Tackling Affordable Housing Issues Building Vibrant Neighborhoods Iowa
Tackling Affordable Housing Issues & Building Vibrant Neighborhoods Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference - September 24 -26, 2014 By: Christine Gordon & Justin Yarosevich
Speakers ▪ Christine Gordon – – – Housing Planner City of West Des Moines 515 -273 -0770 (Phone) Christine. Gordon@wdm. iowa. gov www. Wdm. iowa. gov (web) ▪ Justin Yarosevich – – – Assistant City Manager/City Clerk City of Storm Lake 712 -732 -8000 (Phone) justin@stormlake. org (Email) www. stormlake. org (Web)
Presentation Goals ▪ What is housing? ▪ Neighborhood Approach ▪ Highlight Specific Programs – CDBG – Regional Approach – Sub-Division ▪ Questions & Sharing Other Examples from Attendees
What is housing? New Construction Low Income Housing Rehabilitation Senior Housing Rental Units Temporary Housing Transitional Housing Homeless Shelters
Neighborhood Approach - West Des Moines ▪ Valley Junction – original neighborhood of City – Floods caused an influx of investment into neighborhood – Main Street Community – Great American Main Street Community ▪ Prior to Floods of 1993 – Rehabilitation of homes had already began prior to Floods of 1993 – 100% of Valley Junction considered a flood plain – Planning on the Walnut Creek levee had already begun
Floods of 1993 Every business flooded 150 total 400 homes flooded
Valley Junction – Recovery ▪ 100 homes demolished ▪ 300 homes had some type of rehabilitation ▪ Businesses started to reopen within 2 weeks of flood ▪ Recovery took minimum of 6 years
Valley Junction – 20 years later ▪ New senior rental housing ▪ Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program ▪ New single family construction on infill lots ▪ Second Story rehabilitation ▪ Historic City Hall Rehabilitation ▪ Business Incubator ▪ Art Incubator – Artist Live/Work Units – conversion of 100 year old elementary school ▪ Historic Valley Junction Foundation
Income Comparison – 2005 to 2014 Census Block Group 2005 2014 110. 01 1 53. 1% 44. 05% 110. 01 2 55. 8% 47. 73% 110. 01 3 42. 3% 34. 6% 110. 01 4 47. 5% 32. 8%
Neighborhood Approach - Storm Lake ▪ Concept of a concentrated effort of improvement - East Side Subdivision
Neighborhood Approach – Storm Lake ▪ Phase 2 Neighborhood Park & Phase 3 – Housing Rehabilitation
CDBG Housing Rehabilitation ▪ Program is administered by IEDA & is competitive ▪ Owner Occupied Program ▪ Forgivable Loans of up to $24, 999 – forgivable at 20% per year over 5 years ▪ CDBG Program typically provides a large share of the funds (City has some matching funds)
Regional Approach to Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation ▪ Metro Home Improvement Program – 28 E Agreement between 10 suburban cities in the Des Moines Metro – Administration is split among cities ~$5, 000/year/city – Each city contributes $20, 000 toward rehabilitation – matched with grant from Polk County Housing Trust Fund – Spend $12, 500 per house – Complete 3 -4 houses per city per year
City Owned Sub-Division 24 Lot Sub-Division Neighborhood Park Storm Water Features Medium level housing Revenue Generated By: • TIF • Lot Sales • Includes 2 LMI Lots – Partnership with Habitat for Humanity • • •
Questions & Other Examples From Your Community Thanks for attending our session!
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