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OCII holds workshop on five-year COP extension; residents urge outreach and expansion to descendants
Summary
At a Dec. 1, 2015 workshop, OCII staff and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development reviewed the Certificate of Preference program and recommended a five-year extension; members of the public urged the Commission to extend preference to grandchildren of displaced households and to improve outreach to eligible holders.
The Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure held a workshop Dec. 1 to review a proposed five-year extension of the Certificate of Preference (COP) program, a preference system that gives displaced low- and moderate-income households priority for affordable housing developed with redevelopment agency assistance.
Jeff White, OCII housing program manager, told the Commission the COP program is set to expire Jan. 1, 2016 and that staff will bring a formal extension for consideration at the Commission’s meeting in two weeks. Maria Benjamin of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development presented program data and outreach results: “We currently know of 4,138 individuals who are eligible or who were eligible for a certificate of…
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