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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing Tools & Strategies - Proposed Actions Matrix 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 Potential Impact-Complexity to Proposed Actions to Address Housing Affordability, Availability and Diversity Preliminary Implement Estimate ($ & Time) Status Source 11.Create process for timely completion of environmental review to reduce Moderate Moderate In-Progress BHT delays 12.Develop City processes and culture that guide housing projects to Moderate Moderate BHT successful outcomes, not only regulate Land Use Code-Requires Action from City Council 13.Enable more multi-family development along key corridors High High * WG 14.Improve the Clear and Objective standards Variable High In-Progress WG 15.Enable by-right housing options along key corridors High High * WG 16.Create a ‘key corridor overlay’ (with design standards), which allows High High * WG multi-family development on all key corridors 17.Revisit/revise land use code to allow for more tiny homes/tiny Variable Moderate * WG communities 18.Improve the adjustment review process for adaptive re-use Variable Moderate * WG 19.Complete land use code audit of regulatory barriers to housing High High In-Progress WG 20.Align Zoning map with Comprehensive Plan map (currently Metro Plan’s High High WG Plan Diagram) 21.Allow for additional housing units on major streets High High * WG 22.Complete land use code audit of process barriers to housing production High High In-Progress WG 23.Allow for more types of temporary housing Low Unknown WG 24.Enable by-right housing options, including duplexes, triplexes, cottage Variable Moderate * WG clusters, and smaller homes on smaller lot sizes in all single-family zones 25.Revise land use code to encourage Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in all Variable Moderate * WG single-family zones 26.Revise land use code to allow for development of more diverse “missing Variable Moderate * WG middle” housing types 27.Revise land use code to ease development standards for adaptive re-use (converting an existing non-residential building—such as a church—into Variable Moderate * WG residential) City of Eugene-Housing Tools and Strategies December 11, 2018 Potential Impact-Complexity to Proposed Actions to Address Housing Affordability, Availability and Diversity Preliminary Implement Estimate ($ & Time) Status Source 28.Address cost, complexity and interpretation of storm water treatment Low High BHT requirements for rehabs, infill sites, etc. 29.Allow construction permits for as many homes as legal lots concurrent Low Unknown * BHT with open planning action 30.Allow for concurrent subdivision and PUD applications Moderate Low In-Progress BHT Other Codes and Policies-Requires Action from City Council 31.Recalculate SDC’s to address mismatch with ADU’s vs home additions Variable Low BHT 32.Recalibrate housing SDC’s to encourage “missing middle housing” Variable Low BHT 33.Create a better path for future utility delivery to sites in the Buildable Variable High BHT Lands Inventory 34.Add pre-approved ADU plans Variable Moderate WG 35.Identify new Revenue sources for Affordable housing units High High WG 36.Expand Eugene’s land banking program for Affordable housing; Identify High Moderate WG more flexible funding sources 37.Develop a homeless shelter N/A High WG 38.Delay the collection of SDCs until a property is ready to receive its Low Medium WG/BHT certificate of occupancy 39.Create clear “small house” (800 sf or less) path that tracks through SDC’s Low Low BHT and permitting 40.Review tree valuation and revise removal fees for “not permissible” trees Low Moderate In-Progress BHT 41.Use local government bonds to fund the construction of Affordable High High WG housing developments *Options in the Land Use code category could be identified through the Land Use Code Audit. City of Eugene-Housing Tools and Strategies December 11, 2018