Agenda Packet 12-12-18 Work Session

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Community Response to Online Survey Following 11/28/18 Meeting 89 Respondents to this survey were more mixed in age and race than the previous survey. In this final survey, men, homeowners, and residents of Ward 1 responded more frequently than women, renters, and residents of other wards. What Stood Out? • The main thing that stood out is the variety of tools that the group supports. I think, in particular, building a homeless shelter near services (downtown), incentivizing multifamily along key corridors (including adaptive reuse opportunities), and encouraging tiny or accessory dwelling units are particularly important low hanging fruit. Also, long term change will come from addressing SDC equity and prioritizing various incentives toward developments that meet our community's goals re: climate change, affordability, and livability. • Most of the “affordability” tools here do nothing to redistribute wealth by democratizing ownership. If bonds are used to build “affordable housing” the housing should increase democratization of ownership—either through publicly owned public housing or community land trusts and cooperative ownership. • The mention of encouraging people to join neighborhood associations, so those associations will be more representative of the neighborhoods; this seems key to me. The leadership of the neighborhood associations currently doesn't represent the diversity of perspectives in our city (especially those of renters). • Overall it wasn't democratic and it failed to include representatives of the lowest income Eugeneans. But here are some highly-approved, popular options: "Enable by-right housing options, including duplexes, triplexes, cottage clusters, and smaller homes on smaller lot sizes in all single-family zones. 86% Revise land use code to encourage Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in all single-family zones. 82% Revise land use code to allow for development of more diverse “missing middle” housing types. 82%" and let's roll. Let's recognize the 14% or 18% will never agree, but the good of the whole, MOVE FORWARD on these three. And every corridor will be as contentious as the Willamette Corridor, but, please move forward for the sake of the lowest income segment. • This group was geared towards addressing the supply. That's important and we do need to build but it didn't seem to be allowed to focus on anything else and the problem is holistic, supply is just one piece. 9 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Own Rent Housing Status 2 6 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Less than $35,000 $35,000 - $74,000 $75,000 + Income December 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 2