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Board questions population projections and how to report affordable housing supply
Summary
Members flagged a projected population decline in the city’s comp‑plan numbers and asked staff whether the city has or must estimate affordable housing supply; staff said projections come from ACS samples and that the city currently has no mandatory minimum, suggesting the estimate could be reported as zero.
Board members raised concerns that the comp‑plan projections show a population decline and asked whether the city meets any statutory affordable‑housing minimum. Staff explained the projections are sample‑based (American Community Survey) and can reflect small local changes; they said the city currently has no required minimum of affordable housing units.
One member suggested reporting the city's affordable supply as zero if data support that figure. As one member put it, "So maybe we can say we did that 1 at 0," and staff agreed the board could estimate and report what it has. The discussion concluded that while the board can implement policies, there is no existing mandatory local quota that compels immediate action; any policy to require affordable units going forward would be a separate local decision and could carry legal implications under the new state statute.
