Housing Master Plan - Additional Information

Draft Housing Master Plan By Chapter

    Executive Summary

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 2: Demographic and Housing Analysis

    Chapter 3: Legislative and Development Environment

    Chapter 4: Guiding Principles

    Chapter 5: Goals and Strategies

    Chapter 6: Implementation Tools

    Chapter 7: Funding Sources

    Chapter 8: Plan Recommendations

   Appendix

        1. Planning Process: Advisory Group and Community

        2. Existing programs

        3. Consistency with Other City Plans

        4. Strategies for Households with Physical Needs

        5. Affordable Housing and Transit

        6. Funding Sources Matrix

        7. Implementation Tool Sheets

Advisory Group Past Meetings and Materials

• Monday, January 14, 2013 - Session 16: Draft Plan Review
• Presentation
• Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - Session 15:  Draft Plan Update
• Presentation
• Thursday, April 14, 2011 - Session 14:  Discussion of Draft Objectives and Funding Strategies
  • Agenda 
  • Presentation 
  • Draft Tools 
  • Funding and Units Chart - Office of Housing FY2008-2010 
  • Draft Implementation Strategy
  • Resource Prioritization Matrix for Discussion
  • Meeting Summary - Coming Soon
  •  Meeting Video 
• Thursday, March 3, 2011 - Session 13:  Debrief on the Allocation Exercise, Preliminary Draft Outline and Framework of the Housing Master Plan
  • Agenda 
  • Presentation 1: Summary of the Allocation Exercise - coming 
  • Presentation 2: Preliminary Framework or the Housing Master Plan for Discussion 
  • Preliminary Plan Outline and Goals Description 
  • Meeting Summary 
  •  Meeting Video
    HMP April 14 Draft Implementation Strategy 
• Saturday, January 29, 2011 - Session 12:  Affordable Housing Allocation Exercise
  • Flyer
  • Program/Agenda
  • Group Flip Chart Notes 
  • Key Themes Summary 
  • Group Allocation Spreadsheets 
  • Meeting Video (Divided into sections below)
    • Introduction
    • Allocation in Action
    • Group Summaries of Exercise #1
    • Group Summaries of Exercise #2 and Wrap-up
      
• Thursday, January 13, 2011  - Session 11:  Housing Alexandria's Lowest Income Households
  • Agenda 
  • Presentation
  • Meeting Video
  • Meeting Summary 
• Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Session 10:  Design-Related Tools to Promote Affordable Housing
  • Agenda 
  • Presentation
  • Meeting Video
  • Meeting Summary
• Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Session 9:  Land Use Policy and Regulatory Tools to Promote Affordable Housing
  • Meeting Video
  • Agenda 
  • Presentation (with discussion questions at the end) 
• Thursday, October 28, 2010 - Session 8:  Public Private Partnership Tools to Promote Affordable Housing
  • Meeting Video 
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation (with discussion questions at the end) 
• Thursday, October 7, 2010 - Session 7:  Funding Strategies for Affordable Housing
  •  Meeting Video
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation
• September 16, 2010 - Session 6:  Housing Economics: Discussion of Housing Economics and including an interactive demonstration of how the ability to provide affordable housing is impacted by various development factors such as location, density, housing type and parking.
  • Agenda 
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation 
  • Ice Breaker Questions with Answers
  • Discussion Questions 
  •  Meeting Video 
• July 1, 2010 - Session 5:  Special Needs and Homeless Housing
  •  Meeting Video
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation
  • Housing Needs for Seniors - Panelist Talking Points received and consolidated
  • Housing Needs for Persons with Physical, Intellectual & Mental Disabilities - Panelist Talking Points received and consolidated
  • Additional Info: August 2007 Letter from CSB to City Council regarding CSB Housing Policy 
• June 7, 2010 - Session 4:  Planning and Zoning 101: Discussion of how the planning and regulatory process affects housing production, including limits, opportunities and costs. Review zoning, density, heights, and issues such as parking and open space requirements.
  •  Meeting video
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation: Planning 101: Strategies to Secure Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
• May 6, 2010 - Session 3:  Defining the Challenge/Setting the Stage: Current affordable housing supply and demand, data and projections about population, employment and commuting patterns.  Major findings and recommendations from the Affordable Housing Initiatives Workgroup
  •  Meeting Video
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentation 1: "Locked Out of Our Neighborhoods" 
  • Presentation 2: Affordability, Demographics, Projections and the AHIWG Recommendations 
• May 1, 2010 - Session 2:  City Housing Tour - A narrated bus tour of 70 affordable housing properties in the City.  Materials from the tour are listed below. 
  • Housing Tour Properties Package
  • Detailed Tour Properties Spreadsheet
  • Tour Properties Map
  • Turn by turn route directions for self-guided tour 
• April 1, 2010 - Session 1:  Kickoff and Listening Session
•  Meeting video
• Meeting audio
• Meeting summary 
• Agenda
• Advisory Group Roster 
• Ground Rules and Guidelines
• Dr. Lisa Sturtevant - Presentation on regional demographics and housing trends
• Dr. Lisa Sturtevant - Speaker topic and bio
• HMP Intro Presentation
• Información en español 

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Reference Documents

Reference materials on specific affordable housing topics and case studies will be added over the course of the planning process

• Advisory Group Roster 
• Affordable Housing Initiatives Work Group (AHIWG) Docket Item and Final Report, June 2009 
• AHAC Annual Report 08-09 
• AHIWG Powerpoint from Council meeting, June 2009 
• AHIWG Interim Report affordability definitions, April 2008 
• Commonly used income limits 2010 
• Developers Housing Contribution Policy Workgroup Docket Item and Final Report, June 2005 
• MOU between City and ARHA
• Housing Budget Approved FY 2010
• Housing Budget Proposed FY 2011 
• HMP Planning Process Schedule 
• Housing Trust Fund Report FY09 
• Resolution 830 document 

NEW ITEMS

• Case Studies - Affordable Housing Regulatory Tools utilized by states, counties and cities in the US, compiled by the Office of Housing, December 2010
• Research on State and Local Means of Increasing Affordable Housing - Case Studies on programs implemented by state and local jurisdictions (2008) 
• Code Administration's Residential Accessibility Requirements Matrix - For rehab and new construction, based on the current (2006) USBC requirements. (It is expected that the 2009 USBC requirements will be adopted by late Spring 2011)  

Useful Links

• Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) 
• City of Alexandria Strategic Planning Process 2010 

• Link to ARHA Strategic Plan web page

• US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
• Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) 
• Housing Virginia - A new statewide partnership of public/private organizations committed to equal access to high quality affordable housing; includes an affordability calculator

Recent/Current City Projects Related to Affordable Housing

• Beauregard Corridor Plan 
• Braddock East Plan 
• Glebe Park Redevelopment 
• James Bland Redevelopment 
• Station at Potomac Yard 
• Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) Strategic Planning Process

Contact Information and How to Stay Informed

• City of Alexandria Office of Housing
  421 King Street, Suite 200
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Tel: 703.746.4990
  Fax: 703.706.3904
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