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Boise officials present joint MOU and preservation push to expand affordable housing and home repairs
Summary
City, CCDC and the Boise City-Ada County Housing Authorities presented a proposed joint MOU to streamline use of gap financing, conduit bonds and land tools; staff also highlighted preservation needs, a home-improvement program that has served 72 households since 2020, and weatherization work.
City and partner agency staff told the Boise City Council they are proposing a joint memorandum of understanding to align tools across three entities to accelerate affordable housing production and preservation.
"We know that we need more housing," said Nikki Olivier Hellencamp, director of housing and homelessness policy in the mayor's office, introducing the strategy and a proposed MOU that the three partners will place on the council's consent agenda. Hellencamp said the MOU would create a predictable multi-agency approval process so developers can more easily stack tools such as CCDC infrastructure assistance, housing-authority conduit bonds and city gap financing or fee incentives.
Doug Woodruff, director of development at CCDC, described the agency's participation program and the type 5 policy that governs acquisition and disposal of property for…
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