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<br />Housing Tools and Strategies Action Inventory 2 Overview <br /> <br />Each section is organized into four different strategic categories: <br /> Remove barriers in the land use code. This strategy includes actions that require some <br />change to the City’s land use code (Chapter 9 of the City Code). The economic analysis found <br />that Eugene’s land use code is inflexible and that although the City of Eugene prioritizes <br />“missing-middle housing” types in Envision Eugene and other long-range planning <br />documents, in practice the City’s planning priorities don’t translate into enabling missing- <br />middle units. <br /> <br />Changes to the land use code to accommodate the actions in this document range from an <br />administrative order, to a Type IV land use code change, to a redesignation and rezoning to <br />align with the Metro Plan, to a state legislative decision. Almost all these solutions come <br />with a process that requires City Council decision and direction and public input. While <br />these solutions can provide a big ‘bang for the buck’ they do not come without a heavy <br />administrative lift from the Planning and Development Division. <br /> Reduce cost and time burden for development of housing units. This strategy includes <br />actions that reduce or remove financial and regulatory barriers. The economic analysis <br />found that barriers to housing production include City-imposed fees, project delays and <br />uncertainty in the City process, including those caused by appeals, and high costs for <br />building material, labor, and land. The City can play a role in reducing or removing financial <br />and regulatory barriers to housing, but tradeoffs include City revenues and constraints on <br />financial resources. <br /> Increase inventory of and access to Affordable units. This strategy includes actions that <br />can lead to a larger supply of explicitly subsidized, income-qualified, Affordable housing <br />units. Ensuring that people are safely housed creates a multitude of public benefits <br />including increased public safety, increased wellbeing for children and families, and <br />decreased carbon emissions from out-of-town commuters. <br /> Additional options. Some ideas didn’t fit into the three main strategies listed above, but <br />they may be impactful. This category is a catch-all for these ideas. <br />This document should be considered a work in progress. It can be used as a repository of ideas that <br />may help address housing issues in Eugene. The list of actions will change over time, as some of the <br />actions are implemented and some actions are dropped from the list as we learn more about each <br />action’s potential impacts and consequences. New actions can be added to the inventory as new <br />ideas come forward, as laws change, and as new problems arise. <br /> <br />March 13, 2019, Work Session - Item 2