Intro (7:00-7:10pm, 10 min)
- New team member: Tatiana Dakonyemba, UB Fellow
- Review and approval of May Minutes
Housing Plan Draft (7:10-7:50pm, 40 min)
- Presentation, Heron Consulting Team (20 min)
- Plan themes/strategies:
- Address vacancy
- Acquire/control vacant unit in whole blocks (see maps in linked presentation)
- Stabilize/rehab then sell or rent
- Goal: get market to replacement value
- Increase homeownership
- Counseling, credit repair, DPA
- Target units in Whole Blocks and in spot vacancy
- Support current residents
- Current renter/owner repair programs
- Address vacancy
- Plan themes/strategies:
- Discussion (20 min)
- Cecilia wants to make sure that we have a affordable housing goal, 20%
- Patrick: 20% of new units? And to whom?
- CG: Define affordability,
- PJ: We have data to show average home sales/rents and average income to show if the neighborhoods are currently affordable
- Rich Shores: Will current homeowners be able to see their home values grow while maintaining new units affordable, is there data showing conflict in those two needs and what we can do about that. How does an affordability goal affect market rate?
- Patrick will send information out on that
- Cecilia wants to make sure that we have a affordable housing goal, 20%
SWP/Bon Secours BRNI Application (7:50-8:10pm, 20 min)
- Presentation
- Fulton Ave Housing Rehabs for affordable housing
- Would like to expand home ownership footprint if these two blocks are successful
- $250,000 – $275,000 sales price which is 60% AMI affordable
- Questions
- Committee vote
- Laura makes motion, Tom Freeman seconds, all ayes, motion passes
Community Updates (8:10-8:20pm, 10 min)
- Community partners
- Inclusionary Housing Policy – action with Sharp-Leadenhall Monday June 12th 810 Leadenhall
- Carrie: IH Coalition
- LA:
- Hollins Roundhouse; Laura talked to new director of Healthy Neighborhoods about becoming a healthy neighborhood, need to provide letter and SWP support
