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Metro housing officials outline Barnes Fund, dashboard and gap in affordable housing pipeline
Summary
Metro Planning Department officials described the Barnes Housing Trust Fund, a public housing dashboard and the city's shortfall against a task force goal of roughly 50,000 affordable units; they warned annual funding delays set back multi-year construction pipelines.
Council-hosted online forum — Metro Planning Department housing officials and partners on Tuesday reviewed the city's housing programs, a public-facing dashboard and the structure of the Barnes Housing Trust Fund, and warned the city remains below a needed pipeline of deeply affordable units.
Angie Hubbard, director of housing in Metro Planning, said the housing division maintains an online dashboard required by a council ordinance that tracks how many affordable units the city has funded and the status of projects in predevelopment, construction and completion. "When I talk about affordable housing, we're talking about housing that is restricted ... particularly ... for households at 80% of the area median income or…
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