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HCD committee outlines yearlong work plan; members flag zoning and displacement analysis
Summary
The Housing and Community Development Committee reviewed its fiscal-year 2026 work plan, aligned committee scope with council recovery priorities, and directed staff to prepare for a discussion on displacement analysis and how zoning changes might be evaluated in committee.
Nikki Reed, community economic development director, presented the Housing and Community Development Committee’s work plan for fiscal 2026 during the Aug. 19 meeting, connecting committee scope to council recovery priorities and upcoming program implementation. Reed said the committee’s scope includes providing policy recommendations on affordable-housing creation and maintenance, reviewing policy matters for services to people experiencing homelessness and implementing HUD community development activities, including CDBG Doctor (state disaster recovery) housing allocations. She listed planned work for the coming year: quarterly Continuum of Care updates, continued monitoring reports, implementation of multifamily and home-repair components of CDBG Doctor funding, development of a home-repair policy and expansions to the Housing Trust Fund and monitoring efforts. Committee members raised a separate but related question about displacement and zoning. Chair Antoinette Moseley suggested the committee consider adding a displacement-analysis responsibility to its scope so that future zoning changes could be evaluated for potential displacement impacts. Councilwoman Sage Turner, Councilwoman Shanika Smith and other members discussed whether HCD or Planning and Zoning should lead specific zoning initiatives, including legacy neighborhood mapping and missing-middle zoning tools. Janice (city legal/planning advisor) and Assistant City Manager Ben Woody were asked to coordinate with planning staff to prepare options and information for the committee’s next meeting. Reed said staff would add those topics to the next meeting agenda and work across departments to bring planning and legal staff into the discussion. Committee members encouraged stakeholders to submit specific questions in advance to focus staff’s work and ensure necessary materials are ready for a follow-up meeting. The committee did not take formal votes on zoning or displacement policy at this meeting; members instructed staff to return with options and background information at the next meeting so the committee can consider whether to adopt a formal displacement-analysis role in its work plan.
