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Title: Response to the National Call to Action for Affordable Housing Through Regulatory Reform Otis S. Johnson, PhD, Mayor Mary Osborne, Alderwoman City of Savannah, Georgia


1
Responseto theNational Call to
ActionforAffordable Housing Through Regulatory
ReformOtis S. Johnson, PhD, MayorMary Osborne,
AlderwomanCity of Savannah, Georgia
2
Task Force Structure
  • Chairperson -- Rochelle D. Small-Toney, Assistant
    City Manager
  • Task Force Member Backgrounds
  • Home Builders / Contractors / Developers
  • Landlords
  • Municipal Planners / Building Officials
  • Construction / Permanent Financing Lenders
  • City Housing Department / Housing Authority /
    Non-Profit Housing Officials
  • Neighborhood Leaders

3
Task Force Structure
  • 9 Focus Groups Provided Task Force with Valuable
    Input
  • Renters
  • Home Buyers
  • Homeowners
  • Special Need Populations
  • Workforce Populations
  • Housing Community Development Organizations
  • Home Builders / Developers / Design Professionals
  • Neighborhood Commercial Mixed Use
  • Financing Funding
  • The University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute
    of Government Provided Support

4
Summary of Accomplishments
  • Defined Affordable Housing
  • Identified Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Barriers
    to Affordable Housing including
  • Local
  • State
  • Federal
  • Recommended Solutions Implementation Schedule
  • 17 Short Term
  • 24 Long Term

5
Two Barrier Examples
  • Money
  • Incomes too low to afford quality housing
  • Not enough Federal funds available to meet local
    needs
  • Zoning Ordinance
  • Does not encourage smart growth or affordable
    housing

6
Recommendations
  • Support Affordable Housing with Local Funds
  • Support Zoning Ordinance Changes with Smart
    Growth Principals Incentives

7
Example of Support for Affordable Housing with
Local Funds
  • 8.53 Million Sales Tax Fund 2008-2013 In Support
    of Affordable Housing Infrastructure and Green
    Space
  • 1,000 New Affordable Dwellings to Benefit
  • 2.25 Million Revolving Property Acquisition Fund
  • 100 Affordable Housing Lots to be Purchased
  • 250,000 Employer Assisted Home Purchase Employee
    Benefit Program
  • 50 City Employees Will Use to Purchase Homes
  • Local Housing Trust Fund
  • Under Consideration
  • Every 1 of Local Funding could Leverage at Least
    10 of Private Investment

8
Examples of Support for Zoning Ordinance Changes
with Smart Growth Principals Incentives
  • Incorporate Features of Successful Traditional
    Neighborhoods
  • Increased Density
  • Smaller Lot Areas Widths
  • Smaller Right-of-Ways Street Widths
  • Smaller Parallel Curb-Side Parking Lanes
  • Reduced Parking Requirements for Multi Family
    Affordable Rental Housing
  • Utility Placement Under Street Pavement
  • Pervious Pavement On-Site Storm Water
    Management
  • Mixed Housing Types / Accessory Structures
  • Neighborhood Retail / Mixed-Use / Live-Work
  • Affordable Housing Incentives/Bonuses
  • EarthCraft / LEED Incentives/Bonuses
  • Urban Infill Incentives/Bonuses

9
Single Family HousePotential Development Cost
Savings
  • Changes described above combined with
    appropriately sized housing and amenities could
    reduce single family house development costs by
    23,000 to 30,000
  • Reusing lots in existing neighborhoods could save
    another 10,000 to 15,000 per house

10
Putting It All TogetherSavannah Gardens Urban
Infill
  • The Savannah Gardens urban infill development
    will be the first major opportunity to test Task
    Force recommendations
  • The 44 Acre site contains 370 dilapidated rental
    apartments built during WWII for shipyard workers
    3 miles from downtown Savannah
  • The proposed redevelopment will include Smart
    Growth and Traditional Neighborhood design
    elements

11
Community Design CharretteAn Essential First Step
12
Results of Savannah GardensCommunity Design
Charrette
13
Savannah Gardens
  • Create550 to 600 New Mixed Income Housing Units
  • 400 to 500 Family Senior Rental
  • 100 to 200 Single Family Ownership
  • Create Neighborhood Friendly Retail Mixed Use
  • On-Site in Town Center
  • Off-Site on old Gwinnett Street Grocery Store
    site
  • Create Major and Minor Public Private Green
    Space
  • Create a Community that Recognizes its History
  • Retain Crescent Drive as Major Site Feature
  • Retain Tree Canopy as Major Site Feature
  • Retain One Representative Duplex
  • Historic Marker(s) that tell Neighborhoods
    History
  • Create a Traffic Calming, Pedestrian and Bicycle
    Friendly Community
  • Create Meaningful Connectivity with Adjoining
    Neighborhoods
  • Create an Environmentally Sensitive Community
    through the EarthCraft Communities Coastal
    Program

14
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