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Council directs housing staff to improve applicant communications, translations and lottery placement
Summary
Housing staff briefed Council on the city’s affordable housing program, including a $35,000 deferred gap loan option, three income‑tier wait lists, and plans for roughly 144 affordable units in the pipeline. Council directed quarterly applicant notifications, added language access study, and asked staff to place selected but ineligible applicants on the next applicable list.
Housing Program Manager Sylvia Elias provided an information report on the city’s affordable housing program, describing program mechanics, inventory and funding constraints and options.
Elias said the program administers purchase and rental units with deed restrictions for 45 years, maintains three separate wait lists (very low, low, moderate) and uses a lottery to select applicants for specific income‑tier units. The city operates a gap loan up to $35,000 (30‑year deferred loan at 3%…
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