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Resolution to Recommend Affordable Housing Policies to the City of Ann Arbor for FY21
Memorandum
The City of Ann Arbor adopts an annual policy agenda to coincide with the annual budget process. The City’s Policy Agenda Committee has requested that the City’s boards and commissions provide assistance to help identify the key issues pertaining to the mission of each public body for possible inclusion in the FY21 Policy Agenda. Attached is the FY19 Policy Agenda as an example. In addition to the current policies related to creating and sustaining an affordable and welcoming community, it is recommended that the City adopt the following additional policies.
1) Support incentives and policies to encourage landlords to accept voucher rent subsidies in the City of Ann Arbor.
2) Support the development of affordable and mixed-income housing (30% AMI - 80% AMI) by the Ann Arbor Housing Commission through Ann Arbor Housing Commission or City revenue bonds that will be paid back through rent revenue.
3) Remove and/or reduce minimum parking requirements in developments that include housing that is permanently affordable to households at 80% AMI or less (zoning regulation).
4) Reduce City development-related fees on housing that is permanently affordable to households at 60% AMI or less.
5) Develop all city-owned properties that were evaluated and recommended as suitable for affordable housing, whether it is a stand-alone project or a mixed-income and/or mixed-use project.
6) Support the development and operation of affordable housing by setting aside 40% of the County Mental Health & Sheriff Millage rebate for affordable housing. Allocate 75% of those funds to the Ann Arbor Housing Fund and 25% to the Ann Arbor Housing Commission for supportive services on AAHC-owned properties.
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Prepared and Approved by: Jennifer Hall, Executive Director Ann Arbor Housing Commission
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WHEREAS, the City of Ann Arbor adopts an annual budget and policy agenda; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Policy Agenda Committee has requested that the City’s boards and commissions provide assistance to help identify the key issues pertaining to the mission of each public body for possible inclusion in the FY21; and
RESOLVED, that the Ann Arbor Housing Commission Board recommends that the City of Ann Arbor adopt the following policies related to creating and sustaining an affordable and welcoming community:
1) Support incentives and policies to encourage landlords to accept voucher rent subsidies in the City of Ann Arbor.
2) Support the development of affordable and mixed-income housing (30% AMI - 80% AMI) by the Ann Arbor Housing Commission through Ann Arbor Housing Commission or City revenue bonds that will be paid back through rent revenue.
3) Remove and/or reduce minimum parking requirements in developments that include housing that is permanently affordable to households at 80% AMI or less (zoning regulation).
4) Reduce City development-related fees on housing that is permanently affordable to households at 60% AMI or less.
5) Develop all city-owned properties that were evaluated and recommended as suitable for affordable housing, whether it is a stand-alone project or a mixed-income and/or mixed-use project.
6) Support the development and operation of affordable housing by setting aside 40% of the County Mental Health & Sheriff Millage rebate for affordable housing. Allocate 75% of those funds to the Ann Arbor Housing Fund and 25% to the Ann Arbor Housing Commission for supportive services on AAHC-owned properties.