Summary:
Making housing a priority requires that it be a structural and organizational priority.
The establishment of a coordinated system:
• Leverages significant new funding for housing production, home rehabilitation and affordable housing preservation.
• Aligns public and private sectors, services, regulations and funding requirements.
• Distributes information more effectively and efficiently, particularly so that the private and nonprofit sector capacity can be leveraged.
• Bridges the digital divide-which currently poses a challenge to the community in accessing information.
• Keeps the City and its partners accountable for tracking and monitoring their investments and production targets.
Issue:
On January 28, 2019, staff held a kick off meeting to introduce the system to 70 service providers, nonprofit developers and inter-governmental partners. On April 30, a meeting will be held to review goals, establish metrics and complete the coordinated housing directory form.