DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, FAICP, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the City's Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) progress and next steps.
SUMMARY:
Briefing on the City's Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) progress including the definition of affordability, recalibrated housing targets, funding strategy, and recommended strategies progress and next steps.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
San Antonio's Housing Policy Framework (HPF), the final report produced by the Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force (MHPTF), has been the guiding document for the City's affordable housing policy since it was accepted by the City Council in 2018. The HPF contains overarching policy areas with a list of potential strategies for each area and 10-year affordable housing target goals. In 2020, staff began work on a Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) to actualize other strategies presented in the HPF by determining timelines, partners, specific action steps, and funding approaches. Additionally, the 10-year housing targets are being adjusted upward to account for a broader range of community needs through a recalibration effort that ensures solutions be data-driven and meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
The HPF is the foundation for the SHIP and will serve to guide any future long range housing plans. The SHIP is being developed in collaboration with community and housing stakeholders including but not limited to the San Antonio Housing Trust (SAHT), San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), VIA, Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), Bexar County and applicable COSA departments. This collaboration builds on another value of the MHPTF to promote public participation and to value both lived experience and techni...
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