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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> Adoption of Resolution 4820 Repealing Resolution No. 4477 that Adopted the 1996 <br /> Housing Dispersal Policy, and Providing an Effective Date <br /> <br />Meeting Date: January 10, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 3C <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Richie Weinman <br />www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5533 <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The Housing Policy Board and Planning Commission recommend repealing the existing Housing <br />Dispersal Policy and replacing it with new language added to the council-adopted HUD Consolidated <br />Plan. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of Eugene first adopted a Housing Dispersal Policy approximately 36 years ago, in 1968. It <br />was updated on three occasions, most recently in 1996, to amend policies and to incorporate the 1990 <br />Census data. The Housing Policy Board took up the issue in October because if the current policy is <br />retained, it must be updated with data from the 2000 census. The Planning Commission considered the <br />Housing Policy Board's recommendations in November and unanimously forwarded this <br />recommendation to the City Council. <br /> <br />Summary of Housing Dispersal Policy Goals <br />The Dispersal Policy applies to family housing and has three goals: 1) to provide more housing choices <br />for low-income families by encouraging the development of affordable housing throughout all parts of <br />the community; 2) to avoid concentrations of low-income families; and 3) to limit "Not In My <br />Backyard" (NIMBY) opposition by ensuring that all neighborhoods have some affordable housing for <br />families. <br /> <br />The Dispersal Policy consists of two policies: <br /> <br /> Policy 1: The City encourages dispersal of low-income families, in subsidized housing, <br /> throughout the City. Public assistance for the construction of subsidized housing is discouraged <br /> in unsuitable areas. This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns <br /> and policies. [Unsuitable areas are defined in the document as census tract block groups that are <br /> either predominately low-income (over 50% of all families) or have significant concentrations of <br /> subsidized housing (over 20% of total housing units).] <br /> <br /> Policy 2: The City discourages subsidized housing developments that are larger than 60 units. <br /> This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050110\S0501103C.doc <br /> <br /> <br />