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Planning staff seeks council support to issue RFP for citywide housing plan and housing needs assessment
Summary
Planning and Development Services proposed an RFP for a consultant-led housing plan including a housing needs assessment, code review, and recommendations; staff estimates a base cost of about $75,000, expects the plan to be finished by next winter, and said it will support HUD consolidated-plan work and CDBG funding applications.
Planning and Development Services staff requested council support at a work session to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a citywide housing plan, which would include a housing needs assessment, code- and development-standard recommendations, and outreach to local partners and developers.
Bridal McLean, Planning and Development Services director, said the plan would gather data on Pocatello’s housing stock (ownership versus rental, condition, cost, and type), recommend code and subdivision standard changes to streamline development, and produce developer-facing information describing what housing types would be viable in…
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