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Livingston planning panel votes to prioritize housing programs, approves 2025 housing progress report
Summary
The City of Livingston Planning Commission voted 3-0 to recommend the City Council prioritize housing programs (homeownership assistance, housing rehabilitation, housing counseling) with microenterprise assistance as the economic fallback, and approved transmittal of the city’s 2025 housing element annual progress report to state agencies.
The City of Livingston Planning Commission on a 3-0 vote recommended that the City Council prioritize housing programs — specifically homeownership assistance, housing rehabilitation and housing counseling — and to consider microenterprise assistance as the secondary economic-development option.
Vice Chair Jose Flores moved the recommendation and Commissioner Steve Bassi seconded; the commission approved the motion by roll call (Mohinder Khanda, Steve Bassi, Jose Flores voting yes). Miguel, the community development director, framed the options and described how the programs could be structured and administered.
Why it matters: Commissioners and staff said housing programs are the most immediately implementable option because local partners exist to administer them and they meet federal program objectives. Miguel noted constraints on some activities, saying that certain rental-assistance payments are generally…
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