Comprehensive Plan Housing Element Community Workshop

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Comprehensive PlanHousing ElementCommunity
Workshop
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Jeffersons Comprehensive Plan

• An official statement of the citizens and
  government of Jefferson Parish, adopted on August
  6, 2003, that sets forth in words, maps, and
  tables
• Goals
• Objectives
• Policies, and
• Strategies
• intended to guide the present and future
  development that occurs within unincorporated
  Jefferson Parish.

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Jefferson Parish commits to planning and
developing as a diverse community with a rich
quality-of-life by enhancing the integrity, value
and character of its neighborhoods and businesses.
Vision Statement
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Benefits of a Comprehensive Plan

• Provides a citizen-based process for setting
  long-range
• goals
• Lets property owners and developers know the
  Parishs
• intentions
• Contains development goals that guide zoning
  and
• subdivision decisions
• Guides the implementation of the Capital
  Improvements
• Program and Budget
• Promotes coordinated decision-making

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Comprehensive Plan Components
Basic Elements Optional Elements
Human Services Critical / Sensitive
Areas Natural Hazards Community
Facilities Public Safety Historic Preservation
Citizen Participation
Land Use
Transportation
Housing
Economic Development Parks and
Recreation Public Works Community
Design Subarea Plans
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Benefits of a Housing Element

• Provides an assessment of existing trends and
  issues
• affecting housing
• Encourages citizens to start thinking and
  talking about
• local housing concerns
• Outlines policies and tasks to insure that
  housing
• development will meet Jeffersons broad range
  of needs
• Increases the likelihood that housing decisions
  are
• coordinated with other Comprehensive Plan
  elements such
• as Land Use, Transportation, and Economic
  Development

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Citizens Advisory Committee

• 21 members selected by Parish Council (2 per
  member) and Parish President (remaining members)
• Balanced between civic and business
  representation
• Evaluate proposed new elements, subarea plans, or
  major implementing ordinances, and provide
  recommendation to PAB and Council through
  Planning Department

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Housing Element Technical Advisory Committee

• 17 members selected by Parish Government
• Balanced representation from civic leaders,
  realtors, bankers, housing advocates, and
  planning/housing professionals.
• Advise on technical and policy issues

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Current Tasks Phase I

• Conduct Focus Group Interviews with Housing
  Professionals
• Review Housing Data and Develop Housing
  Projections
• Community Workshops to Present Housing Needs and
  Elicit Input on
• Housing Issues, Goals, Objectives, and
  Policies.

Future Tasks Phase I

• Summary Report of Key Data and Issues
• Technical Advisory Committee Workshops
• Outline of the Housing Element and Draft Goals
  and Objectives
• Draft Housing Policies

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Population Trends

• Population Growth in Jeff Parish 1950 to 1980
  350,719
• Population Growth in Jeff Parish 1980 to 2000
  874
• 1990 2000 The Unincorporated Jeff Population
  Grew by 8,253
• U.S. Census Estimates that Unincorporated
  Jeffersons Population
• Declined by 2,400 from 2000 through July, 2003

Source US Census
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Population Trends

• Unincorporated Population Growing Older
• Over 40 Increased by 25,000
• Under 40 Decreased by 17,000

Source US Census

• Jeff Parish Becoming
• More Diverse

Source US Census
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Population Trends

• Families with Children Under 18 Declined 14
• Between 1990 and 2000

Source US Census

• Persons Per Household
• Steadily Declining

Source US Census
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Income vs. Housing Prices

• Median Income Declined
• 7,000 from 1980-2000
• Median Income Rose Only
• 812 from 1990-2000

Source US Census

• Average Home Prices in
• Jeff Parish Continue to
• Rise About 7 Per Year
• JP Avg 162,933
• EB 193,026
• WB 121,694

Source UNO Real Estate Market Data Center
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Age of Housing Stock
Source US Census

• 76.5 of Housing Units
• Built before 1980
• 47 of Housing Units
• Built before 1970
• Twice as Many Units Built
• before 1960 than after
• 1990

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Residential Land Use

• Existing Residential Land Use in Unincorporated
  Jefferson

Source Envision Jefferson 2020 Land Use Survey
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Future Population and Jobs
Between 2000 and 2020, population in
unincorporated Jefferson Parish is expected to
increase by only 17,121 people, while jobs will
grow by only 12,411
Employment Projections (Unincorporated
Jefferson Parish)
Source UNO/CUPA
Source Hebert/Smolkin Envision Jefferson Market
Study
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Households and Aging

• By 2020, the number of
• occupied households in
• unincorporated Jefferson
• is expected to increase
• by 18,355

Source UNO/CUPA
By 2020, the number of households in
unincorporated Jefferson Parish over age 55 is
expected to increase by 39, or more than 18,000
Source UNO/CUPA
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Housing for the Disabled

• By 2020, the number of individuals over 65 with a
  disability will increase from 18,061 to 25,666

Source U.S. Census and UNO/CUPA
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Lower Income Households
By 2020, the number of occupied households with
incomes under 20,000 is expected to increase by
18.5 or nearly 6,000 households.
Source UNO/CUPA
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Housing Issues Identified By Planners

• Housing for an Aging Population
• Shifting Income Demographics
• Housing Affordability Private Market, Low
  Income, Elderly
• Supply of Higher Density Housing, such as
  Townhouses and Condominiums
• Improved Code Enforcement
• Subsidence
• Economic Development
• Aging Housing Stock

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Housing Issues Identified By Technical Advisory
Committee and Planners

• Providing Housing Geared to Retiree and Aging
  Populations
• Shifting Income Demographics
• Housing Affordability 1st Time Homebuyers,
  Private Market, Low Income Households, Elderly
  Households
• Supply of Higher Density Housing, such as
  Townhouses and Condominiums (Riverfront/Lakefront)
  
• Flexible Zoning for Multi-Family
• Impact of Increasing Property
• Assessments on Housing Affordability

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Housing Issues Identified By Technical Advisory
Committee and Planners

• Aging Housing Stock
• Improved Inspection and Code Enforcement
• Unscrupulous Developers
• Lawsuits Costing Developers Time
• and Money
• Strengthen Building Codes for
• Hurricane Events
• Subsidence, Pile/No Pile Zones
• Economic Development
• Lack of Parish Resources Devoted to Housing