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Planning Department details steps to speed housing permits under Mayor—s directive
Summary
Planning Department staff told the Planning Commission that hiring for a housing ombudsman is imminent and that a new director—s bulletin clarifies how the department will review loss of dwelling units and coordinate with the Rent Board to track notices of intent to withdraw units.
Elizabeth Lotte, a planning department staffer, told the Planning Commission on May 15 that the department is continuing to implement Mayor Lee—s executive directive (issued Dec. 18) to accelerate housing production and preserve rental stock. "We hope to be moving probably within the next week on a hiring selection" for a housing ombudsman, Lotte said, a position the department expects will help coordinate interagency review and permit processing for affordable projects.
Lotte described three implementation tracks: immediate administrative changes to speed…
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