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Longview housing task force urges ombudsman, zoning changes and expanded incentives to boost affordability
Summary
The mayor-appointed housing task force recommended an ombudsman program, coordinated behavioral-health partnerships, expanded SLIP incentives and zoning changes to allow duplexes and ADUs, aimed at producing roughly 3,200 attainable homes over five years.
The Longview Housing Task Force presented a package of recommendations to the City Council on Dec. 11 aimed at expanding shelter, rental and ownership options.
Shetiva Marshall, who chaired the task force, told the council the group defined affordability using local medians and found that median household income in Longview “ranges from 62,000 to 65,000,” which after taxes equates to roughly $57,000 and makes many newly built homes unaffordable. “Using this standard benchmark, the housing should cost no more than 30% of a family's income,” Marshall said.
The task force outlined three subcommittee tracks and top recommendations for each. For shelter and transitional housing, Marshall recommended…
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