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Clearwater housing staff outlines affordable-housing programs, disaster-relief aid and funding priorities
Summary
Acting housing manager Dylan May presented the department's five-year consolidated plan, funding sources and recent accomplishments, and announced a disaster-relief program for homeowners after Hurricane Helene and Milton. Board members raised concerns about low owner-occupancy in the CRA and the risk of displacement as development proceeds.
At the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, Acting Housing Manager Dylan May presented the department's five-year consolidated plan and an array of affordable-housing programs funded through federal, state and local sources.
May said the consolidated plan includes objectives and goals for housing, homelessness, special needs, community development and economic development, and described specific products the city offers, including down-payment assistance, residential rehab loans and construction loans for single-family development and multifamily projects.
The plan matters because the department combines limited local funds with federal and state programs to preserve and expand affordable units in a part of Clearwater that City staff and board members said faces development pressure. Kennard, the meeting facilitator, said the CRA area is less than 36 percent owner-occupied and warned that rising development interest could push long-term residents out if the agency does not pair development incentives with programs that help owners stay.
May said funding for the…
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