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City staff outline housing study, inspection limits and local resources at Lexington HRC meeting
Summary
City staff told the commission the city will pursue a housing study to inform policy and identified existing resources and legal limits on inspection and enforcement.
Tammy Absher, director of the City of Lexington’s Office of Business and Community Development, and Rebecca Hart, the city’s community development planner, briefed the Human Relations Commission on housing initiatives, a planned local housing study, and limits on municipal inspection and enforcement.
The nut of the discussion: the city will commission a housing study as the first chapter of a broader comprehensive plan to document current housing stock, identify gaps in affordable housing and recommend actions. Staff and the commission discussed existing local programs (weatherization and home-repair referrals through regional and nonprofit partners), the county’s homelessness task force and limits imposed by state law on municipal inspections.
What staff said
- Housing study and data sources: Absher said the city will work with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC) to complete a housing study that will compile market data, HUD and census information to show what Lexington has and what it needs. Rebecca Hart noted that many HUD and Census…
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