TO: Mayor Adler and City Council Members, Mr. Bert Lumbreras, Assistant City Manager In light of the absence of an NHCD director, the members of the Austin Housing Coalition would like to make the following Housing Department budget recommendation revision: Direct NHCD to fund GO Repair at $3 million. This year’s budget was $2.5M, but… Read more Recommendation to direct NHCD to fun GO Repair
Prioritize efficiency and better coordination: Ensure better efficiency in minimizing the cost of development Establish better coordination amongst utility companies Incentivize SMART Housing to recapture market rate developers: New Smart Housing Code should include ‘any or all future fees’ Correlate property fees with the amount of affordable housing the development provides Consider infrastructure and other… Read more Recommendations for the LDC Rewrite
To: The Honorable Lee Leffingwell, Mayor, Austin City Council, and Board Members of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation In the fall of 2011, the CHDO Roundtable released a white paper entitled “Meeting Austin’s Affordable Housing Needs Across the Spectrum.” During the last two years, Federal and State funding continued to see cuts, yet on… Read more Support of Housing Strategy
