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Committee identifies vacancy ordinance, CDBG performance measures and social-housing update for the work plan
Summary
Members asked staff to add consideration of a vacant-lot ordinance, to explore performance-based CDBG metrics and to schedule a social-housing task-force update; staff confirmed a five-year consolidated-plan task force recruitment timeline.
After the inclusionary zoning presentation, committee members reviewed items for the year’s work plan and identified specific next steps for housing-related oversight.
Councilors suggested pursuing a vacant-lot ordinance to address underused parcels and requested staff examine inserting performance-based criteria into CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) agreements so funding prioritizes providers showing measurable outcomes. "I think it would be a good idea...to have performance-based criteria interjected into some of the CDBG funding," one councilor said, tying the request to broader goals for homelessness-reduction metrics.
Staff described the city’s five-year consolidated plan process for federal CDBG, HOME and ESG funding and said a task force will be reconstituted to review the application and allocation processes; a public call for task-force members had recently been issued. Committee members asked staff to consider soliciting input from Portland Housing Authority and to slot a social-housing task-force update onto a future meeting agenda.
The committee closed the meeting by moving to adjourn; the chair called the roll and the motion carried. Staff said public comment will be scheduled for the next meeting, at which the inclusionary zoning study will return for a more detailed discussion.
