DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Dugan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the new Housing Commission
SUMMARY:
This item includes a briefing on the Housing Commission to Protect and Preserve Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods. The briefing will provide background information on the new Commission and the proposed FY 2016 work plan. Many of the Housing Commission recommendations that will be developed over the next fiscal year will be brought before the City Council Housing Committee for consideration.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On May 14, 2015 City Council approved a resolution accepting the Mayor's Task Force on Preserving Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods Report and an ordinance establishing the San Antonio Housing Commission to Protect and Preserve Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods. The Housing Commission is an advisory board to City Council.
The new Commission is initially tasked with developing and implementing the five short-term and eight long-term recommendations included in the Task Force Report. The broader charge of the Commission is to be a coordinating body that makes recommendations to City Council on workforce/affordable housing preservation and production as well as policies to minimize displacement and mitigate the effects of neighborhood change.
With the ordinance City Council approved the composition of the Commission and the appointment process. Staff coordinated a drawing of categories for the Mayor and Council Members at the B-Session meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in accordance with the appointment process outlined in the Ordinance. DPCD staff worked with the Mayor and Council Members over the summer to appoint the new Commissioners.
The 15-member Commission includes members representing ten different categories that comprise the spectrum of housing stakeholder groups. The appointed Commissioners are reflective of the broad ...
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