Title
Affordable Housing Development - Spa Road Site - For the purpose of expressing the City Council's support for the use of the Spa Road Site as a mixed-use development with affordable housing as a key component; and generally relating to the Spa Road Site.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 20-22
Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney
Co-sponsored by: Alderman Gay, Alderman Schandelmeier;
Alderwoman Pindell Charles, Alderwoman O'Neill
Referred to
Housing and Human Welfare Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
Affordable Housing Development - Spa Road Site
FOR the purpose of expressing the City Council's support for the use of the Spa Road Site as a mixed-use development with affordable housing as a key component; and generally relating to the Spa Road Site.
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis Five-Year Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan (CHCD Plan) was submitted to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on June 15, 2020, and in that report it is stated that "the largest housing problem in the City of Annapolis is 'Affordability'"; and
WHEREAS, Impediment Goal No. 3 of the CHCD Plan states "[p]romote and encourage the construction and development of additional affordable rental housing units in the area, especially for households whose income is less that 80% of the median income; and
WHEREAS, Strategy 3A set forth in the CHCD Plan, to accomplish Goal No.3, provides "[s]upport and encourage by providing incentives to both private developers and non-profit housing providers to develop plans for the construction of new affordable and accessible renter-occupied and owner-occupied housing"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis Housing Affordability Task Force Report from the Feasibility Subcommittee dated April 13, 2021, evaluated the feasibility of a Ten-Point plan from the Task Force and stated what was required of our elected officials to support and promote affordable housing in Annapolis; and
WHEREAS, the Housi...
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