Housing Tools & Strategies - Proposed Actions Matrix

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PROPOSED ACTIONS MATRIX The Housing Tools and Strategies Working Group (WG) and Better Housing Together (BHT) have generated nearly 100 actions that could address housing affordability, availability, and diversity in Eugene. The table below contains those actions that received the highest level of support from the WG and actions submitted by BHT technical work groups. The actions are grouped by those that are administrative and can be implemented by staff and those that involve changes to the code that would require Council action to implement. Information included in the table on the relative impact and complexity of the various items are rough estimates based on consultant and staff experience and are considered to be preliminary. The impact of many of these items is challenging to predict with any precision given the role of the housing market and the uncertainty of the results of individual code changes. Actions that are in progress are noted as are those that are likely to be addressed as part of larger processes underway, such as the work around the Land Use Code audit. Potential Impact-Complexity to Proposed Actions to Address Housing Affordability, Availability and Diversity Preliminary Implement Estimate ($ & Time) Status Source Administrative-Implemented by Staff 1.Streamline/speed up the permitting process. Prioritize staff dedicated to High High WG the building and land use permitting processes for certain housing types 2.Use data to improve decisions and understand impacts Low Medium In-Progress WG 3.Encourage participation in Neighborhood Associations so they are more Low Low WG representative of the people living in the neighborhood 4.Help low and moderate-income households purchase a home, such as navigators to support the purchase process and down-payment Variable High WG assistance, (help people move up the housing ladder) 5.Create a housing action plan Low Low WG 6.Build capacity with building industry to encourage missing middle housing Unknown Unknown BHT 7.Standardize erosion control – consistent requirements Low Low In-Progress BHT 8.Streamline trench inspection process Low Low BHT 9.Coordinate fee collection/permitting with EWEB Low High BHT 10.Coordinate Fire/Wastewater/Building Inspector joint review of why BLI Low Low BHT sites are not feasible for development City of Eugene-Housing Tools and Strategies December 11, 2018