11-26-2018 Council Work Session Packet

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Jeremy Barnhart, Orono November 13. 2018 Page 7 of 9 (httpsJ/metrocouncii org/Handbook/Files/Existing-Housing- Assessment/02396081_Orono_ Existing Hsg. aspx) * The description of the Livable Communities Grants is incorrect on Part C3 -Page 11. For more information on how to create a complete and consistent implementation plan, including examples. please refer to the Linking Tools to Needs resource in the Local Planning Handbook (link: https,//metrocouncil.org/Handbook/Files/Resources/Fact- Sheet/HOUSING/Linking-Tools-to-Needs.aspx) c. Are rental housing units rising in Orono (Part 3C, page 7) due to recent development or are existing homes (largely single family) becoming investor-owned and rented? It isn't necessary to know this. but if the trend is known this would be great information to include in the narrative analysis of existing housing needs. It would be especially interesting to know if the rental SFH stock was valued significantly higher or lower than the average of owner -occupied units o With respect to a Fair Housing policy. local fair housing policies do not mean that cities should or can manage or administer Fair Housing Complaints. Rather. a local fair housing policy ensures that the city is aware of fair housing requirements with regard to housing decisions and provides sufficient resources to educate and refer residents who feel their fair housing rights have been violated (this can be as simple as having links to resources on the City's website). The Metropolitan Council will require a local Fair Housing policy as a requirement to draw upon Livable Communities Act (LCA) awards beginning in 2019. To learn more, please review the following resources: • Creating a Local Fair Housing Policy webinar: https-.//www. youtube. com/watch?v=38JY4pNGnZ8&feature=youtu. be ■ Best Practices: https://metrocouncil.org/Handbook/Planit/FilesWebinar-Fair- Housing-Handout2.aspx ■ Policy Template: https//metrocouncil.org/Handbook/TrainingWebinars.aspx - click on Handout 1 under the Implementing A Local 'Fair Housing Policy at the bottom of the screen c In part 3C, Page 6. there is a sentence that begins "In today's market. affordable housing and many forms of lifecycle housing are only feasible at urban densities.. This is not completely true. Housing common in rural areas, like manufactured housing or small single family homes offer affordable housing opportunities outside of an urban context. c, The allocation of affordable housing need is described several times as a goal in the Plan. To be clear. the allocation is not a goal; it is a forecast of actual households expected to come to the region at various income levels. Cities must plan for that allocation per the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. but are not responsible for creating those units. On the other hand, the Council negotiates affordable housing goals with cities that participate in Livable Communities Act programs. Staff suggests that the Plan be consistent in text and the table with when land is expected to develop. Land that develops before 2021 cannot be considered guided land for the allocation of affordable housing need for 2021-2030 A sentence on Part 3C. page 7. indicates that land guided to meet Oronos share of new affordable housing units is available for development immediately. If Orono believes that some of this land will develop before 2021it would be wise to guide land such that Orono still has enough to provide their share of allocated need.