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Recommendation to direct City Manager to schedule a City Council report to review progress on the city's Report on Revenue Tools and Incentives for the Production of Affordable and Workforce Housing, adopted by the City Council in May of 2017. Include updates on all 29 action items, including progress on the inclusionary housing policy, short term rental policy, and updates on new funding from recent State legislation including recording fee legislation.
Direct City Manager, through the Department of Development Services and the Housing Authority, to present research and findings on potential polices to support tenants, protections for seniors, rental assistance programs, and support for renters to move into homeownership. Policy considerations should include:
• A "Seniors First" program to ensure vulnerable seniors receive
priority in rental assistance and relocation programs;
• Options for new and/or expanded rental assistance and relocation
programs;
• Policies that support tenants adopted in other cities;
• Programs to assist renters with homeownership programs;
• Input from local housing and property owner organizations as part
of the study;
• Added resources and enforcement tools to address the issue of
negligent landlords (persistent code violators, consistent quality of
life issues, blight in the neighborhoods, etc.).
DISCUSSION
BACKGROUND:
To address our many housing needs, the City Council adopted 29 actions from the "Report on Revenue Tools and Incentives for the Production of Affordable and Workforce Housing." These recommendations, informed by a group of community leaders and housing experts, were designed to increase the production of affordable housing for all residents and especially seniors, students, working families, people experiencing homelessness and those in danger of being experiencing homelessness.
In 2017, the City undertook steps to analyze rental costs in Long Beach. While data between 2007 an...
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