HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04261988 - 1.57 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon COntra
Director of Community Development Costa
DATE: April 26, .1988 Co(at'tty
SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Affordable Housing Workshop
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the County as a co-sponsor of a. Alameda-Contra Costa County
workshop regarding the risk of conversion of federally subsidized
low-income housing units to market rate units; and authorize the
payment of $2,000 to the Northern California Association for
Non-Profit Housing for said workshop from the Housing Bond Trust
Funds.
FISCAL IMPACT
Housing Bond Trust Funds, not general fund dollars, would be the
source of co-sponsorship funds.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
In Alameda and Contra Costa counties alone nearly 9,800 federally
subsidized low income housing units are at risk of converting to
market .rate housing. Approximately,, ,2, 500 of the units are in
Contra \Cost& County which could convert over the next few years.
The Board of Supervisors, in its action of July 28, 1987, expressed
its concern about the potential impact of such conversions on the
affordable housing stock in the County.
The Northern California Association of Non-Profit Housing will be
conducting the workshop. Beyond defining the scope of the problem,
concrete alternatives for local action will be reviewed and
discussed. Co-sponsors are desired to defray the costs.
Co-sponsorship will enable the County to receive 20 admissions to
the workshop and printed materials.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT.. X YES SIGNATUR
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENQrN ,076ARD COMMITTEE'.'
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APR 26 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED �_ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Community Development ATTESTED APR 2 6 1988
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Auditor-Controller THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Alameda County AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Northern CA of Non-Profit Housing BYG� ,��C:�?c�
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Sponsorship of Affordable Housing Workshop
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The admissions will be used by appropriate County staff who are
involved in developing and preserving affordable housing, and by
representatives of various organizations who may be involved in
preservation activities ( including organizations represented on the
Homeless Management Team) . Examples of such preservation
activities are structuring the purchase of an at-risk development
by non-profi.t .organizations or tenants .assisting in obtaining
extensions to subsidy commitments, or mitigating the effects of
conversion by providing tenant counseling. The program will
provide direct benefit to County by creating a better informed
network of organizations and individuals who can positively assist
in fostering the preservation of low-income housing stock in the
County.