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AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD
2010 Work Plan
Affordable housing is a critical component of the economic health, sustainability, and
vitality of the city of Fort Collins.
The citizens of Fort Collins recognized the importance of affordable housing in their
community when they listed affordable housing as the THIRD highest community value
in the 2003 Fort Collins Community Survey. Also, the Pathways Past Poverty community
needs survey of 2008 listed affordable housing as the third highest need in the
community.
The Affordable Housing Board will focus its efforts on providing education and
advocacy for affordable housing to the Fort Collins City Council by:
1) Advocating for the need for affordable housing in our community,
specifically, regular attendance at City Council meetings to stress the
important relationship between economic vitality and affordable housing.
2) Having a detailed discussion with the Board’s Council liaison at least twice a
year.
3) Identifying how current and future funding levels meet the needs identified by
existing City policy (e.g. Priority Affordable Housing Needs and Strategies
report).
4) Reviewing all proposed policy, regulations, and other issues (e.g., infill
development) and providing input to the City Council on the impact of these
issues on affordable housing.
5) Providing input to the City Council on impact fees.
6) Work with the CDBG Commission on potential changes to the “Point Chart”
used to preliminarily rank affordable housing applications received by the
City requesting funding through the Competitive Process.
7) Investigate potential, more permanent funding sources for the City’s
Affordable Housing Fund to provide financial resources to affordable housing
programs and projects.
8) Work with staff on a City-wide Relocation Plan for the families displaced
from affordable housing units as a result of redevelopment projects funded
through the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the Urban Renewal
Authority (URS), or other City-funded projects.
9) Work with staff to review and evaluate the effectiveness of the City’s current
incentives to developers to produce affordable housing units and recommend
modifications, or new incentives, to the City Council.
10) Work with staff to update the Priority Affordable Housing Needs and
Strategies report.
11) Work with staff and the CDBG Commission on updating the HUD required
Consolidated Plan.
The Affordable Housing Board will continue its ongoing work in the following areas:
- Recognizing the interdependence of affordable housing and a multitude of
other areas, board members will maintain liaison positions to other groups,
including:
o Ben Blonder Transportation Board
o Mike Sollenberger – Planning and Zoning Board
o George Bryan – Affordable Housing Coalition of Larimer County
o Marie Edwards – Board of realtors
- Continue to play a critical role in the Competitive Review process by
reviewing all housing proposals and forwarding priority rankings to the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Commission and the City
Council.