Ad Hoc Housing Committee First Meeting 1 Thank you! 2 Agenda 1. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

August 20, 2020 Ad Hoc Housing Committee First Meeting 1

Thank you! 2

Agenda 1. Opening 3. Review Purpose and Develop Preliminary Work Plan a. Call Meeting to Order a. Principles for Success b. Select Committee Chair b. Overall Scope c. Identify Potential Speakers and 2. Initial Grounding Community Stakeholders a. Fort Collins Context b. Housing Strategic Plan Timeline 4. Logistics & Next Steps a. Meeting Schedule, Frequency, and Format b. Confirm Focus for Next Meeting 3

2. Initial Grounding Purpose: • Ground in purpose and timeline • Give a sampling of where these conversations could go Proposed Timeline: • Monthly meetings: 9 total meetings (August – April) • 7 meetings between now and adoption (Feb 2021) 4

Ad Hoc Committee Purpose  Support the development of the Housing Strategic plan Grounding  Explore, review, discuss and make Exploring recommendations on the content of the Plan and overall housing efforts Strategy Identification  Meeting thru April 2021 Next Steps 5

Housing Plan Outline Summer 2020 – February 2021: Housing Plan  Vision – expanded scope  Guiding Principles  Existing conditions (quantify problem/need)  Goals and Strategies  Targeted and prioritized policies for all housing options and income levels  Framework to evaluate impact  Align with community goals, e.g., affordable housing, carbon neutrality, and more Spring 2021: Implementation Plan  Timelines, roles, indicators, costs, etc. Source: Authorstech 6

Housing Strategic Plan Roadmap Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021+ Housing Strategic Plan Implementation Ongoing Council Engagement Council Ad Hoc Committee Existing Vision, Goals, Strategy ID Implementation Act, Plan Evaluate* Conditions and Evaluation Plan Engagement Opportunities Plan & Council Draft Draft Vision February Review Plan Goals & Adoption Strategy Prioritized Community ID, Guiding Strategies Summit Principles 7

Affordable Housing 8

Homelessness Vision: Rare, short-lived, and non-recurring  Lack of affordable housing as primary cause Coordinated System Response Best Practice: Housing First • approach • Best Practice: Data-informed solutions Best Practice: Coordinated Entry • Source: Homeward 2020 into Services 9

Expanding to the entire housing spectrum  Consider strategies across every income level  Consider right way to “bucket” strategies  Universal outcome, targeted strategies  Some strategies will support all housing solutions  Some will be targeted Example Graphic: Bozeman, Montana 10

Initial List - Topical Menu of Items Equity (5): Strategies and Solutions: Housing as a System • Systemic racism and housing • Parking Financial strategies • Applying an equity lens • Land Use/Transportation Nexus • Spectrum of housing costs • Renting vs owning • Demand-side strategies, e.g., livable wage • Preserving existing affordable housing • Displacement & gentrification • Strategies at different price points • Housing is health Rentals & neighborhood compatibility solutions • Current funding sources and challenges • U+2, Rental licensing • Public/Private Partnerships or Innovative Partnerships • Existing vs New Neighborhoods Community Perspectives • Cost to build in Fort Collins 1. Changing demographics / impact • Total cost of ownership Role of Government on demand • State and Federal Policies and Advocacy 2. Impacts of COVID-19 / economic Housing types • City Goals and Alignment recession • Facilitating manufactured housing • Development regulations (barriers & 3. Differing perceptions of density development opportunities) and NIMBY • “Missing Middle” • Infrastructure requirements, e.g., water & 4. Sense of belonging wastewater • ADUs and Tiny Homes 5. Terms we use • Housing rights • Existing housing stock / mismatch with 6. Actions we could take now demand • Historic preservation and affordability 7. How we engage • Homelessness prevention, e.g., Permanent 8. Private sector perspectives, e.g., Supportive Housing, Bridge Housing, etc. Regional Thinking & Opportunities banks, developers, etc . 11

3. Purpose and Work Plan Purpose: All Conversations: • Explore with and listen to Council • Topic(s) Deep Dive regarding your goals and priorities for this • State of the issue, influence vs control Committee • Challenges/barriers • Opportunities/solutions • Identify an initial set of topics to discuss • Next steps and speakers to hear from • Overall: • Discuss what success looks like • Running list of tensions, tradeoffs and • Confirm overall direction for future opportunities (risks) meetings • Check-in on where we’re heading / what we’ve learned • Hear from content and context experts – locally, statewide, nationally, or internationally • Impact on full housing spectrum 12

Questions to Consider Question 1: Overall Approach Question 2: What Question 3: Who What are the topics Who would A. Learning / Exploring: Deep dive on learning and / ideas / concepts Councilmembers promising practices you want to make like to hear from as sure we explore as we explore these B. Plan Focus : a part of this topics? Track the plan closely, e.g., Committee? review goals & strategies Question 4: How Were there any topics missing? Where do you C. Hybrid: Split time amongst want to dive deeply? What does success learning and Plan Focus look like for this (staff recommendation) (Note: we’ll use the whiteboard Committee? feature in zoom for this discussion) 13

4. Logistics and Next Steps Purpose: Discussion: • Determine meeting schedule, frequency, • Meeting schedule and format • Meet monthly or a different frequency? • Confirm focus for next meeting and • Time of day preference? approximate timeframe • Virtual ( recommended ) or in person? • Agenda preparation? • Advance materials • Thursday packet the week before • Community input • Next Meeting’s Focus 14

2020 Next Steps Plan • Existing Conditions (Sept) • Community engagement (Sept - Nov) • December 8 Work Session - Goals, strategies, & guiding principles - Plan outline Action • Manufactured housing • Metro Districts Source: Aubrey Davis Park Master Plan 15

BACKUP 16

Draft Vision Everyone has stable and healthy housing they can afford 17

Housing Affordability Along the Income Spectrum Fewer attainable options are available to Middle Income Earners Purchase Price $415K $320K Below 80% AMI is City’s Market Housing Definition of Affordable Housing AMI 0% 80% 200% 100% 120% $69.7K/yr $87.2K/yr $105K/yr Goal is defined by AHSP Goal is harder to define & City influence (188-228 units/year) may be outweighed by market forces 18