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The Mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force will work in
tandem with City and agency staff to develop policy
recommendations. The Mayor’s Office expects that
“technical working groups” will also be formed to
support the task force on topics, including:
Strategies to protect neighborhood stability and
assist owners to address short-term hardships in
high-demand areas.
• Incentives for private and public development of
affordable housing in high-growth areas. • Use of federal programs to support City
• Revamping policies and regulations to ensure strategies.
housing is constructed with long-term quality • Ensuring future master plans incorporate
and maintenance in mind. affordable housing strategies.
• Changes to parts of the City’s Unified • Future governance and oversight of housing
Development Code that now hinder affordable policies.
housing development.
Mayor Nirenberg said he has been pleased by
• Changes to City policies related to State the broad agreement expressed by the City Council
tax-credit supported affordable housing to that action is needed immediately and said he looks
ensure alignment with areas targeted for future forward to working with his council colleagues to
development. implement the strategies that emerge from the
• Alignment or reorganization of agencies to initiative.
support City housing and development While the City’s Neighborhood and Housing
strategies. Department will continue to implement the City’s
• Strategies to preserve and rehabilitate existing current housing initiatives, the policy cabinet will
apartment complexes that provide quality tackle innovative ways to solve the difficult housing
affordable housing. issues our City faces today and in the future.
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