Title
Targeted Housing Rehabilitation Program
Action
Action:
Approve the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee’s recommendation to convert the targeted housing rehabilitation pilot program into a permanent resource.
Body
Committee Chair:
LaWana Mayfield, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Staff Resource(s):
Pamela Wideman, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Miles Vaughn, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Explanation
§ The Targeted Housing Rehabilitation Pilot Program, marketed as TLC for CLT, provides moderate housing rehabilitation for single-family dwellings occupied by low and moderate-income households.
§ City staff and nonprofit partners conducted extensive outreach into each neighborhood to share information about the program and confirm community interest. Since the program’s launch, staff has connected with over 300 households through face-to-face conversations and surveys.
§ These rehabilitation projects represent over $2.5 million combined investment toward preserving affordable housing units and allowing residents to age in place. The conversion of the program into a permanent resource is identified in the Housing Charlotte Framework as part of supporting family self-sufficiency.
§ On October 17, 2018, the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee voted unanimously (Mayfield, Driggs, Egleston, Harlow, and Newton) to make the program a permanent resource.
§ The program will continue to serve these neighborhoods through Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, and approval of the action will allow new neighborhoods to be served in FY 2020 based on funding availability.
Background
§ In Spring 2016, the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee unanimously approved the pilot program.
§ In September 2016, staff identified Camp Greene and Lincoln Heights as pilot neighborhoods for the program. The selection was based on data, including median income of households, age of the housing stock, housing code violations, and the pace of neighborhood change.
§ In October 2016, surveying of households began in both communities.
§ Rehabilitation work began in January 2017 and to date, renovations are complete on 45 housing units with another 23 at some stage of renovation.
§ On September 12, 2018, the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee received a report on the progress of the pilot project and a recommendation to convert the pilot to a permanent program. The Committee requested additional information and deferred action to the October 17 meeting.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Community Development Block Grant
Attachments
Attachment(s)
October 17 Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee Presentation