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From YouTube: Health and Human Services Board Meeting - 11/20/2015
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Health and Human Services board meeting was held on Friday, November 20, 2015. Topic of discussion was Affordable Housing in Buncombe County.
A
Keeping
with
our
practice
of
starting
on
time
we're
going
to
get
started
because
they're,
poor
and
I
have
just
finished
a
wonderful
deal
with
some
of
you
are
continuing
to
enjoy.
It
I
think
that
it's
appropriate
because
we
live
in
Buncombe
County,
we're
sitting
in
a
warm
room,
and
we
had
just
had
a
wonderful
meal
to
pause
for
a
moment
and
express
our
own
individual
banks
in
a
moment
of
silence.
A
B
C
A
A
A
Debbie
Trumpy
I
can
read
John
Creighton's
quite
well,
I've
seen
you
before
John
and
Bob
Taylor,
all
from
the
Buncombe
County
Planning
Board,
along
with
Nancy
wall
group.
We
also
have
a
stephanie
has
brought
a
student
along
several
times.
Caitlin
tough
welcome
her
she's,
the
pharmacy
student
at
the
UNC
Asheville
pharmacy
program.
F
E
Going
to
start
it's
always
with
the
five
voices
of
individuals
whose
life
story
we
follow
from
unstable
to
more
permanent
housing
options,
we're
going
to
start
there
and
then,
after
that,
I
had
acted.
He
a
great
chefs,
cotton-jersey
Assistant
Director
of
Community
and
Economic
Development
for
the
city
to
share
their
strategic
goals
for
lighting
through
the
strategies
they
developed
around
before
will
help
them
we're
never
going
to
give
you
the
opportunity
to
hear
updates
and
ask
questions
from
the
panel
before
we
break
it
out
and
do
some
goal
setting
works.
That's
hard.
G
G
Knowing
that
there
are
other
people
who
know
you
who
can
help
you
out,
if
you
need
it
on,
you
can
help
them
out.
It's
balanced
and
you
know
I've
helped.
The
person
across
the
street
go
to
the
airport
and
people
have
helped
me
when
I
had
a
doctor's
appointment
and
really
couldn't
drive.
They've
helped
me.
So
that's
one
thing,
but
just
sharing
spending
a
time
of
day
hey
it's
a
beautiful
day.
You
know
just
having
people
to
share
with
it.
D
F
H
D
B
Need
more
affordable
housing
here
um
it
definitely
is
it's
it's
as
we
need
to
stress
that,
because,
with
the
demand
rising
so
much
every
day,
where
are
people
going
to
go,
we're
just
going
to
find
more
people
stranded
on
the
streets?
I,
don't
think
that's
what
the
leaders
in
Nashville
or
any
part
of
the
community
Nashville
wants
I,
don't.
H
H
I
All
right,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
to
make
this
presentation
what
I'll
be
doing
here.
My
name
is
Jeff
staudinger
I'm,
the
assistant
director
for
Community
and
Economic
Development
for
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I
was
the
city's
Community
Development
Director
for
five
years
before
taking
this
position.
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
provide
for
you
the
overview
of
the
city's
comprehensive,
affordable
housing
strategy.
What
I'm
not
going
to
do
is
I'm
not
going
to
review
the
statistics
and
the
nature
of
the
need.
I
think
you've
all
been
well
prepped.
I
In
that
my
understanding
is
you
have
a
good
understanding
of
that
now,
I'm
not
going
to
talk
about
current
rent
structures
in
the
community,
I
think
you've
all
been
prepped
out
on
that
I'm
sure
Eddie,
myself
or
any
of
the
panelists
would
be
glad
to
talk
to
you
about
that.
But
really
what
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
is
where,
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
is
going
relative
to
its
strategies
to
try
to
address
the
need
in
our
community.
I
Of
supply,
there
are
issues
of
inclusivity.
Those
are
issues
of
a
broad
approach,
there's
our
issues
of
making
sure
we
continue
to
work
towards
end
homelessness
in
our
community,
and
those
are
issues
of
prioritizing
the
resources
that
we
have
available
on.
In
order
to
do
the
most
effective
job
we
can
knowing
that
at
least
today.
Those
resources
are
not
unlimited.
I
To
look
to
create
diverse
housing
choices
in
every
neighborhood
in
the
city.
And
that
means
that
we're
looking
at
the
opportunity
to
provide
folks
who
haven't
had
the
opportunity
before.
That's
us.
The
good
schools
and
high
amenity
neighborhoods
we're
looking
to
help
people
stay
within
the
neighborhoods
that
they
grew
up
in
and
enjoy
the
cultural
and
social
connectivity
that
they've
had
and
we're
looking
to
not
put
the
burden
if
it
could
be
perceived
as
burden
of
providing
affordable
housing
on
any
one.
Geographic
area.
City
to
create
vibrant
neighborhoods.
I
I
That's
called
the
consolidated
plan
and
that
consolidated
plan
was
also
produced
and
approved
by
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
this
year.
In
the
mid
term,
we
were
looking
to
adopt
affordable
housing
policy
guidelines
and
and
I'll
say
that's,
that's,
probably
a
catch-all
for
a
lot
of
the
things
that
you'll
hear
in
terms
of
strategies
as
I
move
forward
with
the
presentation.
Today,
we
would
have
recommendations
for
the
tools
that
we
would
use
this
year.
I
I
I
want
to
start
with
with
bringing
us
first
to
that
aspirational
goal
and
and
what
that
means
in
terms
of
how
we
think
we
can
achieve
it.
So
we
start
from
the
from
the
top,
and
we
know
from
the
Bowen
report
that
between
now
and
2020
we're
going
to
have
somewhere
in
the
range
of
five
to
six
thousand.
We
are
in
a
supply
deficit
of
five
to
six
thousand
housing
units
affordable
to
households
at
one
hundred
and
twenty
percent,
or
less
a
median
income
that
includes
both
owners
and
renters.
I
Even
though,
in
that
this
projection
was
for
a
five-year
need
and
those
included
the
categories
of
direct
city
investment
which,
by
the
way,
does
include
the
federal
funds
that
come
in
for
the
region,
the
federal
home
funds,
which
are
managed
by
the
city
for
a
four-county
region.
That
includes
Buncombe
County,
our
land
use,
incentive
grants
and
other
funds
are
dedicated
by
the
city
for
affordable
housing,
zony
density,
which
means
increasing
the
allowable
zone
densities
throughout
our
city,
so
that
more
houses
can
be
built
on
the
same
area
of
land
and
I'll
talk
about
that.
I
A
little
later,
the
repurposing
of
city
land
and
made
available
for
affordable
housing
purposes
and
conditional
zoning,
which
includes
conditional
zoning
and
inclusionary
zoning
we're.
Actually,
our
decision
makers
can
actually
negotiate
with
the
private
sector
for
the
production
of
affordable
housing
and
those
categories
broadly
outlined
for
you,
our
strategies
and
I'll
talk
about
each
of
them
and
a
little
bit
more
depth.
I
This
next
slide
just
show
it's
really
hard
to
read
this
next
slide.
Just
shows
you
what
we're
projecting
in
terms
of
production-
and
these
are
you
know,
there's
a
fine
line
between
being
optimistic
and
conservative
when
you're
when
you're
looking
at
this-
but
I
would
say
2016
is-
is
relatively
reliable,
2017
relatively
reliable.
Some
of
those
numbers
may
change
based
upon
individual
projects,
but
the
scale
I
think
is
the
scale
that
we're
looking
at
will
have
new
projects
coming
in.
I
Some
of
these
might
move
out,
they
might
be
delayed,
etc,
but
it
just
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
kind
of
of
developments
that
happen.
It's
a
different
kind
of
way
of
looking
at
as
opposed
to
the
to
the
category
of
kinds
of
assistance
by
today.
All
of
these
are
encapsulated
in
that
prior
slide
and
looking,
therefore,
at
a
at
a
production
in
2016
with
direct
city
engagement,
and
this
does
not
count
those
efforts
that
happen
without
direct
City
engagement
of
257
units
and
increasing
that
to
367
in
the
next
year.
I
After
that,
the
pipeline
gets
a
little
fuzzy,
but
it
does
give
you
a
sense
of
what
we
see
happening
so
knowing
that
that's
what
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
a
realistic
production
knowing
it
doesn't
meet
the
needs,
maybe
meets
half
the
needs
as
they're
projected
now
and
that's
a
need
of
supply
by
the
way.
This
is
not
addressing
the
need
of
cost
burdened
households
who
are
already
securely
housed
and
that's
not
something
that
we
can
ignore.
I
But
it's
it's
right
now
our
priority
to
try
to
get
the
supply
increased
so
that
every
family
can
be
housed.
We're
looking
at
at
the
tools
and
strategies
that
are
available
for
the
city
has,
and
that
really
are
the
strategies
of
our
affordable
housing
program.
Right
now
they
include
direct
city
financing
assistance,
the
Housing
Trust
Fund,
the
land
use
incentive
grant
permit
fee
rebates
which
Buncombe
County
participates
in
by
the
way
federal
home
is
CDBG
funds,
capital
improvement.
And
then
we
look
at
some
other
strategies
which
includes
city-owned
property
and
density
bonuses
and
zoning
changes.
I
I'll
start
out
with
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
and
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
is
the
direct
city
general
fund
investment
in
affordable
housing
in
our
community.
It
is
currently
available
both
for
affordable
rental,
housing
and
affordable
home
ownership,
but
affordable
rental
housing
is
much
highly
prioritized,
affordable,
home
ownership.
Right
now,
we
are
only
making
funds
available
from
the
housing
trust
fund
for
construction
financing
and
our
rates
and
terms
really
are
not
much
better
than
one
can
do
for
the
private
from
the
private
sector.
I
So
clearly
we're
saying
that
our
affordable
housing
trust
fund
is
dedicated
for
affordable
rental
housing.
Our
city
council
this
year
allocated
$500,000
to
our
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
with
pro,
although
the
affordable,
housing
trust
fund
is
not
an
enterprise
on
per
se
or
dedicated
fund
in
the
city
budget.
This
practice
has
been
that
all
income
received
to
that
Thun
into
that
fund
remains
in
that
fund.
I
I
Good
example
of
the
use
of
that
font
is
ma,
chose
larchmont
project
which
combined
this
with
many
other
resources
again,
including
land,
the
buncombe
county
sold
for
this
project
in
order
to
create
affordable
housing
and
a
prime
location
in
the
city
of
asheville.
As
you
all
remember,
there
was
some
controversy
about
it.
I
think
it's
now
considered
a
shining
example
of
a
great,
affordable
housing
development
in
our
community.
That's
locationally,
efficient
and
occupied
by
a
great
diversity
of
families
and
households
represents
our
city
well,.
I
Our
land
use
the
scent
of
grant,
starts
to
move
the
needle
towards
more
innovation
in
terms
of
of
using
city
funds
for
affordable
housing.
This
is,
if
folks,
have
heard
of
tips
where
you
actually
tax
increment
financing,
where
you
finance
something
up
front
by
deferring
the
taxes
coming
into
the
into
your
project
today.
I
You
can
see
this
I
know
this
manual,
assume
that
chocan
this
presentation
could
be
made
available
to
to
your
members,
so
you'll
be
able
to
refer
to
this
later.
The
will
show
you
this
this
slide
again
a
little
bit
hard
to
read,
but
I
just
wanted
you
to
see
what
that
looks
like
in
terms
of
a
projected
project.
I
So
if
you
had
a
private
sector
project
developer
proposed
a
project
that
had
twenty
percent
of
the
units
affordable
had
the
additional
fifty
percent
of
the
units
available
at
workforce
rates,
which
is
at
a
hundred
percent
of
median
income
which,
by
the
way
is
close,
but
not
quite
market
in
terms
of
new
developments
happening
today,
was
located
in
a
very
efficient
location
and
mean
and
gave
tendent
affordability
for
some
additional
time
frame.
They
could
conceivably
earn
as
much
as
20
30
40
50
points
five
years
worth
of
tax
grants
from
the
city
of
asheville.
I
Now,
while
this
cannot
be
figured
typically
into
your
upfront
development
pro
forma,
because
it
is
performance
based
on
a
year-to-year
basis,
this
can
be
real
money
into
a
development
that
can
allow
for
the
leverage
of
other
funds,
particularly
borrowed
funds
into
the
project
on
the
front
end.
So
we've
made
a
couple
of
these
grants
by
the
way
and
but
have
recently
revised
us,
because
when
this
program
originally
started,
this
was
really
an
amalgam
of
a
sustainability
program,
including
brownfields
and
other
elements,
and
what
we've
done
is
we've
really
made
it
an
affordable
housing
program.
I
Additional
investment
by
the
city
is
now
planned
for
our
capital
improvement
fund,
and
this
is
funds
that
are
outside
of
our
general
fund
are
typically
funds
coming
into
the
city
either
for
the
disposition
of
property
or
funds
that
are
borrowed
that
are
also
now
being
dedicated
to
affordable
housing
and
I.
Think
the
key
thing
I
want
to
take
away
I
want
you
two
to
have
here
is
that
the
cities
proposed
investment
in
affordable
housing
for
for
this
year,
because
we
did
not
spend
the
250,000
from
last
year.
Is
the
750
from
this
phone
book?
I
What
will
probably
turn
out
to
be
about
700,000
750,000
from
the
housing
trust
fund,
so
a
1.5
million
dollar
local
investment
available
for
affordable
housing
this
year
to
the
combination
of
our
capital,
improvement
funding
and
our
Housing
Trust
Fund.
Now
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
by
the
way,
has
become
really
institutionalized
on
this
capital
improvement.
Funding
is
approved
year
to
year
here
by
our
city
council.
It
budgets
2
million
in
2018
and
a
budgets
2
million
in
2020,
but
those
allocations
will
be
dependent
on
an
approval
council
on
an
annual
basis.
I
I
As
a
first
stance
in
terms
of
repurposing
city
property,
I
will
tell
you
just
as
aside
repurposing
government
property.
That's
already
in
active
use
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
do,
because
you
got
to
find
someplace
for
the
thing.
That's
there
to
go,
you
know,
and
that
leads
to
some
challenges,
but
now
this
one
site
has
been
found
for
our
part
for
parks,
maintenance
facility,
and
we
expect
that
movement
to
happen
by
the
first
of
the
fiscal
year,
July
first
and
and
therefore
will
be
looking
to
to
really
take
action
on
that
fairly
quickly.
I
I
So
what
we're
looking
to
do
is
is
turn
our
attention
to
those
places
where,
where
the
land
is
available,
where
there
already
is
some
density
and
try
to
move
out
of
the
development
patterns
of
the
50s,
60s
and
70s,
which
were
really
about
segregating
commercial
from
residential
uses.
Two
more
of
the
urban
design
principles
of
today,
which
says
that
residential
uses
and
commercial
uses
are
actually
very
complimentary.
They
Stewart
each
other
and
they
lead
to
vibrancy.
So
our
City
Council
in
December
changed
the
densities
in
I.
I
This
is
still
fairly
early
out
to
the
development
community.
There
have
been
no
proposals
yet,
although
we're
expecting
some
soon
from
what
we
know
of
the
emerging
pipeline,
that
will
be
taking
advantage
of
this
and
we're
also
looking
to
to
make
sure
that
our
code
accommodates
residential
development.
I
I
will
also
mention,
as
part
of
that,
that
that
we
have
also
recently
revived
our
accessory
dwelling
unit
regulations
to
increase
the
availability
of
single-family
sites
in
our
community
that
can
take
advantage
of
accessory
dwelling
units
by
about
a
hundred
percent
by
changing
those
adu
regulations
to
remove
barriers
for
one
example
of
that
would
be.
Is
that
used
to
have
you
had
to
have
a
hundred
and
hundred
feet
of
street
frontage
in
order
to
be
able
to
put
in
an
accessory
dwelling
unit,
we've
removed
the
street
frontage
requirement.
I
If
you
have
your
driveway
area
and
sufficient
room
in
the
rear
of
your
life
for
an
accessory
dwelling
unit,
you
can
now
put
an
accessory
dwelling
unit
on
your
site.
Now
that
accessory
joint
unit
change
by
the
way
does
not
directly
relate
to
affordability,
and
one
of
the
questions
that
we'll
be
looking
at
as
we
go
through
the
winter
into
the
spring
is
whether
we
want
to
create
an
incentive
program
specifically
for
accessory
dwell
us
back
to
direct.
I
A
I
Of
you
that
work
using
federal
funds
know
that
it's
now
a
year-to-year
situation
where
we
really
can't
know,
what's
going
to
happen
this
year
and
the
Senate
for
example.
Until
just
recently
there
was
a
seam
there.
Their
original
T
hut
budget
reduced
the
federal
home
program
to
about
ten
percent
of
its
current
size,
essentially
eliminating
the
program.
I
So
that
we
start
looking
at
next
steps
and
what
how
do
we
achieve
this
goal?
2800
units
in
the
next
seven
years,
what
we
have
an
affordable
housing,
Advisory,
Committee
Scott
dedman,
is
a
member
of
that
committee.
That
committee
has
been
very
proactive
in
recommending
policy
changes
and
they're.
Continuing
recommendation
is
that
the
city
funding
to
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
be
increased
to
one
cent
per
hundred
dollars
of
of
taxable
value
in
our
community
today.
That
would
be
about
1.1
million
and
they
continue
to
advocate
that
in
City
Council
that
we
create
new
public-private
partnerships.
I
We
have
with
our
existing
housing
organizations
to
maximize
as
much
as
possible
to
low-income
housing
tax
credit
program,
which
is
the
primary
federal
program
right
now
for
affordable
housing
development,
but
very
limited
at
the
nine
percent
credit
program.
30
awards
being
made
per
year
in
the
entire
state
of
North
Carolina,
and
making
sure
that
we're
providing
sufficient
leverage
for
those
applications
coming
from
Buncombe
County.
I
Looking
to
increase
our
transportation
housing
connection,
making
sure
that
our
developments
are
multimodal,
but
also
looking
at
our
transportation
systems
to
make
sure
that
they're
serving
our
community
and
over
time
increasing
the
viability
of
using
public
transportation
to
get
the
work
school
and
services
prioritizing
incentives
for
maximum
impact.
So
really
looking
at
at
how
we.
I
I'm
approaching
the
very
end
of
my
presentation.
Thank
you
for
your
attention
here.
Today,
I
will
refer
you.
We
recently
had
a
housing
summit.
Some
of
you
may
have
attended
I'd,
say
150
200
people
that
really
listened
to
a
broad
array
of
public
and
private
sector
viewpoints
on
how
we
address
our
affordable
housing
needs
in
our
community.
I
Very
excited
I
am
that
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
established
an
a
housing
task
force
that
will
be
looking
at
ways
that
the
private
sector
can
be
more
engaged
in
meeting
these
needs
in
our
community
and
as
part
of
that
too,
in
terms
of
the
city
of
Asheville
produce
the
best
practices
for
affordable
housing.
That
shows
11
ways
that
public-private
partnerships
are
creating
more
affordable
housing
nationally
and
I
would
refer
you
to
that.
I
Knowing
that
you
will
get
this
I
know,
you
don't
need
to
write
this
down,
but
that
report,
as
well
as
the
Bowen
report,
as
well
as
many
other
aspects
of
what
I
talked
about
today
and
what
the
city
of
Asheville
is
doing.
A
solid
a
plan
doing
in
partnership
with
Buncombe
County
and
our
other
counties
can.
C
I
C
I
C
As
a
follow-up
to
that,
you
mentioned
about
the
accessory
housing
and
a
goal
may
be
looking
at
providing
some
incentives
for
people,
because
we
are
land
straps
and
sometimes
it's
one
house
at
a
time.
One
accessory
dwelling
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
look
at
that
as
a
as
a
viable
plan
to
encourage
the
private
sector,
hence
the
private
homeowner,
to
be
able
to
build
these
accessory
housing
because
I
know
my
neighborhood
I
have
at
least
three
that
are
being
occupied.
I'm
thinking
if
I'm,
the
homeowner
and
I
can
do.
C
I
E
J
Thank
you
if
anyone
was
not
here
at
the
last
meeting
a
month
ago,
I
have
more
copies
of
the
handout
and
it's
kind
of
the
core
information
about
the
jobs
and
how
that
the
jobs
translates
into
the
prints
that
people
can
afford
any
gap
between
the
wages
and
the
income.
So
if
you
don't
have
that,
I've
got
a
few
more
here
that
I'd
be
happy
to
give
you.
But
today
we
handed
out
this
that
originated
from
calm
to
these.
J
Here
from
soneva
and
two
meetings
ago
of
this
body,
Tom
presented
and
so
I
I'm
kind
of
butchered
up
one
of
his
slides.
It's
this
one
and
I
took
out
with
apologies.
Every
time
I
see
Tom
I
apologize.
It's
like
Tom
I
used
your
data
and
I
miss
choose
your
data,
but
basically
I
just
wanted
to
focus
on
the
red
part
of
those
top
two
bars
on
that
chart,
which
is
how
fast
are
we
increasing
in
the
on
average
for
the
past
for
the
four
year
period
that
he
showed?
J
J
All
of
that
need
just
to
stop
falling
behind
so
quickly
with
the
red
part
of
the
bar,
which
is
the
annual
increase
of
about
500
per
year,
and
the
way
we
know
how
to
make
any
significant
dent
in
this
is
on
the
other
side
of
the
page
and
it
very
closely
matches
the
strategies.
Although
I
don't
think
I
have
the
numbers
matched
up
with
Jeff's
numbers
in
a
good
way,
based
on
what
I
saw
today.
J
J
Most
of
those
things
are
built
with
the
94
and
housing
tax
credits,
that's
the
largest
source
of
affordable
housing,
development
in
America
and
in
North
Carolina
and
in
Buncombe
County,
and
then
the
four
percent
tax
credits,
which
is
fairly
new
for
us
and
is
something
that
David
Nash
on
my
right.
Cindy
weeks
on.
J
My
left
are
looking
very
closely
at
for
the
Lee
Walker
Heights
development
near
Mission
Hospital
and
then
a
little
bit
there
for
homeownership
and
then
the
bottom
two
lines,
don't
add
new
units
but
they're
to
me
an
important
part
of
meeting
the
need,
but
the
new
housing
supply
is
on
the
top
of
three
lines
of
numbers:
they're.
Basically,
what
I'm
saying
is
with
something.
J
That
seems
like
a
pitiful
and
modest
way
to
ask
for
a
goal
for
us
to
set
a
goal,
but
it's
still
5
million
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money,
whether
it's
from
the
private
community
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
different
industries
that
are
listed
on
last
month's
sheet,
or
whether
it's
from
governmental
funds,
it's
a
big
ask
and
we
would
be
able
to
say,
look
we're
not
meeting
all
the
need,
but
we're
meaning
we're
adding
250
approximately
250
new
units
to
our
housing
supply
every
year.
That's
that's
what
I'm
asking
us
to
consider.