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Housing chapter flags lack of senior housing, recommends active city role and housing authority
Summary
Staff told the council the 2022 housing study found a shortage of senior housing and relatively few townhomes; the draft recommends the city take an active role in developing affordable housing and considers forming a local housing authority to access targeted funding.
Staff summarized recommendations from the 2022 housing study and the housing chapter: prioritize city involvement in affordable housing development, promote available homeownership programs, and work with housing agencies to ensure residents access state and federal resources. The draft notes the city is "low on senior housing" and has relatively few townhomes per capita.
Council asked Rob to explain the benefits of forming a local housing authority. Rob said a local authority could focus resources and potentially leverage additional funding targeted to the community. "Housing authority would just basically give you, give the city and the community kind of a badge upon... possibly getting some other additional funding to to help, address some of the needs specifically for low income housing," Rob said.
