HomeMy WebLinkAboutConstituent Letter - Mail Packet - 09/30/2025 - Letter from Mayor Jeni Arndt to Affordable Housing Board re Support for One Voice for Housing’s August 12th Letter to Council
Mayor
City Hall
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.416.2154
970.224.6107 - fax
fcgov.com
September 25, 2025
Affordable Housing Board
c/o Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Staff Liaison
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Chair Stefanie Berganini and Board Members:
On behalf of City Council, thank you for providing us with the memorandum dated September
22, 2025 regarding support for One Voice for Housing’s August 12 letter to Council.
We understand that the Board suggests Council consider reallocating all excess tax collections
from the expiring CCIP into the existing Housing Fund, and it also believes that the CCIP
renewal does not meet current housing needs but is a meaningful start to addressing the issues.
Thank you for the expertise and perspectives that you bring to the Board and share with City
Council.
Best Regards,
Jeni Arndt
Mayor
/sek
cc: City Council Members
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
September 22, 2025
From: Affordable Housing Board Chair Stefanie Berganini
To: City Council, via Sarah Kane
Re: Support for One Voice for Housing’s August 12th Letter to Council
On August 12th, One Voice for Housing sent a letter to Council expressing their concern over
the City’s resources for affordable housing funding, especially as related to the proposed
Community Capital Investment Program (CCIP) renewal. This letter was provided to the
Affordable Housing Board as part of the packet for our September meeting.
In June, the Affordable Housing Board sent a memo to Council that, while applauding City staff ’s
recommendation for the inclusion of $10M in affordable housing funding in the proposed CCIP
renewal, also strongly encouraged Council to increase that amount as much as possible in the
final ballot language.
As such, we’re sending this memo to Council to reaffirm our agreement with, and support for,
One Voice for Housing’s August 12th letter. We agree with the call that, at minimum, Council
consider reallocating all excess tax collections from the expiring CCIP into the existing Housing
Fund. We also agree, as One Voice’s letter states, that the proposed allocation of funds in the
CCIP renewal proposal does not meet the housing needs of the moment, and that prioritizing
funding for affordable housing through this ballot measure is a meaningful and strategic start to
addressing our affordable housing crisis.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Stefanie Berganini
Chair, Affordable Housing Board