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Garden City staff report housing project activity; MIH ARPA project and LIHTC changes flagged
Summary
Officials said a multifamily project applied again for MIH funding, a Palace Drive ARPA‑funded site is on track, and the state legislature is considering changes to the Low‑Income Housing Tax Credit program that could affect future projects.
Lana Duvall, president, told the board one ‘‘of the large housing projects’’ has reapplied for Moderate Income Housing (MIH) assistance and staff expects notices about awards within weeks.
Duvall said the MIH ARPA project on Palace Drive is still moving forward: ‘‘We are meeting, just about weekly with those developers’’ and a new engineer is revising the site layout and drainage. She added, ‘‘It doesn't look like that's gonna be a challenge. Looks like we're gonna be able to hit all the timelines on it.’’
The board also discussed potential state changes to tax credit support. Duvall said the state House committee had moved to remove the Low‑Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and that the Senate had not yet acted: ‘‘They are looking at, doing away with the low income housing tax credit program at the state level. We have not had a light tech, project, if you will, for a while in Garden City. But of course, this year, we had, 3 different entities reach out to us, wanting to do them, and then the legislature, took aim at them.’’
On tenant notices, Duvall described a management action at Hunters Glen where tenants received notices that appeared to reflect a rent increase mechanism tied to the USDA tool. She said the management company and developer confirmed tenants ‘‘are still under that 30% cap, so it will not affect the the tenants, but they had to provide notice to them.’’
Steve Cottrell reported that Hunters Glen phase 2—an intermediate piece between existing development and a far‑west phase—was rejected at preliminary review; staff said they will dig into the reasons and return with more information.
No board votes were taken on housing funding or land use at the meeting; staff indicated they are continuing negotiations with developers and watching legislative developments for the LIHTC program.
