'S ON THE LEFT.
AND SO WHAT WE DID NEXT SLIDE IS WE ADJUSTED, UH, AND WE TRANSLATED THAT A C S DATA TO THE NEAREST HUD TARGET.
AND THE RESULT OF THAT WAS THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH THE REDEFINED AS ZERO TO 30% A M I AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE 30 TO 60 AS OPPOSED TO 30 TO 80, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING WOULD BE 60 TO 100.
THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
THE HOUSING, UH, COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY, UH, HAVING HAS, WILL BE HAVING THEIR SECOND, UM, HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING DEDICATED TO THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
LAST COMMISSION, THEY HEARD FROM SAWS ON THE IMPACT THE UTILITIES CAN, CAN HAVE.
UH, THEIR UPCOMING MEETING WILL, THEY'LL BE HEARING FROM C P S AS WELL AS VIA ON TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
UH, AND WE ALSO HEARD SOME PUBLIC COMMENT FROM, FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION PRIMARILY THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, TARGET OF 120% A M I IS SOMETHING THAT THE MARKET DOESN'T PROVIDE, UH, AND SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHILE WE'VE TRANSLATED THAT TO HUD, THERE'S STILL ONGOING DISCUSSION ON WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF MEETING THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MEET THOSE PRODUCTION GOALS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND WHAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE DO IS BUILD ON EXISTING INITIATIVES.
WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT THAT GROUPS HAVE PUT INTO OTHER INITIATIVES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT STUDIES OUT THERE THAT HIGHLIGHT ALREADY A LOT OF INFORMATION STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN PULL FROM AND WE DON'T NEED TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
SOME OF THOSE ARE, I SAY TOMORROW ARE, UH, STRATEGIC, UH, GROWTH STRATEGY FOUR B ONE HOME, WHICH IS OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY, WHICH WE'LL GET A BRIEFING ON AFTER THIS ITEM.
OF COURSE, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE O H P REPORT, OPPORTUNITY AT RISK SAN ANTONIO'S OLDER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND, UH, EVEN THE REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED SPECIFICALLY ON, ON HOUSING FOR THE COVID 19 COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN THAT COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN WAS ONE OF THE LEADS OF.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD, WE'RE TYING INTO ALL THESE OTHER INITIATIVES FOR EVERYONE.
HOME IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF INITIATIVE THAT'S ONGOING AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT, UH, AND PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS, TYING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
AND SO SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THAT WORK, UM, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS A WAY TO ADDRESS IT, BUT ALSO TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT ALL THESE OTHER INITIATIVES HAVE DONE, AND SO THAT WE CAN TRACK IT AND COMPARE IT AGAIN TO THOSE NEW HOUSING TARGETS.
ONE OF THOSE, AND IT ACTUALLY ALSO COMES FROM FOR EVERYONE HOME, IS A SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION PROTECTION.
UM, COUNSEL I, I, I KNOW HAS RECENTLY BEEN, UM, BROUGHT INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CONCERNS OF SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION PROTECTION.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY WHAT THAT IS, UM, AND WHAT STAFF CAN PROCEED WITH.
SO A SOURCE OF INCOME, UH, SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION IS REFUSING TO SELL OR RENT HOUSING A HOUSING UNIT TO AN APPLICANT OR ENDING A LEASE BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S LAWFUL FORM OF INCOME.
AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY TIED AROUND HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.
UM, PROPERTIES THAT WILL NOT RENT TO HOUSING CHOICE.
VOUCHERS ARE TERMINATED LEASE FOR THAT, BUT IT ALSO COULD EXTEND TO OTHER FORMS OF FEDERAL SUBSIDY, INCLUDING HOPWA BASH, UH, FOR VETERANS, UH, AND EVEN SOCIAL SECURITY.
THERE IS A LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN.
UH, LOCALLY, THE CITY HAS ALREADY REQUIRED THESE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR CITY INCENTIVES, INCLUDING OUR HOME C D B G, AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND THAT WAS COLLECTED LAST YEAR.
UH, FEDERALLY SOURCE OF INCOME IS NOT PROTECTED CLASS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, ALTHOUGH SOME FEDERAL PROGRAMS DO REQUIRE THAT, UH, BEING LITECH AND HOME AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRIED TO PASS A BLANKET SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, UM, AND THE STATE THEN PASSED, UH, A LAW PROHIBITING THAT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, CITIES IN TEXAS ARE NOT ABLE TO, UM, PASS A BLANKET SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE RELATED TO FEDERAL HOUSING SUBSIDY, EXCEPT AS THEY, UH, APPLY TO VETERANS, THE CITY CAN, UM, PASS POLICIES PROHIBITING SOURCE OF INCOME
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DISCRIMINATION FOR CITY INCENTIVIZED HOUSING PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT HERE IN TEXAS.THAT WAS DONE IN DALLAS IN 2016.
AND AGAIN, THAT TIED DIRECTLY TO PROPERTIES WHO ARE BENEFITING FROM SUBSIDY OR FINANCIAL AWARD AND A PROTECTED, UH, SOURCE OF INCOMES, INCLUDING VOUCHERS, UH, GOVERNMENT OR NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITY CHILD SUPPORT, SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT IT ALSO CITED THAT THAT SECTION OF THE TEXAS LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH IT CANNOT SUPERSEDE, AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE LENGTH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INJUNCTION RELIEF, DAMAGES, CIVIL PENALTIES, AND ATTORNEY'S FEES ARE, ARE SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. NEXT SLIDE.
SO, POSSIBLE ACTION BASED ON THIS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, BROUGHT TO LIGHT THROUGH OUR FOUR ONE HOME INITIATIVE, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THROUGH OTHER, UH, CITY INCENTIVES.
BUT WE DO KNOW, UM, HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE MAY BE A, A DESIRE TO ACT ON THIS SOONER THAN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ADOPTION.
AND SO BASED ON DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE, STAFF CAN BRING BACK AN ITEM, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION FOR CITY INCENTIVIZED HOUSING PROJECTS.
UH, WE COULD ALSO ADD SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE CAN WORK WITH OUR G P A OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT ANYTIME WE PASS, UH, AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS THAT'S SO DEPENDENT ON, UH, LANDLORDS AND EDUCATION THAT WE, WE COUPLE IT WITH AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ENSURING THAT LANDLORDS AND RENTERS ARE BOTH EDUCATED ON WHAT A NEW ORDINANCE WOULD BE.
SO I, I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY LONG BRIEFING AND WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING, UH, THROUGH A PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS BROUGHT UP TO SPEED WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND AS WE RETURN, HOPEFULLY THESE BRIEFINGS WILL BE MUCH SHORTER AND PROBABLY BE ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND SO WE WOULD RETURN AGAIN IN JANUARY AGAIN AFTER WE GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS. AND THEN WE CAN ALSO BRING BACK A SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THIS BODY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DAVID SCHWARTZ WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS IS ALSO HERE.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, LORI AND VETO.
SO WE'RE ALL HERE, UH, AND ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU IAN, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE.
NICE SEAT THAT COUNCILMAN HAS JOINED US, SO THANKS, NICE TO SEE YOU.
UM, SO I GUESS, I MEAN, THE, THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, REGARDING THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION, I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT? WAS IT, WAS THERE A PROBLEM? WHAT, WAS THERE LAWSUITS THAT CAME PENDING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT WERE THERE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO FORWARD FOR A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UH, I CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE NATIONAL STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN COMMUNITIES PASS AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS, UM, VOUCHER USAGE GOES UP.
UH, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED, BUT THERE DEFINITELY IS SOME KIND OF CONNECTION THERE.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING LOCALLY WITH SAHA TO GET SOME DATA ON WHAT THEIR USAGE IS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE IF WE WERE TO BRING BACK AN ITEM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF VOUCHER HOLDERS.
UM, SO NO SPECIFIC DATA FOR SAN ANTONIO OR STUDIES FOR HERE, BUT NATIONALLY, WE KNOW THAT WHEN ORDINANCES LIKE THIS ARE PAST VOUCHER USAGE DOES GO UP.
UM, AND I HAVE, UH, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GO ALONG, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES.
SO WE'LL JUST GO, UM, IN ORDER OF DISTRICT, UH, THIS TIME.
BUT I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, THAT I HAVE JUST EVEN REGARDING THE VOUCHERS, UM, AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU COULD DO THIS IN A FOLLOW-UP MEETING IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOUCHERS IS THAT THE, THE, THE PRICE OF THE VOUCHER OR THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE VOUCHER HAS NOT INCREASED, UM, IN CONSISTENT WITH HOUSING RENTAL PRICES.
DO YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? YES, WE HAVE HEARD THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THAT THE VOUCHER ALLOWANCES AREN'T KEEPING PACE WITH RENT.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF, OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IS THAT IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RULES FOR THE FEDERAL VOUCHER PROGRAM WOULD STILL BE DICTATED BY, BY HUTT AND BY THAT PROGRAM.
UM, SO THIS ORDINANCE REALLY APPLIES TO A SITUATION WHERE AN ELIGIBLE UNIT, UM, MUST ACCEPT THE VOUCHER IF THE, IF THE UNIT IS NOT, UH, ELIGIBLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL STANDARDS.
THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T DIRECTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERVENE IN THAT.
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IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST FOR THOSE, UM, VOUCHERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE UNIT.SO THE VOUCHERS ARE NOT TIED TO HUD PRICING? NO, THE VOUCHERS ARE, THEY ARE.
SO, AS, SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WE WERE WORKING ON SOME DEFINITIONS OVER HERE, SO, SO THE 30% A M I, BECAUSE THE HUD NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED, SO THEN WHY HAVEN'T THE VOUCHERS INCREASED? I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMAN.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE VOUCHER ALLOWANCES ARE IF THEY'RE TIED DIRECTLY TO THOSE A M I LEVELS, BUT THEY ARE SET BY HUD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU, UH, AS WE WORK WITH SAHA ON SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, I'M, I'M ALSO, UH, COULD YOU, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, COULD YOU FIND OUT, UM, I, I HAVE HEARD THAT, UM, ALSO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCEPTING VOUCHERS CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE'S FEWER VOUCHERS, BUT LESS PEOPLE, UH, UM, PERHAPS FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS ACCEPTING VOUCHERS DOESN'T INCREASE AS A POPULATION OF VOUCHERS INCREASES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, UM, AS OUR POPULATION GROWS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT.
SO, UM, IT WAS, THAT, WAS THAT CLEAR THAT WAS, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING, UM, VOUCHERS IN PROPORTION WITH OUR CITY GROWTH, RIGHT? IF WE GROW 10%, WE'RE NOT GETTING 10% MORE VOUCHERS.
SO, UM, I WOULD EXPECT THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WE'LL JUST GO, GO AND ORDER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
AND, AND I JUST WANNA, UH, AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE VOUCHERS, UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST, UH, MENTION THAT I, UH, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE SOURCE OF INCOME POLICY THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
UH, MY, MY OFFICE AND AND OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES WERE APPROACHED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN, IN THE HOPES THAT THE CITY COULD ESTABLISH SUCH A POLICY.
AND IF THE CITY IS, IS PROVIDING ANY LEVEL OF INCENTIVE FOR HOUSING, THEN UH, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY RESIDENT WHO HAS THE MEANS CAN LIVE THERE.
UM, ALSO, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DO HAVE IS IT THE IDENTIFYING, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS SLIDE INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE 170,000 COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS, UH, BUT BEFORE COVID PROJECTIONS, UH, THEY HAD, UH, SAN TUNA REACHING 200,000 COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS BY 2030.
WILL THOSE PROJECTIONS NEED TO BE UPDATED ALSO? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COST PER HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE RENTERS? I, UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IS FROM THE A C S, AND THAT IT IS THE BEST DATA WE HAVE CURRENTLY, BUT IT WILL CHANGE.
AND SO WHAT THE IMPACT OF COVID IS ON COST BURDEN, UM, WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEEN UNTIL MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S CENSUS.
BUT I'LL PASS IT TO DAVID WHO CAN PROBABLY SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS.
SO DAVID, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, IN FACT, THE, THOSE FORECASTS OR THE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU CITED ARE STILL PRETTY REASONABLE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE, LOOKING AT OUR OWN INTERNAL, UM, PROJECTIONS THAT WERE A PART OF, THE ANALYSIS FOR THE RECALIBRATION EFFORT SUGGESTS THAT BY 2030, THE NUMBER OF CO, UH, COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS WILL EXCEED 200,000 FOR THE CITY.
UM, AS A PERCENT OF ALL COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS, UM, BY 2030 RENTERS WILL ACCOUNT FOR 72% OF ALL COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
AGAIN, UH, YOU DON'T WANT TO AL ALWAYS KEEP TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT AS, AS, AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED, UM, IN HOW RENTERS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN, IN, UH, HOW WE DETERMINE, UH, THAT VULNERABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO BEING COST BURDEN, UH, IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.
I, I ALSO LIKE THE INCLUSION OF VULNERABILITY FACTORS.
UH, CAN WE SEE EXTREME COST BURDEN, UH, MORE THAN 50% OF THE INCOME ON HOUSING HOUSEHOLDS AS WELL? YEAH, I CAN WORK WITH DAVID ON GETTING THAT DATA.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A DATA SET THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE AVERAGE A M I MAP SLIDE, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, WELL, THERE ARE SPARSE THERE, THERE ARE SOME NEED, UM, AT THE 80 TO 100% A M I AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, YOU REALLY TAKES A LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT
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THE, THIS, UH, THE SLICE OF, OF, UH, OF FOLKS ARE, ARE BEING ADDRESSED.UH, LAST I HEARD WAS OVER 500 FAMILIES, UH, FIVE, 500 HOUSEHOLDS.
SO I JUST WANNA KEEP, UH, PLUGGING THAT.
UH, I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE FOCUS ON RENTAL UNIT PRODUCTION AS WELL AS OWNER REHABILITATION.
UH, THE DATA FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK INDICATES THAT NINE OUT OF 10 NEW RESIDENTS ELECT TO RENT VERSUS OWN.
AND ALSO FOR THOSE ARE THAT ALREADY OWN, UH, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THEIR CURRENT HOME IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THEY, THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN GET TO.
SO WE, WE DO NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THAT HOUSING.
UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, CHAIR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN TINO.
AND, UH, DAVID, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY WHO YOU'RE WITH? I DON'T THINK, LISA, HAVE WE SEEN YOU BEFORE? YES, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE COUNSEL AND GONZALEZ.
I, I ALSO, UH, HELPED THE CITY IN THE, IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PROCESS.
WE MET, UM, ALSO WITH YOU IN YOUR OFFICE, UM, UH, PERHAPS ONE OR TWO TIMES TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PROCESS.
UM, BUT I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, AND ONE OF MY SPECIALIZATIONS IS HOUSING ECONOMICS AND POLICY.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE A NATIONAL, UH, NATIONAL LAND USE ECONOMICS CONSULTING FIRM, AND WE WORK WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, REINTRODUCING YOURSELF.
I, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES AT CITY HALL AND YOU WERE WITH THE CITY, AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND MAYBE THAT WAS YOU.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, UH, INTRODUCING YOURSELF.
UM, ALSO ON TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THANK YOU CHAIR AND, AND THANK YOU, IAN.
THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LIST OF PARTNERS, ARE WE WORKING WITH, UM, SARAH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HOMELESS YOUTH POPULATION? UM, I KNOW THAT THAT IS ON THE RISE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRULY, UM, ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH COVID.
BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VOUCHERS, UM, EVEN DURING COVID, WE WERE ASKING IF SAHA OR IF SARAH WAS GONNA RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS, UM, TO HELP US IN THIS INITIATIVE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE, UM, THAT SPOKEN OF IN THIS PARTICULAR PLATFORM.
SO WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT FOR US.
YES, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WE DO HAVE SARAH AT THE TABLE.
UM, THEY DID, I THINK VERY RECENTLY, UH, CHANGE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SO, UH, KATIE VELA IS GONNA BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND BEFORE THAT, BRENDA WAS ATTENDING THE MEETINGS AND REALLY BRINGING IN THAT PERSPECTIVE ALONG WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ON, AGAIN, THAT CRITICAL CONTINUUM OF, OF HOUSING AND HOW HOMELESSNESS PLAYS IN THERE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO HAVE 'EM AS A PARTNER, UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES, UH, WE DEFINITELY WILL.
AND THEN HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, TALK ABOUT INCREASES IN VOUCHERS AND HOW MANY MORE VOUCHERS SAW HOW WE'LL BE RECEIVING OR HOW MANY ADDITIONAL VASH VOUCHERS, UM, WILL WE BE SEEING IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A VERY HIGH VETERAN POPULATION, AND SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT, UM, SINCE THE LAST, UH, WORKING GROUP, UM, SESSION THAT WE HAD.
SO I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'VE HAD AN UPDATE ON THAT END.
COUNCILWOMAN I DO KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS FOR COVID RELEASE SPECIFICALLY, UM, BUT I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH, WITH SARAH AND D H SS ON IF WE RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS, UH, FOR VETERANS OR JUST GENERAL VOUCHERS.
I CAN, I CAN CHECK ON THAT AND I'LL BRING THAT BACK.
AND ARE WE WORKING WITH THE VASH, UM, COORDINATORS OR THE SOCIAL WORKERS OUT AT THE VA WHEN IT COMES TO THE VASH PROGRAM? OR ARE WE JUST WORKING WITH THE SAHA VASH, UH, CASEWORK? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THE SAHA VASH CAT CASEWORKERS.
UH, THAT'S OUR PRIMARY INSIGHT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM, UH, IN SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITIES SUCH AS, UM, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND ALSO, UH, WITH CROSSPOINT AND, AND WITH THOSE PARTICULAR AGENCIES? UM, WHERE ARE THEY IN, IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A POPULATION THAT NORMALLY DOESN'T QUALIFY, UM, FOR, FOR EITHER HOUSING OR THEY HAVE BARRIERS TO GETTING INTO HOUSING.
WHAT ARE, OR WHAT IS THE TAKE ABOUT THAT OR, OR WHERE ARE THEY WITH THIS PROCESS? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS DEFINITELY PRODUCTION
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AND REHABILITATION FOCUS, BUT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSING ACCESS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE START TO GET AT REMOVING SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING OR FROM RENTING TO HOUSING.UH, AND SO SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT I IMAGINE WILL COME OUT OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT CONNECTION.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, MARK WITTIG WITH HOUSING FIRST, UM, ON, ON OUR STAKEHOLDER TEAM.
AND HE'S LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING FIRST MODEL TO BE ABLE TO REHABILITATE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES OR ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESS INTO HOUSING.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WAY.
UM, BUT IF, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL WAYS FOR US TO GET THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THOSE.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION SHE, THAT I'LL ASK IS, UM, AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR VACANT, UM, STOCK OR BUILDINGS OR APARTMENTS OR HOTELS, UM, IS THAT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PLATFORM AS WELL? IF WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THOSE THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTING VOUCHERS, UM, TO HAVE A REHAB OR, OR A REMODEL OF MAYBE A HOTEL OR MAYBE AN OLD APARTMENT BUILDING THAT WE CAN START MAKING AVAILABLE AS A PART OF THE, THE, THE STOCK THAT WE HAVE FOR VOUCHER, UM, FAMILIES? SO, UH, ARE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARILY TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR INDIVIDUALS, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM REUSE OF, UH, HOTELS FOR A APARTMENTS? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND I KNOW THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN YOUR COVID 19 WORK GROUP, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE REPORT.
SO THOSE STRATEGIES ARE BEING TAKEN AND BEING, UM, INCLUDED IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT, HOW WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS FOR HOUSING.
AND SO THAT, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND HOW WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER CONNECT VACANT BUILDINGS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY, UH, OF COURSE YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT, UM, A METHOD TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS CONTRACTORS AND FUNDING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND SO THAT IS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THAT HAPPEN.
AND A LOT OF THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP IN THE O H P REPORT, UH, ON BANKING AND UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES.
WE MAY HAVE LOST, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, BUT I, THOSE WERE, UH, GOOD QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO COUNCILWOMAN
UH, WAS THAT OKAY? UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
QUICKLY, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, YES, I, I BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE MOVING FORWARD.
AND YES, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, REHABILITATION FOR OWNER OCCUPIED, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, WITH RENTAL, UH, HOUSING AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT.
I THINK I MIGHT BE HAVING SOME CONNECTION ISSUES, BUT THANK YOU IAN.
AND, AND I'LL FOLLOW UP OFFLINE.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK QUICKLY IF YOU CAN GO INTO, I GUESS IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 17, IAN, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS A M I COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE A C S AND THE HUD.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGES, BUT WHAT DOES THAT COME INTO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL COSTS, UM, IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE ONE 20? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, ROBERT.
COULD YOU GO TO BACKUP SLIDE NUMBER 33? YOU MIGHT HAVE TO OPEN IT UP SEPARATELY.
AND, UH, AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, WE DID LOOK AT THIS, UH, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT THE, THE DATA YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT BROKEN OUT BY WHAT THOSE LEVELS ARE AND THEN WHAT THE AMOUNT FOR RENT AND THE AMOUNT PER MONTH COMES OUT TO.
UH, AND SO YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, SHIFTING FROM 80% OF THE A C S $43,000 TO 60% OF THE HUD IS 43,200.
SO AGAIN, THAT SHIFT DOWN HITS PRETTY APPROXIMATELY TO THAT PRICE POINT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SHIFTING TO THE NEAREST HUD EQUIVALENCY FOR A C SS
AND WHEN YOU HAD THE, THE CONVERSATION, THE LARGER CONVERSATION WITH THE GROUP, WAS IT OVERWHELMINGLY YES.
STICK WITH HUD, UH, OR WAS IT JUST A BACK AND FORTH OR, UH, THAT, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT THERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I, I THINK THAT IT WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING IN WANTING TO KEEP, UM, THE, THE HUD NUMBERS AS A MEASURING STICK.
I THINK EVERYBODY ALSO AGREED, UH, THAT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NEW BRAUNFELS,
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UH, AND ALAMO HEIGHTS AND OTHER AREAS LIKE THIS THAT MAY, IN, THAT MAY RAISE OUR A M I LEVELS, UM, IS NOT NECESSARILY TARGETING SAN ANTONIO'S POPULATION.SO I THINK THERE WAS ALSO A CONSENSUS ON THAT.
UM, SO I THINK THE, THE SHIFTING OF JUST DEFINING WHAT THOSE LEVELS ARE WAS ALSO, UH, WE ALSO HAD REALLY GOOD CONSENSUS ON THAT.
I THINK 80% IS VERY CLOSE TO MARKET RATE IN SOME AREAS, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT WE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T BE BUILT, BUT TO SAY THAT THAT IS AFFORDABLE, UH, MAY NOT BE ACTUALLY, UM, ADDRESSING SAN ANTONIO'S NEEDS 60% DOES THAT, UH, MUCH MORE ACCURATELY.
AND SO IT, IT WAS, UM, I, I THINK THE, THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FOR ME IS THAT HUD IS A MEASURING STICK IS EASIER ONCE YOU START BRINGING IN A C S.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
ONE, IT IS ANOTHER METHOD OF NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO KEEP IN THEIR HEAD.
AND TWO, THE A C S LACKS, UH, IT'S NOT UPDATED AS FREQUENTLY AS HU DATA, IT'S NOT UPDATED ANNUALLY.
UH, IT ALSO GOES, IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS.
AND SO THERE'S, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, JUST SOME CHALLENGES WITH USING A C S DATA JUST AS A MEASURE, AS A MEASURING STICK.
UM, BUT WE CAN ADJUST THE HUD LEVELS TO THE A C S NEED.
AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I THINK IT'S THEY, DAVID SCHWARTZ, DAVID SCHWAR, DAVID? YES.
UM, SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, 72% OF RENTS BY CHOICE.
IS THAT RIGHT? WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL, THAT THEY'RE RENTING BY CHOICE? UM, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT WAS THE, UH, A REFERENCE TO THE PER, UH, TO THE PROPORTION OF COST BURDENED HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE RENTERS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, AND UM, IAN, ON SLIDE NUMBER, I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE NUMBER NINE.
OH, I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN OUR CONVERSATION AND, UM, THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY PORTION AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO FROM RENTERS TO HOME OWNERSHIP, THAT'S WHERE YOU ALSO HELP BUILD WEALTH AND HAVE THAT ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
SO WHERE, AND, AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AFTERWARD.
I THINK IT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE.
UM, THE INTERVENTION PORTIONS.
SO WHERE ARE WE WITH ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND HOW IS THIS PLAYING OUT? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR US, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
AND WE HAD REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND, AND IT WAS TRYING TO DEFINE THAT COMMUNITY NEED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, AN INTERVENTION LIKE REHABILITATION OR NEW PRODUCTION MAY NOT ADDRESS A FAMILIES AN UNDERLYING NEED, RIGHT? THEY MAY BE LIVING IN A HOME, UM, THAT IS A GENERATIONAL HOME THAT THEY MAY HAVE INHERITED.
UH, THEY MAY BE COST BURDEN, RIGHT? AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR.
THEY MAY SHOW UP IN OUR VULNERABILITY INDEX, BUT THE, THE INTERVENTION FOR THEM IS NOT TO REHAB THEIR HOUSE OR PRODUCE A NEW UNIT SO THAT THEY MOVE.
IT IS HOW CAN WE PROVIDE OTHER FORMS OF INTERVENTION? AND THAT COULD BE, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT WHATEVER POLICIES WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT WAY, OR IT'S JOB TRAINING.
UH, MAYBE IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME SO THAT THEIR CURRENT HOUSE IS MORE AFFORDABLE TO THEM, OR A NEW HOUSING IS MORE AFFORDABLE TO THEM.
AND SO WE HAD ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS AS WE WERE TRYING TO DEFINE THE NEED IN THE CITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT 96,000 IS A VERY BIG NUMBER, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE GONNA BE REMEDIED BY PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATION.
A LOT OF THEM ARE GONNA BE STABILIZATION, UH, AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, OF COURSE, I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE CHAMPIONED A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES AROUND JOB TRAINING, UH, THE RECENT BOND, UH, THAT JUST PASSED WITH THIS RECENT ELECTION.
SO WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, GET SOME NUMBERS FROM THOSE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THERE, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT AS PART OF THE INTERVENTION, BUT I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING OUR CHAIR HAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT TOO.
WE HAVE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, WE HAVE JOB TRAINING, BUT I THINK ALSO PART OF THE INTERVENTION IS HELPING THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS OR THOSE THAT HAVE INHERITED THE HOMES, GET THEIR TITLES, UH, CLEAR AND GET, EVEN IF THERE'S SOME FINE, UM, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TO, FOR LAND TITLES FREE AND CLEAR, SO THEY CAN START BUILDING ON THAT AND BUILDING ON THEIR WEALTH.
MAYBE THEY, THEY JUST NEED THE, THE, UM, FAIR HOUSING OFFICE TO DIRECT 'EM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
BUT IF WE CAN HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WHICH I'M SURE IT IS, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT TODAY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THOSE ARE ALL MY, UH, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAIR.
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AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S OFFICE AND U T S A AND MOCK, UM, TO WORK ON SOME TITLE CLEARANCE PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT, THAT SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH SOME OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, THINGS THAT WE'RE PILOTING NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE WORTH EXPANDING, UH, CITYWIDE OR AT LEAST TO SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS.UH, IAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU GAVE US A LITTLE UPDATE ON THIS, MY OFFICE THE OTHER DAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIGURES OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE HOUSEHOLDS AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THESE LARGE NUMBERS, 197,000 HOUSEHOLDS, OR THE 46,000 HOUSEHOLDS? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO CALCULATE HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS REALLY AFFECTS? I HAVE NOT YET, BUT THAT'S THE CONVERSATION I'M GONNA BE HAVING WITH DAVID.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO HIGH LEVEL MATH AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE APPROXIMATE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN SAN ANTONIO IS THREE PEOPLE AND DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TALK TO DAVID AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER UNDERLYING DATA SETS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THOSE HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENT.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IN SAN ANTONIO TO RECOGNIZE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A HOUSEHOLD OR A BUILDING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY HOW WELL THEY CAN SUSTAIN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE HUD AND THE A C S AMIS, AND WE SEE THOSE IN THE CHARTS.
ARE THOSE GROSS OR NET INCOME FIGURES AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, FAMILY? THOSE ARE GROSS BEFORE TAXES, I BELIEVE.
DAVID, CAN YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG? YOU ARE NOT WRONG, IAN.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, I MEAN, UH, MAYBE COUNCILMAN, MAYBE A, A CLARIFICATION ON THAT THAT BUILDS ON THE PREVIOUS, UM, UH, DESCRIPTION THAT, THAT IAN JUST MADE IS, IS THAT THOSE, THOSE INCOME DEFINITIONS ARE A BASIS FOR FORMULATING, UM, QUALIFICATION LIMITS FOR, UH, PROGRAMMATIC PURPOSES.
SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY A DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME, BUT THEY ARE LIMITS THAT FOUR PROGRAMS THAT TARGET 30 TO 50%, UH, OF INCOME, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN QUALIFY IF THEIR INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN LEVEL
UH, DAVID, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK I'VE SEEN IN WORKING WITH THE HOUSING TRUST AND, AND JUST IN REVIEWING HOUSING PROJECTS, THE CITIES BEEN PARTNERED WITH USUALLY SHOWS THAT THE DEVELOPER GOES FOR THE HIGHEST END OF THE CATEGORY THAT, UH, IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO IT MAY BE, UH, ANYONE UNDER 80% IS ELIGIBLE, BUT USUALLY THEY PRICE THOSE THINGS RIGHT AT 79 OR 80%, UH, SO THEY CAN GET THE MAXIMUM RETURN AND STILL GET THE PROTECTION FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL PROGRAM.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE REALIZE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GROSS INCOME, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NET AFTER TAXES THAT PEOPLE LIVE ON.
SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS RELATED TO THAT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE, USUALLY IT'S 30% OF YOUR INCOME IS USED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE MAXIMUM HOUSE PAYMENT INCLUDING, UH, I BELIEVE YOUR UTILITIES SHOULD NOT EXCEED, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT EXCEED 30% OF YOUR INCOME.
DOES THAT 30% OF YOUR GROSS OR 30% OF YOUR NET OF WHAT YOU TAKE HOME IF, UH, THAT'S A YEAH.
COUNCIL, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY AN INDUSTRY STANDARD DEFINITION THAT, THAT ALL OF US RIGHT.
AND IT'S A, IT IS A, UH, IT'S A DEFINITION, UM, ON THE BASIS OF GROSS, SO NOT ON THE BASIS OF NET, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE LIMITS, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL INCOME IS FOR THE, UH, FAMILY AFFECTED BY THESE.
ALSO, I KNOW NOT ALL BUILDERS OR DEVELOPERS CONSIDER FAMILY SIZE WHEN THEY START PRICING THESE UNITS.
AND I KNOW WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT MORE, UH, AND, AND HOUSING TRUST SO THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT CHARGING, UH, LET'S SAY $1,200 FOR A ONE BEDROOM OR A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT, IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE LIVING THERE OR FOUR PEOPLE LIVING THERE, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY AND THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THAT FAMILY IN THAT UNIT.
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YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES THAT ISN'T TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE BUILDER OR DEVELOPER, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK, BY THE CITY WHEN IT SUPPORTS THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE UP AND I, I'M SURE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THAT AND, AND THEY SHARE THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I, I'D LIKE US TO ALWAYS TAKE THOSE E EXTRA FIGURES INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA CONSIDER UTILITY BILLS.
DO THEY CONSIDER INTERNET, UM, AS PART OF YOUR UTILITY BILL BECAUSE IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE A CRITICAL PART OF A, A FAMILY'S HOUSEHOLD.
NOW, IS THAT PART OF THAT CALCULATION? I DON'T BELIEVE INTERNET IS, BUT THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, SOME PUBLIC COMMENT EVEN SAID, UH, CHILDCARE OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS.
YEAH, WELL, I UNDERSTAND HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
THE LAST THING I WANNA BRING UP IS, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SS O I PLANS THAT ARE THE VOUCHERS, UH, WHETHER IT'S FOR VETERANS OR INDIVIDUAL, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, ARE WE CONSIDERING OR CAN WE CONSIDER AS A CITY, UM, REQUIRING ANYONE WHO GETS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS? IF A, A PROJECT GETS TS FUNDING, CAN WE MANDATE THEY RESPECT VOUCHERS OR OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF PROGRAM? IF A PROJECT IS USING CITY LANDS THAT WE ARE EITHER LEASING TO THEM OR SELLING TO THEM, IS THAT A FORM OF INCENTIVE THAT WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO ACCEPT VOUCHERS? IF A, IF A DEVELOPER IS GETTING SAWS OR C P SS FEE WAIVERS, IS THAT AN INCENTIVE FROM THE CITY? AND SAWS AND C P S ARE BOTH CITY OWNED, UH, UTILITIES, COULD THAT BE A SOURCE OF REQUIRING PEOPLE TO HONOR WA UH, VOUCHERS? OR HOW ABOUT THE EAP FUNDING THAT WE'RE OFFERING RIGHT NOW? CAN WE SAY TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE THAT CITY MONEY TO HELP PAY THE MORTGAGE OR THE RENT DUE, THAT GOING FORWARD WE CAN SAY YOU NEED TO START ACCEPTING VOUCHERS GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE? WOULD THAT FALL WITHIN THE, THE RESTRICTIONS OF CITY INCENTIVES THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT? COUNCILMAN? I THINK WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO IS JUST TALK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE.
UM, I DEFINITELY THINK MANY OF THOSE ARE INCENTIVES THAT WOULD APPLY TO AN ORDINANCE.
UM, WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WORDING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS USED THAT HAS NOT BEEN CHALLENGED SO FAR.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND I, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING, BUT I THINK IT IS ANYTHING FINANCIAL OR INCENTIVE, LIKE, SO THAT COULD INCLUDE LAND.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE AND WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WHEN WE COME BACK WITH A, UM, WITH A SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ITEM ON EXACTLY WHAT THOSE, THOSE QUALIFICATIONS ARE.
UM, BUT I, I, THOSE SOUND LIKE THINGS THAT SHOULD, SO WE'LL HAVE TO JUST CHECK WITH
YEAH, I JUST HOPE YOU'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN YOUR, IN YOUR INVESTIGATION ON THIS.
THAT WAS A, A GREAT DISCUSSION AND I HOPE GIVES YOU GOOD, SOME GOOD DIRECTION, UH, TO GO BACK, UM, AND, AND THEN PRESENT TO US IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR A MONTH OR SO.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ITEM.
[3. 20-6613 Briefing and possible action on the ForEveryoneHome anti-displacement and inclusive growth policy strategy, including an Ordinance approving a memorandum of agreement with Grounded Solutions Network for consulting services, and authorizing a co-investment in the Initiative from the City in the amount of $120,000.00 to be funded from the FY 2020 Neighborhood and Housing Services Department General Fund Budget. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood & Housing Services]]
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOR EVERYONE HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH POLICY.RIGHT? AND CHAIRWOMAN VERONICA SOTO, DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
IT IS ANOTHER REPORT OR STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'LL BE COORDINATED WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT IT TAKES A DEEPER DIVE INTO OUR DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO VER ALL, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE.
SO THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE HAVE ALSO STARTED, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, LIKE MANY THINGS IN 2020 IT GOT HELD UP BECAUSE WE HAD TO PAUSE AND RETHINK HOW WE DID SOME OF THIS WORK.
SO LET ME START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE IS.
SO FOR EVERYONE HOME IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS INITIATIVE BY GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK, WHO CREATED THIS AS A PILOT WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION, AND INVITED CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO APPLY TO BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.
AND THE INITIATIVE SELECTED US, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALONG WITH INDIANAPOLIS AND WINSTON-SALEM TO BE THE FIRST CITIES TO
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BE PART OF THIS.AND SO WHAT IS THE INITIATIVE ITSELF? IT IS A PEER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WITH THE OTHER CITIES, BUT ALSO A DEEP DIVE INTO DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
AND IT INCLUDES THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
IT INCLUDES DEVELOPING WHAT THEY TERM AS AN AGENDA FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT.
IT ESSENTIALLY IS THE ITEMS TO LOOK AT THAT ARE THE DRIVING FORCES FOR DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE, THE KEY THING HERE IS THEY WOULD ALSO HELP US DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UNDERTOOK.
THAT'S WHERE THE FOR EVERYONE HOME NAME CAME FROM.
AND THIS IS THE PILOT, SO WHERE THE INAUGURAL CLASS FOR THIS WORK, AND IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION, BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DID HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO BE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE.
I WANNA POINT OUT THAT ON THIS CALL, WE HAVE FROM GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK, SASHA HOUSEHOLD JOINING US AS WELL, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THE EFFORT ON BEHALF OF GROUNDED SOLUTIONS WITH US AND HAS DONE A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, GATHERING FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS WELL.
SO IF WE HAVE DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, SASHA IS AVAILABLE.
AS IAN MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO GONNA HAVE VERY DETAILED POLICY IDEAS THAT ARE GONNA BE FOLDED INTO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION.
ALL OF THIS BUILDING ON THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, UH, BUILT ON, WHICH DID, UH, SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS TO BE LOOKED AT AND ADDRESSED MORE DEEPLY.
SO THIS INITIATIVE CLEARLY DOES THAT.
ONE KEY THING OF THIS INITIATIVE, AND, AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT HAS THE, THE TEAM MEMBERS, IS THAT THIS IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVEN WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO THIS IS THE TEAM THAT LOCALLY IS HELPING SASHA, OUR CONSULTANT, UH, WITH GROUNDED SOLUTIONS AND THE LEAD FOR THE INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP THE IDEAS WHO HELP WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND WHO IS NOW LOOKING AT POLICY IDEAS, UM, BASED ON THOSE DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS THAT WE FOUND OUT.
SO IT HAS A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL FOLKS FROM GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY A, A ADVOCATES TO, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT IMPACT DISPLACEMENT OR ARE PERCEIVED TO IMPACT DISPLACEMENT.
OF COURSE, OUR DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OUR CORE, UH, STAFF THAT ARE, ARE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
AND WE ADDED THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE QUOTE, ENFORCEMENT KIND OF ACTIONS WHERE PEOPLE DO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, GENTRIFICATION OR DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AS WELL.
THERE IS SUPPORT FROM METRO HEALTH AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR THAT IS HELPING US TO GATHER MORE FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE COMMUNITY IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE STARTED THIS WORK LAST YEAR, SELECTION IN JUNE OF 2019.
WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM ITSELF IN JULY, AND WE STARTED WITH THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERED FROM TRADITIONAL METHODS, JUST DATA, BUT ALSO A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED FOR THIS WORK BECAUSE THERE'S QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA THAT WAS GATHERED.
UM, THE NEXT PHASE, UH, WAS POLICY, UH, IDEA CREATION.
SO POLICY IDEATIONS, THAT'S JUST MEANING THE, THE CREATION OF IDEAS TO ADDRESS WHAT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE HAD JUST FINISHED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PRESENTED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY.
WE WERE PLANNING TO LAUNCH PHASE TWO WITH A BIG PUBLIC MEETING, UM, IN MARCH.
AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF OUR, UM, BIG PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE PUT ON HOLD.
UM, WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GATHER IN THOSE WAYS, AND SO WE REALLY HAD TO THINK HOW TO DO PHASE TWO.
UM, WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY AND GET THE, THE FEEDBACK WE NEEDED, TRY AND GET COMMUNITY TO COMMENT ON IDEAS.
AND OF COURSE, ALL THE PIVOTING AND THE PAUSES AND RETHINKING OF HOW TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, UH, BE MADE, UH, OUR WORK AS WELL.
THE, THE PHASE THREE THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE THIS FISCAL YEAR IS DEVELOPING THOSE DETAILED ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN THE
AND THEN AFTER WE HAVE THE ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA, WE WANNA DEVELOP THE IMPLEMENTATION
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PLANS THEMSELVES.SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
AGAIN, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED.
WE MADE A BIG PRESENTATION ON IT TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY.
AND IT REALLY WAS THAT A FOCUS ON THE DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS FOR RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS, AND EVEN MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA.
AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
WE'VE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF YOU ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE KIND OF DATA, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE DATA THAT IS INFORMING SOME OF THE WORK, LIKE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED AND THAT IAN JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WERE.
AND WE'RE BRIEFING THIS SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE AGAIN, TO COME TO VISIT WITH THIS COMMITTEE SINCE THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE FOUND, AND IT'S EVEN MORE EVIDENT NOW WITH, UH, THE PANDEMIC, IS THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS WASTEMAN IS A RACIAL EQUITY ISSUE.
UM, SO WE KNOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO FAMILIES,
UM, THIS IS NOT JUST A FACT IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S A FACT IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT AREAS THAT WERE FORMALLY REDLINED ALSO ARE SEEING THE ASSESSED VALUATIONS BE HIGHER AND SALES PRICES HAVE INCREASED.
SO AGAIN, REDLINED AREAS WERE, UH, ONES DELINEATED BY RATES IN THE PAST.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN THOSE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AS PART OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WE LOOKED AT DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS FOR HOMEOWNERS, FOR RENTERS, AND AGAIN, MOBILE, UM, HOME COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
AND SO YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS LISTED OUT IN THIS SLIDE.
SO IN PHASE TWO WHERE WE HAD TO PIVOT AND IT'S OUTLINED IN THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, WE HAD TO, UM, RETHINK HOW TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GIVEN THAT THE TRADITIONAL WAYS IN WHICH WE HELD MEETINGS COULD NOT HAPPEN.
UH, WE HAD WANTED TO DO LARGE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SMALL GATHERINGS, BUT WE COULD NOT DO THAT.
SO WE HAD TO PIVOT AND STILL GET INPUT.
SO WE TURNED TO MORE SURVEY, UH, OPTIONS TO DO THIS WORK.
AND THEN WE STILL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD WHAT WE CALL LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHO WERE FACING THIS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
SO WE HAD SMALL FOCUS GROUPS VIRTUALLY, OF COURSE, WITH RENTERS AND LANDLORDS, UM, OF SMALL PROPERTIES.
SO NOT BIG MULTI-FAMILY, UH, LANDLORDS, BUT LA LANDLORDS THAT HAD FEW NUMBER OF UNITS, SOMETIMES EVEN JUST RENTING ONE OR TWO UNITS.
WE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM YOUR OFFICES.
WE REACHED OUT THROUGH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.
WE DID SOME BLOCK WALKING WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC STARTED AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS HELPED US DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY AS WELL, SO WE COULD, UM, GET INFORMATION FROM THE FAMILIES THAT WERE EXPERIENCING THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THESE PRESSURES.
SO PHASE THREE IS THE NEXT PHASE, AND THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT BASED ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ARE GONNA BE IN THIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA.
AGAIN, THE AGENDA WORD IS SOMETHING THAT THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE IS NAMING, BUT IT REALLY IS THE LIST OF POLICY IDEAS, UM, AND THE POLICY BUCKETS THAT WE NEED TO CAPTURE.
SO EVICTIONS HAVE COME UP AS AN ISSUE.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, AND WE ARE OF COURSE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, EFFECT.
NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE, UM, AWARE AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
COUNCILMAN YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT THE CURRENT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
IT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE KNOW, UH, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS MAY BE FACING, UM, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
SO THAT'S PART OF THIS AGENDA.
UM, WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE HOUSING COSTS ARE PART OF THAT DRIVER.
SO, UH, HOW TO TRY AND, AND MITIGATE OR PREVENT SOME OF THAT BEING A DRIVER IS PART OF THIS AGENDA.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO INVEST A NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY DON'T CREATE ADDITIONAL DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE, SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD AS WELL.
AND THEN MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION AND CREATION IS PART OF THIS AGENDA AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE POLICY BUCKET, IF YOU WILL.
MANY OF THESE BUILD UPON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY, TASK FORCE REPORT, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
AND SO THESE ARE ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION, UH, AND POLICY IDEAS THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THIS, UM, FOR EVERYONE.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS
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IS ONE OF THE ASSETS WILL BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL.UM, WE MENTIONED THAT THE FORD FOUNDATION IS SUPPORTING THIS WORK THAT MEANT THAT GROUNDED SOLUTION, UM, NETWORK FOR THE BEGINNING PART OF THE WORK.
THE WORK THAT WE UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EFFORT.
THE CITY ALSO HAD TO CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE WE WANNA CONTINUE THE WORK BECAUSE WE WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE WANNA ADD MORE TO THE, THE WORK PLAN AND WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE.
GROUNDED SOLUTION NETWORK, UM, IS ALSO ADDING RESOURCES TO THE EFFORT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION.
AND SO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHAT WE ARE GONNA TAKE TO COUNCIL, UH, IN EARLY DECEMBER IS GONNA BE A CONTRACT TO CONTINUE THE WORK, TO DO THE OUTREACH THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO, KNOWING WE HAVE TO TAKE UP ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WE CAN'T DO OUR TRADITIONAL OUTREACH METHOD.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST ONE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE WANT TO HAVE TWO DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OUT OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA.
SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE OUTLINED SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GROUP IS GONNA DEVELOP THE AGENDA ITEMS. AGAIN, THE LIST OF POLICIES TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO POLICY, UH, IDEAS THAT WE WANT A, A VERY DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR, AND WORK ON THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, SO THAT IN THE APRIL TO JUNE TIMEFRAME, WE CREATE THOSE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA ITEMS WILL END UP IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ARE ONES THAT WE HOPE ARE READY TO GO AT THE END OF JUNE.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE ITEMS I WANTED TO BRING.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE VISITED ON THIS INITIATIVE, AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THAT'LL AND FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE ON THIS.
SO TELL ME AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M REVIEWING THE PRESENTATION HERE, AND, UM, SO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND KEY FINDINGS ON, UH, PAGE SIX, UM, AND EVEN SOME OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO TELL ME, DO YOU HAVE DATA FOR, TO SUPPORT THIS, THESE, UM, UM, THAT THESE ARE THE PROBLEM, OR THESE ARE, I THINK THIS IS WHERE I HAD THE CONFUSION THE LAST TIME.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM AND WE'RE WORKING WITH NATIONAL CONSULTANTS, ARE THESE ANTIS DISPLAYS FROM AN AGENDA SPECIFIC TO SAN ANTONIO? THEY ARE.
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS A COMBINATION OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA.
SO WE ASKED FOR A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH US.
EVERYTHING FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO, UH, BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL, UM, VA VALUATION DATA, COMPARING, YOU KNOW, CURRENT TO FIVE YEARS TO SEE HOW MUCH THE GROWTH HAD BEEN, UH, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE INTERVIEWS.
SO THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS VERY DETAILED AND VERY FOCUSED IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THERE'S A RATHER LENGTHY REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT.
SO THE, THE ITEMS IN THAT NEXT SLIDE ARE THE POLICY IDEAS FOR SAN ANTONIO.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE THE POLICY BUCKETS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT THE DETAILED AGENDA ITEMS LIST, BUT THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE FALLING BASED ON THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
BUT IT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO SAN ANTONIO BASED ON DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS, UH, BASED ON THE DATA.
I DON'T KNOW IF SASHA WANTS TO ADD TO THAT.
UH, YES, SASHA, I AM NICE TO MEET YOU AND SEE YOU HERE.
UM, I COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DATA? I, I GUESS I, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, I JUST TO SEE IT BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OTHER REPORTS THAT WE'VE DONE, NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO HOUSING, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JUST DATA IN OUR COMMUNITY, I MEAN, SOME THINGS WE KNOW ARE TRUE OR WE CAN CONFIRM WITH DATA THAT WE'VE DONE REGARDING, UM, BLACK AND LATINO, UH, HOUSEHOLDS, UM, BUT NECESSARILY THAT SALE PRICES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN FORMER REDLINE AREAS, KIND
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OF VAGUE.UM, AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, UH, I GUESS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, IF THAT'S THE, THE METRIC THAT YOU'RE USING? SURE.
SO, CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? GREAT.
UH, SO EACH OF THE CITIES HAD A DIFFERENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND WE RELIED ONLY, WELL, PRIMARILY ON LOCAL DATA OR ON CENSUS DATA ABOUT THAT, UH, SPECIFIC CITY OR REGION FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UM, SORT OF STATEMENT, WE TOOK M L S DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE, UH, REALTORS ASSOCIATION.
AND WE COMPARED IT TO, WE OVERLAYED IT WITH THE OLD REDLINING MAP, UM, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT THAT REAL ESTATE INFORMATION AND THE INCREASING SALES PRICES IN OTHER WAYS.
AND SO WE DO HAVE MAPS OF WHERE SALES PRICES ARE INCREASING.
UM, IF YOU WANT A FULLER EXPLANATION OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR INFORMATION, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR WOULD YOU LIKE A, A FULLER EXPLANATION OF ALL THE DATA AND THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT? UM, I'M SURE, I AM SURE YOU HAVE IT, AND IT'S ALL PUBLIC, SO YOU CAN SHARE IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS IT ALL NOW.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALE PRICE PRICES INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAVE A FEELING THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THOSE SALE PRICES WERE VERY, VERY LOW.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE, THEN WHAT IS LIKE, SORT OF THE MORE REALISTIC SALES PRICE, IT SEEMS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE DATA, UH, AND IN FACT, I'LL JUST CONFIRM WITH MY TEAM, UH, IN FACT, I'M RELUCTANT TO SAY IT NOW THAT I, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE IN DISTRICT FIVE, THREE YEARS AGO WAS 59,000.
AND, UH, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THAT'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.
THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ASKING WHEN YOU SAY THAT PRICE HOUSING PRICES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I I, I GET A LITTLE BIT HESITANT, UH, TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO SALE PRICES IN DISTRICT FIVE ARE STILL VERY, VERY LOW, UM, FOR THE MOST PART.
UH, SO I, I, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL HEAR THAT.
AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, JUST REGARDING THE MENTAL MOBILE HOME LIVING, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT TURNOVER.
SO THAT'S WHY I WONDER LIKE, HOW QUICKLY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THINGS TURNING OVER? BECAUSE IN EIGHT YEARS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE, AND THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THE CITY, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE, AND WE ALL KNOW WHICH ONE THAT ONE IS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WONDER ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT, I MEAN, IF 30 YEARS HAVE GONE BY THEN, YOU KNOW, AT LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DID YOU START COUNTING? SO I, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA, BUT I'M, I'M, UM, IF I COULD SEE IT FULLY AND, UM, STUDY IT FULLY, PERHAPS WE COULD GET A BIT FULLER PICTURE.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WE'LL GO INTO SENDING ORDER.
UM, UH, SO IF WE, UH, START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION, UH, OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
MY BIGGEST, UH, CONCERN, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG-TERM CONCERN, IS WE CAN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THE HOUSING PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK COUNCILMAN TRAVINA, YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK WITH UNDER ONE ROOF TO HELP US SUSTAIN SOME KIND OF QUALITY LIVABILITY IN HOUSES AND IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY.
I THINK THAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME KIND OF ESTIMATE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR HOUSING STOCK, UH, KEEP IT LIVABLE, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WON'T HAVE THIS HOMELESS CRISIS BECAUSE HOMES BECOME SO RUNDOWN, PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE 'EM ANY LIVE IN THEM ANYMORE.
AND GENTRIFICATION STARTS TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES, OR, UH, NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN.
AND SO, UH, THEY SAY, WELL, THAT NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN.
UM, AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT TO THE KIND OF EXTENT WE NEED TO.
UH, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINING THE LIVABILITY OF A HOME TOO OFTEN TODAY, WE LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BUILD THAT HOME TODAY AND THE STANDARDS WE HAVE TODAY.
BUT PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THOSE HOMES AND HAVE BEEN FOR 30, 40, 50, 60 YEARS THAT ADMITTEDLY THE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED.
AND WE WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY TO LIVE IN THE, IN THE MOST COMFORTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS THEY CAN LIVE IN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT WE CAN REQUIRE EVERYBODY TO TEAR OUT ALL THEIR ELECTRIC,
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TEAR OUT ALL THEIR PLUMBING, REDO ALL THEIR, THEIR FOUNDATION, REDO ALL THEIR ROOFS, AND END UP BEING ABLE TO STAY IN A HOUSE THAT'S VALUED AT $59,000 TODAY.'CAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY COST 75 OR $80,000 OR MORE TO DO THAT TO THAT HOME.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND LOOK FOR SOME ALTERNATIVES TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND THE LIVABILITY OF THEIR HOMES.
BUT WE NEED TO GET AROUND THE, THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BUILT UP TO THE MOST RECENT STANDARDS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN THE 40, 50 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES THEY LIVE IN TODAY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN WITH SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THIS, BUT THAT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE A CRITICAL AREA.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THE HOUSING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA OH, SORRY.
SORRY, I NEEDED TO DEVIL UNMUTE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ALL, AND THE REFRESHER COURSE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE WE HAD TO PUT IT ON A PAUSE FOR A WHILE, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THE, THE WORK STOPPED.
AND I KNOW SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT FOR MY OFFICE AND THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, HAS BEEN OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AND THE APPRAISAL AND THE TAX, THE APPRAISALS OUT OF, UM, PEOPLE'S HOMES IN THE AREA.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION OR GO DEEPER IN CONVERSATION IN IS ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT ENSURE INVESTMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS DON'T CREATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE.
SO CAN YOU GIVE ME WHAT YOU MEAN, OR THE DEFINITION FOR INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT? HOW DID Y'ALL DEFINE INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT? SURE.
UM, SO THAT'S IN SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.
IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PO POLICY BUCKET.
AND IT CAME UP NOT JUST AS PART OF THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, BUT WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS EVEN WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.
AND SO PART OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WERE INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WHERE IT MADE THE AREAS MORE ATTRACTIVE.
AND SUDDENLY, UM, THOSE INVESTMENTS, WHICH WE ALL AGREE ARE IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ONES THAT WERE ADDING TO SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
THE EXAMPLES THAT CAME UP, UM, AROUND THE, THE TIME OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE WAS, UM, SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS IN THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, IT MADE THE AREA MORE ATTRACTIVE.
AND, AND SO THE CONVERSATION WAS, IS THAT ADDING TO SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE? WE ALL KNEW THAT, AND WE KNOW THAT, THAT THOSE ARE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS.
AND SO, UH, HOW TO QUANTIFY PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IF WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN AN AREA, UH, IF THERE'S NEW HOUSING OR NEW, UM, AMENITIES OR AMENITIES OR REFURBISHED THAT WE KEEP THEM FOR, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION IS COMING FROM.
SO WE HEARD IT AT THE MAYORS HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE DELIBERATION, AND BEFORE EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE ALSO HAD, UH, RAISED THAT AS AN ISSUE THAT IN SOME AREAS, SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS COULD BE, UH, PART OF A WHOLE, UM, NOT THE ONLY THING, BUT IT COULD BE PART OF A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE ADDING TO SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
SO THERE WAS THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND THIS IS JUST A POLICY BUCKET.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ACTUAL POLICY SOLUTION, BUT IT'S AN IDEA THAT, UM, IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN BEFORE EVERYONE HOME TEAM WAS DISCUSSED.
SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN HAVING THIS POLICY CONVERSATION AND LOOKING FOR POLICY, UM, DIRECTION AND SOLUTIONS, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY SPECIFICALLY WHEN LOOKING AT OUR BOND PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, I THINK, UM, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE, UM, WE TALK ABOUT REDLINING AND MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT FIVE, MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN REDLINED, MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS, UM, HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTED OR,
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UM, TAKEN MONEY AWAY IN, AND THEREFORE WE HAVE NOW SEEN THE EQUITY NEEDS ANALYSIS AND PUTTING THE INVESTMENTS IN THE DOLLARS ACCORDINGLY.BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING THE OTHER SIDE WHERE IT IS MORE ATTRACTIVE, BUT WE SHOULD DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS THROUGH THE, THE TIMES OF THE FIFTIES AND THE TIMES WHERE IT WAS TOUGH, AND NOW THE RENAISSANCE OF ALL OF THESE AREAS, UM, SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE AND HAVE THEIR LEGACIES OF THEIR FAMILIES LIVE THERE TOO, WITHOUT BEING PRICED OUT OR, UM, APPRAISED OUT OR TAXED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DRAINAGE AND STREETS.
AND, UM, SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THESE POLICY CONVERSATIONS AND LOOKING AT BUDGETS EITHER WITH, UM, FACILITIES, EITHER WITH IMPROVED DRAINAGE IN OUR BOND PROJECTS, WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKSTOP OR A, UM, SAFETY NET, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, WHEN WE FINALLY INVEST THESE DOLLARS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, INTO THOSE STREETS THAT HAVE NEEDED THE, THE DRAINAGE THAT HAVE NEEDED THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO OUR LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'VE NEEDED, THEY'VE NEEDED THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR, FOR GENERATIONS NOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OTHER, OR HAVE A PART OF OUR SOLUTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICY.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO LOOK TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UH, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN NO STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO BURNELL, UM, WAS PUTTING FORWARD AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
AND THEN, UH, TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE IS LAND UH, BANKING, THE COMMUNITY LAND BANK IS, IS PLAYING A PART OF THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR YEARS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE, UH, THE AREA OF MOBILE HOME PARKS, ET CETERA, AND LAND BANK NEAR THERE.
SO CAN WE, WHERE IS THAT? I DIDN'T SEE IT MAYBE THAT EXPLICITLY SPELLED OUT HERE, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND IT'S PART OF ONE OF THE, UM, SOLUTIONS, I BELIEVE, OR ONE OF THE OPTIONS IN THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.
UH, LAND BANKING IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE POLICY IDEAS IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
AGAIN, THE, UH, SLIDE EIGHT IS THE POLICY BUCKETS.
IT DOESN'T LIST ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT GOES TOWARD, UM, THE RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION AND CREATION, MAKING SURE WE HAVE AVAILABLE LAND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE BUY IT NOW, UH, IN A FEW YEARS, IT COULD BE LESS AFFORDABLE.
UH, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY IDEAS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL AS WELL, WHICH IS ANOTHER LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY, UM, CRITERIA.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY LAND BANKING, BUT, UM, IT, IT HAS A LAND BANKING KIND OF COMPONENT AS WELL.
BUT THOSE ARE MORE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS.
AND IF I COULD THROW THIS OUT THERE TOO, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BONDS OR MAYBE CITY INCENTIVES IN, UM, CITY INCENTIVE DEVELOPMENTS, ET CETERA, IF IT'S A BUILDING, IF IT'S A, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S USING SIGNIFICANT CITY INCENTIVES OR CITY DOLLARS, UM, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, OKAY, WHERE IS THERE PUBLIC USE A PART OF THAT? IF IT IS A, UM, A, A LIBRARY, IF IT IS A, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS A PUBLIC, A CITY PUBLIC USE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH WHOMEVER THE PRIVATE OR, UM, NONPROFIT DEVELOPER IS WITH US, THAT WE CAN HAVE AN AMENITY BUILT IN THERE, UH, PARTNER TO BUILD IN THERE, BUT THAT WON'T NECESSARILY TAKE AWAY DO, I GUESS, UM, PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON TOP OF THE, UH, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS OR THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THERE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.
THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY WORK.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE, I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE GREAT NEW PRODUCT OR GREAT NEW REHAB HOUSING COMING UP IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT DOES, LIKE IN YOUR DISTRICT, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT ONE STREET, I THINK,
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I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FURNISH OR WHAT OFF OF ALITOS, WHERE YOU HAVE THAT ONE HOUSE THAT WAS BEING FEATURED FOR $675,000 AND ACROSS THE STREET THE HOUSES ARE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.AND SO THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT TO EVERYONE ELSE'S, UM, TAXES IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH,
UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR, FOR MAKING THAT POINT THAT WE HAVE BEEN SO UNDERSERVED AND UNDERUTILIZED AND UNDERDEVELOPED.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SEEING A RISE IN, IN PRICING AND HOUSING AND HOUSING STOCK AND LOSING LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DISTRICT TWO IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, IT'S JUST OUT OF CONTROL.
UM, AND WE HAVE MANY LEGACY HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES.
AND I WANNA KNOW, WITHIN THIS RESEARCH AND WITHIN THIS DATA, HAVE WE COLLECTED ANY INFORMATION ON HOW MANY OF THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RISING COST AND, AND THE RISING, UM, APPRAISALS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, DO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THOSE HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO? SO WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON THE LADDER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING, UM, OR HAVE DATA ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THOSE PRESSURES ARE.
UM, ONCE SOMEONE MOVES IT, IT IS DIFFICULT UNLESS WE HAVE VERY DETAILED CONTACT INFORMATION, BUT WE ARE AWARE OF WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
SO, SO WE HAVE MAPS THAT SHOW THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE STARTED DOING THESE MAPS EVEN WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE AS WELL.
UM, WE LOOKED AT BY ZIP CODE AND CENSUS TRACK INFORMATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE LADDER, MA'AM.
SO CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN PER DISTRICT? HOW MANY LEGACY HOMEOWNERS OR HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND, AND GET BACK TO YOU.
UM, IT STILL WOULD BE ESTIMATE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO GET INFORMATION FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
IT IS NOT AS EASY FOR RENTER, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN LOOK AT HOME OWNERSHIP DATA AND TO SEE WHAT PROPERTY HAS CHANGED HANDS, IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR RENTERS, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE DATA THAT WE CAN GATHER.
AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RENTERS, UM, CAN WE FIND OUT WITH THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAD THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES, UM, IF WE CAN FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS HAD TO EITHER FORECLOSE OR SELL OFF THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN PREVIOUS STOCK? AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK AT THE DATA AND, AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, I WORRY ABOUT FORECLOSURES IN THE FUTURE, BUT, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THE FORECLOSURE DATA AS WELL.
IT COMES TO THE HISTORICAL FACTORS, UM, WORKING WITH H D R C, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE HISTORICAL FACTORS AS IT RELATES TO THE RISING COST OF DISPLACEMENT OF LEGACY HOME OWNERS? THAT'S PART OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE SEEN, UH, WHAT THE EFFECTS OF RISING, UH, COSTS ARE ON THOSE HOMEOWNERS.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT YES, WE HAVE SOME DATA, UH, AROUND THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN I KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN TIO DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE RENTAL, UH, MITIGATION FUND WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, TAXES AND TAX ASSISTANCE OR, UM, ANY, UM, ANY PROGRAM THAT WE AS A CITY CAN ASSIST THESE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHEN IT COMES TO INHERITANCE OF A LEGACY HOME.
AND THAT HOME MIGHT BE BEHIND ALL PROPERTY TAXES, UM, VENO OR, OR, OR SOMEONE, IF ANYONE ON HERE IS, UM, FROM LEGAL.
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OR WHAT ARE THE LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT WE AS A CITY FALL IN TO HAVE A TAX, UM, ASSESSMENT FUND OR A TAX ASSISTANCE FUND? WHAT, WHAT CAN WE NOT, UM, PROVIDE WITHIN THAT REALM TO HELP THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO INHERIT A HOME, UM, THAT MAY BE BEHIND ON PROPERTY TAX? WE DO HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF SHE CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND IF THEY CAN'T, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
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UH, YES, MA'AM.UM, SO WE HAVE THE RENTAL MITIGATION FUND AND THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND, UM, THROUGH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, A LOT OF THEM FALL BEHIND BECAUSE OF PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THERE'S NO ASSISTANCE OR NO PROGRAM THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE INHERITING HOMES THAT ARE BEHIND ON PROPERTY TAXES.
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL PARAMETERS, UM, THAT WE FALL IN WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING OR DEVELOPING A PROGRAM FOR THOSE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS THAT WANT TO STAY WITHIN THE HOMES BUT ARE BEHIND ON PROPERTY TAXES? OH, WELL, UM, WE, UH, WE, WE, UH, HAD PROGRAMS SIMILAR IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, LEGAL PARAMETERS.
THE ONLY THING LAW SAYS ABOUT THAT IS THAT WHATEVER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT A CITY HAS, AS LONG AS IT'S TIED TO A, UH, LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE WHAT YOU JUST STATED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVO, UH, PRESERVE LEGACY, HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, SHELTER, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN PLACE, SO TO SPEAK, FOR AFFORDABILITY PURPOSES.
IF THAT IS A DULY ENACTED POLICY STATED POLICY OF THE CITY, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.
WE CAN PROVIDE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.
UH, SO IT'S JUST, IT BOILS DOWN TO, AND THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW WE UTILIZE TAX DOLLARS, AS LONG AS IT'S TIED TO A SUFFICIENT PUBLIC PURPOSE, UM, PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM THAT'S INTENDED TO, TO ASSIST THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEN USE OF THE DOLLARS ARE FINE.
AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE, WHERE WE, UH, DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US GOING FORWARD, VERONICA.
UM, IF, IF WE COULD LOOK AT A STRUCTURE AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL HANDLE OR CARRY, UM, AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SUCH AS THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY FOR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE INHERITED PROPERTY THAT HAVE BEEN BEHIND ON PROPERTY TAXES.
SO WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IS THE PROGRAM THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ PILOTED WITH REGARDS TO HELPING THE TITLE ISSUES.
SO THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
IT IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE USED TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND HELP THOSE FAMILIES THAT DO INHERITED HOMES, UH, RETAIN, UM, THE, THE WEALTH THAT COMES THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE MAIN PROGRAM, THE MAIN KIND OF PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, BUT THEY HAVE IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND PART OF IT'S FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WITHIN OUR LEGACY HOMES, I LIKE TO SEE IF WITHIN A DATA REPORT, HOW MANY OF THOSE LEGACY HOMES THAT WE HAVE LISTED ARE BEHIND ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, AND WHAT IS THAT VALUE? WE'LL LOOK AT THE DATA AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN, UM, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THIS REPORT AND DISPLACEMENT OF LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, DO WE KNOW, OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY STUDY OF LEGACY HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE FOSTER CARE, UM, PROVIDERS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN DISPLACED IN THOSE FOSTER YOUTH HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AS WELL? WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC DATA.
UM, IF, IF WE COULD JUST GET THAT INFORMATION OR FOLLOW UP OR, OR SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO, TO GET THAT ALGORITHM WITHIN THIS REPORT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, JADA, ANDREW, JADA SULLIVAN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO.
UH, AND I KIND OF JUST WANNA PICK UP WHERE, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LEFT OFF.
COUNCILOR, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, YOU'RE MENTIONING PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, AS MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, I, I CHAIR THE, UH, BARE APPRAISAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IN FACT, I WAS JUST TEXTING RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH ONE OF, UH, THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS THAT SITS ON THAT, ON THAT BOARD, WHICH IS ALSO THE TAX ASSESSOR, ALBERT ESTI.
AND, UH, WHAT'S CRITICAL TO POINT OUT ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES IS THAT, THAT THERE IS APPRAISALS AND THEN THERE'S TAX ASSESSMENT.
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A SMALL QUICK STORY ABOUT, ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE, UM, MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES AND OPPORTUNITIES.AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA ASK VERO AND HER TEAM AND OUR, AND OUR LEGAL, UH, TEAM TO, TO, UM, TO WORK WITH OUR TAX ASSESSOR.
AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE A SMALL STORY TO PROVE EXACTLY HOW, UM, THERE WAS A LADY, UM, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN K FOR MENTIONING THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
UH, THERE WAS THIS GRANDMOTHER, UH, MS. AL, UH, THAT LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND GRANDPARENTS TO, TO THREE KIDS THAT THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF, UH, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER THAT I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR GRANDKIDS, BUT THEY WERE BASICALLY THE LEGAL GUARDIANS, GUARDIANS OF THOSE KIDS.
THE, THEY HAD A BASKETBALL SIZE HOLE IN THEIR ROOF, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY IN THE KITCHEN.
AND SO THEIR KITCHEN WAS RUINED, AND THEY COULDN'T EVEN, UH, USE THE KITCHEN, BUT THEY HAD A TARP OVER IT.
AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REACHED OUT TO ME ASKING TO USE THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
WELL, WE GOT THEM THE APPLICATION.
AND, UH, LO AND BEHOLD, PART OF, PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THE APPLICATION FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES ASK IF PEOPLE ARE CURRENT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MS. BERNAL WAS NOT, HOWEVER WE WORKED THROUGH THAT.
AND, UH, ONE, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE DIFFERENT, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY TO HELP US OUT.
I CALLED ALBERT ESTE AND, AND ASKED HIM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LADY, UH, CAN, CAN, UH, CAN GET CAUGHT UP ON HER PROPERTY TAXES AND CAN QUALIFY? CAN WE GET A LETTER TO THE CITY AND VETO KNOWS THIS STORY? UM, GET A LETTER OVER TO VETO'S OFFICE SO WE CAN GIVE HER A ROOF.
OKAY? THE LONG STORY IS THAT ON EASTER, UH, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, WE TOOK A PICTURE IN, IN OUR FRONT YARD WITH A BRAND NEW ROOF.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT OUTWARD ESTE FOUND A WAY TO, UH, GET HER ON A GREAT PAYMENT PLAN AND ALSO DEFERRED A LOT OF THOSE TAXES.
UM, I, I'M TEXTING WITH HIM RIGHT NOW.
AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, NOT MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOSE THEIR HOMES TO DELINQUENT TAXES.
UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HOMES, AND WE WANT TO EDUCATE THEM ON WAYS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PAY, UH, PAY, UH, PAY THOSE TAXES.
UH, THAT IS, BUT I, WHAT I THINK YOU WERE ASKING COUNCIL MEMBER, ALSO, IT RELATES TO KIND OF WHAT, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IS, IS, UH, WHAT IS KNOWN AS, UH, SOME OF THE ACTUAL, UM, UM, CIRCUIT BREAKERS OR, UH, ACTUAL, UM, UM, UH, UH, OFFSETS FOR PROPERTY TAXES LIKE THE, THE, THE SENIOR, UH, THE, THE, THE SENIOR, UM, DEFERMENT, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M USING THE WRONG WORD.
UM, UM, THE, THE OFFSET FOR, FOR FREEZING YOUR TAXES ONCE YOU RE REACH THE AGE OF 65.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, AT 65, YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR APPRAISAL KEEPS GOING UP, YOUR TAX ASSESSMENT IS FROZEN.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND SO THE APPRAISAL ACTUALLY KEEPS GOING UP, UP, UP, UP, UP.
BUT THE, THE TAXES ARE FROZEN.
AND IF SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT 65, WHO, WHO CAN, WHO CAN, UH, QUALIFY UNDER, UNDER THAT OFFSET IS GONNA THEN PAY THE APPRAISED PRICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS ALSO A PART OF, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND, AND, AND MAYBE CREATE A PLAN, UH, FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR TO, TO THEN WORK WITH FAMILIES ON A PAYMENT PLAN SO THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE NOT IN SHOCK WHEN, WHEN THAT, UH, EXEMPTION, THAT'S THE WORD, SORRY, UH, THAT OVER 65 EXEMPTION HITS.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO TELL PEOPLE THAT JUST 'CAUSE YOU GET THE OVER 65 EXEMPTION DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T FIGHT YOUR PROPERTY APPRAISAL.
IF YOU WANT IT TO KEEP GOING UP, UP, UP, AND UP, THAT'S FINE.
UH, BUT IN SOME CASES, IF YOU DON'T FIGHT IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S GOING UP AND YOU ALLOW IT.
SO, UH, IF YOU DO PLAN TO PASS THAT, THAT, THAT HOME DOWN TO, TO YOUR KIDS, THEN YOU DO NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT YOU STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FIGHT AND PROTEST YOUR TAXES.
MICHAEL EL MESQUITA AND THE FOLKS, UH, UH, MS. ARMSTRONG OVER AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ARE DOING A FINE JOB OF EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
SO I, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE ASPECT.
AND, AND JUST KNOW THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED ABOUT THEIR
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PROPERTY TAXES, AND THEY, THEY INVOLVE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND THE TAX ASSESSOR.UH, BUT AGAIN, TWO, TWO GREAT, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT I THINK, UH, WILL WORK WITH YOU, UH, TO EDUCATE YOU ON, ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A VIABLE OPTION FOR YOU TO STAY IN YOUR HOME.
UM, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, THAT THERE ARE THINGS THOUGH THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE NEED TO STAY VERY VIGILANT ON.
ONE OF THE, THE VERY, THE VERY FIRST COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST I EVER WROTE WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL WAS TO CHANGE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
AND THE REASON WE HAD TO CHANGE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WAS BECAUSE THAT THAT BOARD WAS NOT CONSIDERING ALL THESE THINGS THAT, UH, ALL OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP.
AND YOU'VE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GREAT POINTS.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT WE WANTED TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO THIS BOARD BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS SO CRITICAL.
SO I ASK, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THIS GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FOR EVERYONE HOME AND THE DISPLACEMENT, UH, POLICY AND STRATEGY INCLUDE, UH, AN EXAMINATION OF OUR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
UH, I, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL INSTANCES AND COMPLAINTS THAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS, IS, IS, IS KIND OF GOING BACK TO ITS OLD WAYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE WERE PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT WHO WAS ON THAT BOARD, BECAUSE THAT BOARD DEALS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, SENIORS, DISABLED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MANY PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, WERE NOT REFLECTED IN THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE IN 2014, UH, A BOARD THAT WAS CONSISTENT CONSISTED OF ONLY MEMBERS FROM FROM, FROM, UH, THE NORTH SIDE.
AND, AND SO THIS WAS, UH, AN IMPORTANT POLICY DIRECTION FOR US TO HELP, UH, TO, TO HELP SHOW THAT, THAT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND BY THE WAY, BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS THE ONLY, UH, BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT HAS JUDICIAL POWERS.
IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE THEY RULE A HOUSE HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED, THEY'LL DEMOLISH IT AND THEY DON'T COME AND CHECK WITH US.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO APPOINT VERY RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE ONTO THAT BOARD OF COMMISSION.
AND I ASK YOU, ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR, THE, THE, THE PERSON THAT YOU SELECTED, AND THINK HARD IF THAT PERSON IS REALLY, TRULY REPRESENTING YOUR DISTRICT THE WAY YOU FEEL, UH, THEY SHOULD BE REPRESENTING THE CITY.
AND BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT IS WE WANT EMPATHY, WE WANT COMPASSION, WE WANT, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO CAN CONNECT THEM TO OTHER SERVICES.
AND THE, WE SET UP A LOT OF TRIGGERS IN THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT AS PEOPLE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING TO FACE POTENTIAL DEMOLITION OF THEIR HOMES, THAT, THAT WE CONNECTED THEM TO SERVICES LIKE THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, LIKE MINOR HOME REPAIR, UH, AND CONNECTING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY HELP, UH, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT, UH, INVEST IN A, IN A PROGRAM LIKE FOR EVERYONE HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND NOT, NOT THINK ABOUT, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AS, AS, AS SOMETHING THAT COULD EITHER HELP US OR HURT US IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE DEMOLISHING HUNDREDS OF HOME HOMES A YEAR.
I BELIEVE A LOT OF THOSE DON'T HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED AT ALL.
UM, AND SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT ALSO TO THE POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT ANSWER IS, IS SORT OF RIGHT.
UH, THE, THE, THE BUILDING, THE, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TALKS ABOUT THE MARKET, THE, THE HOUSING MARKET.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR APPRAISED VALUE IS.
THEY'RE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A A VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET.
IN FACT, I JUST SPOKE TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER THIS MORNING WHO TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY THAT COMMERCIAL PRICES WILL BE DEPRESSED IN THIS COMING, UH, APPRAISAL SEASON, BUT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL ACTUALLY HAVE INCREASED.
THAT'S NOT THE DOING OF THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR THE STATE.
AND, AND THE MARKET IS THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE MONTHS SUPPLY OF HOUSING IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE'RE A GROWING CITY.
WE'RE A CITY THAT PEOPLE WANNA COME TO.
AND UNTIL YOU ADDRESS THAT MARKET, UNTIL YOU FLOOD MORE HOUSING INTO THAT MARKET, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO DRIVE HOUSING COSTS DOWN.
SO WE'VE GOT TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, WE'VE GOTTA GET A SIX MONTH SUPPLY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A HEALTHY SUPPLY OF HOUSING.
SO THOSE ARE MY, MY, MY COMMENTS.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DO, I DO SUPPORT THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY ONLY HOPE IS THE $120,000 IS COMING TO PAY FOR, THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED.
SO I, I GUESS I'M, I, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN SPEAK TO THAT, WHERE THAT $120,000 IS COMING FROM, UH, THAT
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IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL AS WE'RE TRYING TO, TO KEEP MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND WANNA GROW OUR PROGRAMS THAT HELP KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES.BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW AND, AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, I'D, I, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND MAYBE EVEN KIND OF INVITE YOU OVER TO THE APPRAISAL, UH, DISTRICT OFFICES TO KINDA SEE SOME OF THAT AND, AND TALK TO THE ASSESSOR AND THE APPRAISER AT THE SAME TIME.
LOTS OF GREAT THINGS WE CAN DO, UH, UH, TOGETHER.
SO I, I LET US GO A LITTLE BIT LONG JUST 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS MEETING IN A WHILE.
AND SO I DIDN'T WANNA CUT ANYONE OFF BECAUSE THESE ARE, UH, I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES AND, UH, AND VERY DEEP POLICY RELATED ISSUES.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SET A TIMER.
I WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, UH, AND, UH, BUT I, ARE WE LOOKING FOR MOTION? DO YOU NEED TO, I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER DID ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, WHERE THE FUNDING WILL COME FROM.
SO VEL, DO YOU, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT? YES, I READ THAT.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD SOME FUNDS, UM, SLATED DISPLACEMENT WORK, AND THESE ARE CARRY FORWARD FUNDS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE, UH, THIS WORK, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THEY'RE CARRY FORWARD FUNDS THAT WERE SLATED DISPLACEMENT WORK.
SO YOU'RE, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
I THINK THAT WAS, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN? NO.
AND SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A
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PRETTY LONG MEETING, BUT I THINK YOU CAN GIVE US A BRIEFING.I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE PREPARING FOR, UM, OUR UPCOMING BOND.
AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, INTERNALLY WITH MY TEAM AND MY COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T, I'M SURE YOU'RE, YOU'LL BE HAVING THE CONVERSATION SOON ABOUT BOND PRIORITIES FOR 2022.
SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE IT A BRIEF, UM, BRIEF PRESENTATION, LORI, OR WHO'S DOING THE PRESENTATION? YES.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, JAMIE DAMRON WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
WE'RE GONNA DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE $20 MILLION BOND THAT WAS IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
UM, THAT $20 MILLION WILL ALLOW US TO DO FOUR PROJECTS.
THREE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, EXECUTED.
WE HAVE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE R F P PHASE.
JAMIE'S GONNA GO OVER THOSE FOUR PROJECTS, AND WE'LL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH A BRIEFING AND OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS TO AMEND THE CHARTER SO WE CAN EXPAND THE, UH, USE OF BOND FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, JAMIE LOLLY DAMER WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES.
I'M THE HOUSING BOND ADMINISTRATOR.
YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, UH, THANK YOU LORI AND COMMITTEE FOR HAVING ME.
UH, WE DO HAVE $20 MILLION APPROVED BY THE VOTERS TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, UH, TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN OR THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN.
WE PURCHASED DISTRESSED PROPERTIES IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 12 ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT WERE ADOPTED UNDER THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IN 2017 PRIOR TO THE BOND ELECTION.
UM, WE WORK WITH OUR PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE HOUSING.
SO THE CITY ACTUALLY DOESN'T CONSTRUCT THE HOUSING.
WE WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY PUT THOSE UNITS ON THE GROUND.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WAS, UM, WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY'S HOUSING COMMISSION.
UH, IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH SA TOMORROW TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND RED REGIONAL CENTERS.
UH, WE DO, UH, ONLY SEEK OUT PROPERTIES THAT ARE VOLUNTARILY FOR SALE.
SO WE DON'T USE OUR POWERS OF EMINENT DOMAIN THROUGH THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OR THE CITY.
AND WE STRIVE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO NO DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILY.
SO WE INTENTIONALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT.
UM, ANY PROCEEDS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THIS PROGRAM, WE DO REINVEST BACK INTO DOING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS ALL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, SO WE DEFINITELY TRY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE TEXTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE'RE BUILDING.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE URBAN RURAL AGENCY R S A IS OUR IMPLEMENTATION PAR, UH, PARTNER.
DUE TO THE CHARTER LIMITATIONS, WE USE THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.
UH, AS LORI MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COUNCIL APPROVED AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE
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PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.AND WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS STILL UNDER SOLICITATION.
ON THE, ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE ONE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, THE PARK AT 38 30.
WE HAVE ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE, THE WEST END ON FREO.
AND IN DISTRICT THREE WE HAVE GREENLINE NORTH.
UM, WE DO LIKE, UH, LORI MENTIONED, WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT BOND ISSUANCE, AND WE WILL EXPEND AND ENCUMBER ALL OF THIS FUNDING BEFORE THAT NEXT BOND ISSUANCE.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT I WANT, I, I'M SORRY, LEMME JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF YOU JUST DON'T SURE.
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, SKIP, SKIP TO THE PAGE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT.
SO, AND COUNCILMAN KNOW THAT THERE WERE THREE WE YEAH.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, END THE PRESENTATION AND SEND YOU HOME WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IS COME BACK IN DECEMBER WITH THE STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE CHARTER SO WE CAN EXPAND THE USE OF THE BOND FUNDS.
AND SO WHAT THIS PRESENTATION DOES IS IT GOES OVER THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.
I WAS AFRAID IT WOULD BE KIND OF LONG, SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
BUT I, I THINK IT'D PROBABLY BE BEST TO, UM, TALK LATER ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THERE WERE THESE FEW PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE.
UM, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS SPENT IN EACH ONE OF THE BOND MONEY.
UM, SO IN THE FIRST, UH, PROJECT, THE WEST END ON FREO, WE INVESTED, UH, $350,000 IN ELIGIBLE GAP REIMBURSEMENT TO THIS PROJECT, UM, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEXT PROJECT, THE NEXT SLIDE PARK AT 38 30, UH, 4.4 IN ELIGIBLE REIMBURSABLE COST, UH, TO THIS PROJECT TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
PLUS WE PURCHASED THE, THE LAND AT $2.9 MILLION.
AND IN THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, GREEN LINE NORTH, WE DID $4.2 MILLION IN ELIGIBLE REIMBURSABLE COST.
AND WE ALREADY OWNED THE PROPERTY, BUT WE DID HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT $800,000 IN REMEDIATION FROM ITS PREVIOUS USES AS A SERVICE CENTER FOR THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE DIRECT REIMBURSABLE AND ELIGIBLE EXPENSABLE EXPENSES RELATED TO THOSE PROJECTS.
FOR, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, SAN PEDRO, WE HAVE THAT UNDER CONTRACT FOR $2 MILLION, AND WE DO NOT KNOW IF THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION GAP TO MAKE THAT AFFORDABLE AT THIS TIME.
SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIRECT, DIRECT, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
OKAY, BUT I DIDN'T, THAT DIDN'T COME UP TO 20.
NO, UH, SO THESE ARE THE, SO WE HAVE ENCUMBERED, UH, $13 MILLION.
UH, SO WE HAVE 13.9 MILLION ENCUMBERED.
WE HAVE ABOUT $6 MILLION REMAINING.
SAN PEDRO WOULD TAKE 2 MILLION OF THAT, AND WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE OVER THREE LEFT TO PROBABLY DO A FOURTH PROJECT, UH, OR I MEAN, I'M SORRY, A FIFTH PROJECT.
UH, DEPENDING IF THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION GAP ON THE SAN PEDRO PROJECT.
I'LL, UM, COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BRIEFLY? UM, SO THAT, THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN BE, UH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER PREPARED FOR THE NEXT, NOT RATHER PREPARED, BUT SO WE CAN FOCUS ON IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
SO I SEE COURAGE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I, I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD THAT A LOT OF THE COSTS WERE TO BE RECUPERATED.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WERE GONNA BUY THE LAND AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SELL IT TO A DEVELOPER, NOT AT MAYBE TOTAL COST, BUT I WAS UNDER A PRESUMPTION THAT WE'D BE RECEIVING SOME OF THIS MONEY BACK INTO THAT FUND TO HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
AND, UH, I DON'T SEE THAT IN, IN WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING RIGHT NOW.
THE PROGRAM WASN'T SET UP TO EVOLVE, BUT WE HAVE WORKED OUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING TRUST.
SO ANY DEVELOPER THAT ACTUALLY PARTNERS WITH THE HOUSING TRUST IS RETURNING OUR INVESTMENT BACK TO US OVER, UH, A COURSE OF 10 TO 15 YEARS.
BUT, UH, WE DO SELL THE PROPERTIES AT A DISCOUNTED RATE BECAUSE IT HELPS FUND THE GAP.
THE MORE WE CHARGE FOR THE PROPERTY, THE LARGER THE GAP GETS, UH, NO MATTER, UH, HOW MUCH WE CHARGE FOR THE PROPERTY, UH, THE, UH, IT REALLY JUST NEEDS A PENCIL AND FINANCIALLY MAKES SENSE.
AND, UM, THE MORE WE CHARGE, THE LARGER THE GAP GETS.
SO THERE ISN'T AN INCENTIVE FOR SELLING THE PROPERTY AT MARKET RATE OR EVEN CLOSE TO MARKET RATE.
OUR BEST PRACTICE NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE BOND PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW IS THAT WE CHARGE 25% OF THE VALUE THAT WE PAID FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THEY ARE GETTING A 75% DISCOUNT ON THE PROPERTY,
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UM, WHEN WE DO SELL IT TO THE DEVELOPERS.SO THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING MENTIONED TO THE, IN OUR PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MONEY COMING BACK TO THE CITY FOR THIS.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, JUST THOUGHT I REMEMBERED THAT.
SO THERE IS SOME FUNDING COMING BACK IF WE, WE DO, IF ANY MONEY IS RETURNED TO IT, WE REINVEST IT.
AND SO WE HAVE FOUND STRATEGIC WAYS TO, UM, RETURN MONEY BACK TO THE BOND PROGRAM THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING TRUST.
SO, UH, THE FULL TOTAL INVESTMENT, UH, TO BOTH THE PARKDALE, UM, THE PARK AT 38 30 AND THE FULL INVESTMENT OF REIMBURSABLE ELIGIBLE COSTS TO GREENLINE NORTH ARE BOTH BEING RETURNED BACK TO THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE THAT GREEN LIGHTING IN AN AGREEMENT AND THAT'LL COME OVER A 10 OR 15 YEAR PERIOD, CORRECT, JAMIE? CORRECT? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
UM, JAMIE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT SAN PEDRO WOULD NOT BE, UH, SUBSIDIZED OR WE, WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT NEEDS A CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDY AT THIS MOMENT UNTIL WE GET THE PROPOSALS BACK FROM THE SOLICITATION.
THE, THE DEVELOPERS PROVIDE THEIR PROFORMA TO US, AND THAT'S THEIR FINANCIALS OF HOW THEY MEET.
THEY PLAN TO, UM, MAKE THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY WORK.
AND IN THAT, UH, PRESENTATION, IN THEIR PROPOSAL, WE'LL ACTUALLY LOOK AT, UH, IF THERE IS TRULY A GAP.
EVERY TIME THAT WE, UH, SOLICIT A BOND PROJECT, WE GO THROUGH AN INTENSIVE UNDERWRITING PROCESS.
WE DO AN INITIAL UNDERWRITING PHASE AT THE VERY BEGINNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE DEV, WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS SAYING THEY NEED IS ACTUALLY TRUE BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHILE THE DEVELOPER IS GETTING ALL OF THEIR DUCKS IN, IN A ROW AND GETTING ALL THEIR CONSTRUCTION FINANCING SOLIDIFIED, WE GO THROUGH A FORMAL UNDERWRITING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE AND VALIDATE THAT GAP IS STILL TRUE, THAT THEY TRULY NEED THAT MONEY, AND THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO SAVE, UH, TAX DOLLARS AND BOND DOLLARS AND REDUCE THAT GAP.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY VERY, UM, OKAY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T ALSO SEEN IT, SO, OKAY.
HEY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, VINNO.
UH, JUST WANNA POINT OUT THE MATH HERE.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 562 UNITS, AND MY MATH SAYS THAT 39 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE, UH, TO THOSE MAKING 30%, UH, A M I.
UM, AND AGAIN, I I JUST THINK, UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE HERE, UH, SEVERAL TIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO, LIKE FOR US TO FOCUS ON INCREASING THE LEVEL OF HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THOSE MAKING LESS THAN 30% A M I SO CAN, CAN STAFF BRING BACK, UM, A PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT CONTAINS MORE UNITS AT 30% A M I, UH, THIS, THIS IS, I THINK, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR COURAGE WAS, WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
AND COUNCILMAN, WE, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY WORKING VERY HARD, UH, TO GET DEEPER AFFORDABILITY BELOW 60% A M I.
UM, THE INTRODUCTION OF INCOME AVERAGING THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER AND IS WHY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE 34 UNITS BEFORE IN OUR DEVELOPMENTS WHEN WE HAVE BEEN, UH, EXPLICITLY ASKING DEVELOPERS TO GIVE US DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UH, THE GAPS WERE AT $14 MILLION PER PROJECT, AND I JUST, UH, AND OUR TEAM THOUGHT THAT IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT TO INCREASE THE A M I JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE COULD GET MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT'S WHY WE MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT GIVEN THAT WE HAVE INCOME AVERAGING AT OUR, AT OUR FINGERTIPS, NOW WE ARE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FOR THE DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY THAT WE CAN GET IN A PROJECT AT, UH, A PRICE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, DAVID, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
SO, UH, I KNOW, UM, THIS WAS VERY FAST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK TO AT LEAST GET A LOOK AT IT.
SO WHILE, UM, IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE MEETING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT ROSIE ALREADY ASKED ME FOR MY LIST FOR THE V SO I SUSPECT HE'S ASKED EVERYBODY AS WELL.
IF THERE'S A HOUSING PROJECT IN THERE, Y'ALL CAN START, UM, PREPARING FOR THAT, UM, AS WELL.
SO IT'S A, I I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESSES HERE, BUT I DO THINK THINGS HAVE EVOLVED A LOT SINCE WE FIRST PASSED THIS ONE, ESPECIALLY COVID.
AND THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT HOUSING IS SO CRITICAL, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE END UP HAVING TO EVER GO BACK TO THAT STAY AT HOME ORDER.
PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE, UH, FLY BY OR DRIVE BY, UM, JAMIE, AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT, UH, NEXT TIME WE
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MEET.SO THANKS EV, EVERYBODY FOR HANGING IN THERE, UM, AND WE STAND ADJOURNED.