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Oakland Park staff propose 50% permit-fee reduction for qualified affordable housing projects
Summary
City staff presented a strategy to advance affordable housing, including an inducement of up to a 50% reduction in calculated base permit fees for projects certified by Broward County or qualifying under the Live Local Act; staff will draft fiscal policy and issue an RFP for surplus city parcels.
The City of Oakland Park’s affordable housing ombudsman updated commissioners on efforts to expand the city’s affordable housing stock and proposed a fee-based inducement to encourage new development.
Daniel Rosemont told the commission the city currently has about 800 affordable units in the pipeline — roughly 40% of the local shortfall identified in past analyses — and that staff has identified surplus city-owned parcels suitable for single-family…
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