Jackie Biskupski MIKE REBERG Mayor Community and Economic Development SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION Community and Economic Development City Council Transmittal Date Received:8/12/2016 Date Sent to Council:8/15/2016 TO: City Council James Rogers - Chair FROM: SUBJECT: Housing & Neighborhood Development Presentation of Potential Affordable Housing Solutions STAFF CONTACT: Michael Akerlow, HAND Director
[email protected] COUNCIL SPONSOR: Council Member, District 5 - Erin Mendenhall DOCUMENT TYPE: Information Item RECOMMENDATION: Council and the Administration pursue key strategies & solutions that will result in the funding, policy, and incentives necessary to create sustainable affordable housing throughout Salt Lake City BUDGET IMPACT: None Summary: This transmittal summarizes the attached brief “Affordable Housing Finance Working Group: Report & Recommendations”. This brief is a product of a 2 month process with a small working group of experts tasked with exploring the current financial gap in affordable housing development and possible solutions to address this gap. HAND staff has presented these initial findings to Mayor Biskupski and will continue to provide specifics around budget and process required for each recommended solution. Background/Discussion: HAND has become increasingly aware of the need for affordable housing and, as such, has launched several efforts to create more access to affordability in the city. Through the analysis of data and community input the lack of funding has been identified as the main barrier in creating and sustaining affordable units in Salt Lake City. Specifically this refers to the subsidy needed in order to have rents lowered to serve people below 80% area median income (AMI) with a special emphasis on 40% AMI.