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Commissioners form ad hoc committee to score housing-millage applications; debate prioritizes deeper affordability
Summary
With the housing-millage portal open through 2025-07-03, Director Mary Balkema recommended forming an ad hoc committee to score applications in July; commissioners agreed to an ad hoc approach and debated giving heavier scoring to projects with deeper affordability for seniors and very-low-income households.
Director Mary Balkema told the Committee of the Whole that the housing-millage application portal is open for the 2025 cycle and closes on July 3, 2025, and recommended the board form an ad hoc committee to score applications during July and present recommendations in August.
Balkema described three funding categories — multifamily, creative and supportive services — and said staff will provide standardized scoring sheets and all applications to committee members after the portal closes. She requested…
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