Bill Type and Number: Resolution 2007-408
Sponsor: Council Member Brown
Date of Introduction: April 10, 2007
Committee(s) of Reference: Rules
Date of Analysis: April 13, 2007
Type of Action: Pledge of participation in
federal affordable housing initiative
Bill Summary: The bill declares the
City’s intent to participate in the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development’s National Call to Action for
Affordable Housing Through Regulatory Reform and to utilize the Council’s
Affordable Housing Task Force as the vehicle to explore affordable housing
through regulatory reform in
Background Information: The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development states that experts in the housing field agree
that one cause for the lack of sufficient stocks of affordable housing is
government regulation that drives up the cost of land and construction. HUD has developed America’s Affordable Communities Initiative and has issued a “call
to action” to state and local governments to examine their regulations that
affect land and building costs and to seek ways to revise regulations to help
make the construction of affordable housing more feasible. The City’s Affordable Housing Task Force has
been studying the issue of barriers to, and means of encouraging construction
of, more affordable housing in
Policy Impact Area: Affordable housing
Fiscal Impact: None, given the existence of
a Council committee already studying the issue.
Analyst: Clements