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Home My WebLink AboutResolution No. 4477 RESOLUTION NO. t.f~17 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 1996 HOUSING DISPERSAL POLICY AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 4195. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The City Council, acting upon the recommendation of the City's Planning Committee and testimony of members of the public, adopted the 1990 Interim Housing Dispersal Policy Plan by Resolution No. 4195 on June 25, 1990, as the housing dispersal policy for the City of Eugene. B. The 1990 Interim Housing Dispersal Policy Plan was based on 1980 census data, and provided that it should remain in effect until adoption of a more permanent policy, created after consideration of the 1990 census data. C. In response to direction from the City Council to update the Interim Housing Dispersal Policy Plan, the Planning Commission held discussions on the proposed update six times between August 7 and December 11, 1995, including two public hearings. As a result of those hearings the Planning Commission has recommended adoption of a revised Housing Dispersal Policy that (a) is aspirational, as opposed to prescriptive in nature; (b) that separates the housing dispersal policy from the land use application process; and (c) updates evaluation criteria and the map from 1980 to 1990 census data, as more particularly set forth in the copy of the 1996 Housing Dispersal Policy attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by reference. D. On January 22, 1995, the City Council held a public hearing and considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission and testimony of members of the public. Now, therefore, based upon the above findings, and the testimony presented at the above hearing, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Resolution No. 4195, and any other resolution in conflict herewith is hereby repealed. Section 2. The 1996 Housing Dispersal Policy and attached map is hereby adopted as the housing dispersal policy for the City of Eugene. ,., The foregoing Resolution adopted the Jlnd day of January, 1996. 1/'~ d.~ City ecorder Resolution 1996 HOUSING DISPERSAL POLICY INTRODUCTION The Housing Dispersal Policy provides guidelines by which the City of Eugene can evaluate whether a specific housing development is furthering the goal of dispersal of low-income family rental units throughout the city. The policy seeks to accomplish this goal by discouraging the placement of additional subsidized housing in areas characterized by concentrations of either subsidized housing or low-income families. The definitions below describe how these concentrations are measured and geographic areas defined. Currently, there are no areas characterized by concentrations of low- income families as a result of too much subsidized housing. Currently there are ten block groups that have concentrations of low-income families at a rate (defined below) that makes those block groups "unsuitable areas" for city assistance. PURPOSE STATEMENTS The purposes of the housing dispersal policy are to: 1. Maximize housing choice for low-income families who have traditionally been limited in the location of housing they could afford. 2. Discourage the creation of large areas characterized by low-income families. 3. Encourage the creation of additional housing integrated throughout the community for low-income families. DEFINITIONS Block Group: Block Groups are clusters of individual blocks, which are subdivisions of the census tracts, established by the Census Bureau in 1990. Construction: Includes only new construction of family rental housing. Construction shall not include housing rehabilitation or housing acquisition in which the current occupants remain or have a right to remain. Dispersal: Distribution of additional subsidized family housing throughout the city while maintaining and preserving the existing housing. Home ownership: Home ownership refers to units that shall be owned by the residents either individually or cooperatively such as in co-ops or community land trusts. Home ownership shall also include lease-to-own units in which residents have the exclusive option to buy within five years. Low-Income Families: A low-income family consists of at least one adult and one child, and has an income at 50% of median income or below for the area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Public Assistance: This includes, but is not limited to: land banking, land write downs, financial assistance, financing, and tax abatements for the construction of subsidized housing for low- income families through local governments including the City of Eugene, Lane County and the Housing Authority. Student housing: Institutionally owned housing exclusively for use by students and their families. Subsidized Housing: Subsidized housing is permanent newly constructed rental housing, for low-income families, which has received public assistance. Subsidized housing shall not include student housing, home ownership, or acquisition of rental housing with the intent to convert to home ownership within five years. Unsuitable Areas: Based upon 1990 census data, unsuitable areas are block groups designated on the accompanying adopted map, that have an adequate share of subsidized housing or of low income families. They are designated as unsuitable because they are: a) block groups in which subsidized housing units equal 20% or more of the total number of housing units within that block group, and/or b) block groups in which more than 50% of all families have incomes at or below 50% of the median income. An area shall not be considered unsuitable due to the presence of student housing. Student housing units shall not be counted when determining unsuitable areas. Student housing shall be allowed in all block groups. DISPERSAL POLICIES POLICY 1 The City encourages dispersal of low-income families, in subsidized housing, throughout the city. Public assistance for the construction of subsidized housing is discouraged in unsuitable areas. This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. POLICY 2 The City discourages subsidized housing developments of more than 60 units. This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. TABLE A: SUBSIDIZED HOUSING BY TRACT AND BLOCK GROUP EUGENE - 1990 CENSUS :~illi,ij~9~~~ ..................................... <-:......-:............................................................ .:..HH. Qa......kWood.::.::.:::...... .............. .......................... ........................... .......................M.......................................... >> . 'anor<>> "' ......................... ................................... .. ............................... ...... ... . ... . ... . ... .... .. .... .... ..................................... .........99~4f.9.R~~...... ...................A............................................. ....... ..... ......... ......................P~t.........<...... ..................................... ................................. ...................................... .................................... ~~I~~~r~~ ... ............... .................................. ............................... ..................................... .........Ri#:~~r~~96........... ...............~ri~g!........<....... .... ................... .................................... ............................... . ...................... .....M~pJ~WQQ~......... ........................... ......M........d................................ ...... . ....... .................. ......................@c:l.....9W$............. ........................ .................. ..........q@...~.~~........... ............i:JIQQk........ .................t..ic:t................. ............~..9ijp.......... j-()~I.f.l11lli,$ ...........................j6..B~~i.......... 221 310 18% 4401 4403 400 100 67/13 72/57 4% 3101 100 65/62 714 14% 426 6% 443 9% 543 7% 454 9% 406 4% 438 7% 237 16% 2902 200 79/27 30 300 25 2902 100 36 3101 200 36 43 100 30/20 4401 100 31 2200 200 38 Table A identifies subsidized housing units as a percentage of total housing units, by census tract and block group. The data in Table A shows that there are no unsuitable areas due to the presence of subsidized housing developments. Some of the housing developments have two separate income limits for admission. Those built under the HUD 236 program accept families at 80% of median income for the area. Each of these developments has a certain percentage that are HUD Section 8 rent subsidized and accept families at 50% of median or below. Under the column headed ''# of units," the number to the left is the total number of units in the development and the number to the right is the number of units that are Section 8, if this is a mixed income development. The 236 developments are: Village Oaks, Fourteen Pines, Firwood Village and Hawthorne Park. Housing developments with only one number are State financed and all the units are subsidized with the Section 8 program. Tenants in these developments must have incomes at 50% of median or below. State financed/Section 8 developments are: Abbie Lane, Capitol Manor and Coburg Rd. Apartments. Two housing developments were built under the HUD Section 221 d-3 BMIR program. They are City View Apartments and Oakwood Manor. The income limit for these units is 95% of median income in the area. City View Apartments were not included for this reason; however the 57 units at the Oakwood Manor that are also Section 8 units were included. The percent calculation is the number of subsidized units that serve those at 50% of income or below as a percent of total families in that block group. 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