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Edina HRA reports progress, gaps in affordable-housing compliance; ARIA excluded from future compliance list
Summary
The Edina Housing and Redevelopment Authority received a 2023 compliance update showing most developments now meet the city's affordability rules, while ARIA will no longer be listed as compliant under revised standards; staff recommended continued monitoring and more training for property managers.
Stephanie Hawkinson, Edina's affordable housing development manager, told the Housing and Redevelopment Authority on April 24 that the city's 2023 compliance review found most covered developments moving to full compliance but that some projects still have deficiencies.
"It's not a snapshot in time," Hawkinson said, explaining that tenants move and property managers change, which makes compliance an ongoing process. She said the city hires Affordable Housing Connections to review tenant files, confirm income documentation and ensure rents and fees meet the rent cap defined by the city's policy.
The report described three compliance categories used by staff: compliant (all required documents and rent calculations in order), open deficiencies (missing paperwork or administrative fees that must be corrected), and noncompliant (more fundamental issues preventing a building from meeting current policy expectations). Hawkinson said Aurora, Nolan Maines, Millennium, Maison Greene and Solorant moved into full compliance since the December report; Avador was…
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