[Housing and Affordability Committee on February 4, 2025.]
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I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025.
UM, I CALL THE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY SPECIAL CALL HOUSE HOUSING TAX CREDIT MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, I LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE AS WE DISCUSS OUR MULTI-FAMILY TAX CREDIT HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, IN CHAMBER WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM PECK MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS'S OFFICE, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER'S OFFICE.
AND I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEY ENTER THE CHAMBER.
UH, AS JUST A REMINDER FOR GROUND RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE.
QUESTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED AFTER EACH PRESENTATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
IF COUNCIL MEMBER OR OFFICE REQUEST INFORMATION, MY OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WILL FACILITATE A RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE WITHIN 72 HOURS, UH, FOR A TURNAROUND.
UM, SO PLEASE ALLOW US TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH TAX CREDITS.
AS THIS IS A, UH, EXPEDITED TIMELINE TODAY, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE OVERVIEW OF MULTIFAMILY TAX CREDITS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ETJ RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TWO MILE SAME YEAR WAIVER RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ONE MILE THREE YEAR WAIVER, AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR RESOLUTION FOR POVERTY RATE ABOVE 40% FOR INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING AT THIS TIME, AND, UM, IF YOU ARE IN THE CHAMBERS AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, YOU ARE, UM, ABLE TO SIGN UP AND SPEAK, UH, AFTER OUR SIGNED UP SPEAKER.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR DIRECTOR, UM, MIKE NICHOLS, UH, TO OPEN US UP.
THANK YOU MUCH, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
UH, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHERE WE HEARD THE, UH, FOLKS FROM THE T-D-H-C-A DISCUSS TAX CREDITS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD PRIMER FOR ALL OF US.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE LONG VIEW.
UH, TODAY IS REALLY ABOUT THE LONG VIEW OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THE APPROVALS TODAY ON TAX CREDITS ARE THE FIRST STEP THAT WE WILL, THAT WE'VE MOVED THROUGH TO GET, UH, HOUSING, PARTICULARLY HOUSING THAT IS FOR THE, UM, UH, HIGH NEED, UM, UNDER 50% GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN HOUSTON.
WE KNOW THE NEED IS THERE, THE KINDER INSTITUTE SPOKE OF IT.
BUT AGAIN, AS WE LISTEN TO THIS, THIS IS THE LONG VIEW.
UH, WHEN I SEE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, I KNOW HOW INTERESTED YOU ARE IN SOLVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM IN HOUSTON.
I LOVED, I LOVED THE CHAIR WOMAN'S CALL TODAY THAT THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL OF TAX CREDITS, WHERE IT'S REALLY THE SUPER BOWL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INTEREST.
I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO DEREK SELLERS AND RYAN VIVS.
UH, BETWEEN THEM, I THINK THEY HAVE ALMOST FOUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN HOUSING.
AND I WILL SAY FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, IT IS NOTHING LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. SELLERS AND MR. BIBBS THAT GOOD MORNING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED WITH OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
UH, RON AND I WILL TAG TEAM THIS AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
SO LET'S GO AND GET TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AS MIKE MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 9% TAX CREDIT PROCESS AND SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE THE CITY PLAYS IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, JUST SOME CLARITY ALONG THE WAY.
AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THIS COMING FROM CODY CAMPBELL FROM T-D-H-C-A DURING OUR SPECIAL CALLED HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, OR OUR DELAYED HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.
FIRST UP, UH, THESE ARE NOT FUNDED BY THE CITY.
WE ARE JUST A PLAYER IN THE PROCESS.
UH, THE INTENT IS TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, IT, IT PROVIDES PRIVATE EQUITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT HOUSING.
AND SPECIFICALLY, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER TODAY IS THE 9% TAX CREDIT PROCESS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THERE'S A 4% TAX CREDIT PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NINE PERCENTS TODAY.
SO, UH, IF YOU THINK IT'S COMPLICATED, IT IS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED.
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THIS IS A SLIDE THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE FLOW OF FUNDS.THE TREASURY IS THE ONE THAT ALLOCATES THE AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS TO THE STATE T-D-H-C-A, UH, ACTS AS THE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ALLOCATES THOSE, UH, TAX CREDITS TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND THEY DO SO THROUGH A QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN OR A QAP AND OUTLINES THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED.
IT IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND SO EVERY POINT MATTERS IN THAT.
AND, UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, WHERE THOSE POINTS COME FROM AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED.
UM, SO THE POINTS RECEIVED TODAY FOR OUR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT CAN BE 17 POINTS.
UM, AND, UH, IF THEY'RE IN THE ETJ, SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.
HALF OF THOSE POINTS COME FROM THE CITY, HALF COME FROM THE COUNTY, AND THEY NEED TO GET RESOLUTIONS FROM BOTH ENTITIES IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO, AS RYAN TAKES US THROUGH, UH, WHO WE'RE AWARDING TODAY FOR RESOLUTIONS, YOU WILL SEE SOME IN THE ETJ.
UM, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO SO UNDER THE QAP.
UM, AS I SAID, THERE IS A 9% TAX CREDITS.
UM, THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF D DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WITH A 9% PROVIDING, UH, POTENTIAL SOURCE OF EQUITY BEING HIGHER.
UM, IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE WHERE THE FOUR PERCENTS AREN'T COMPETITIVE, BUT THERE'S A BOND COMPONENT THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO, WE OFTEN GET ASKED ABOUT THIS POINT SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH THIS MATTERS.
UH, SO WE GAVE YOU A COUPLE OF THE OTHER SCORING ITEMS THAT'S PART OF THE QAP.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPORTANT THESE 17 POINTS FOR OUR SUPPORT IS.
UM, THE READINESS TO PROCEED IS ONE POINT.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONS FOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE EIGHT.
INPUT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOUR, AND THAT REVITALIZATION PLAN IS SEVEN WHILE WE'RE SITTING THERE AT 17.
SO OUR POINTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
IT LITERALLY MEANS WHETHER A DEAL COULD BE FUNDED OR NOT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW, WE GET OFTEN GET QUESTIONS AROUND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND OUTREACH TO OTHER ENTITIES IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE SCORED AS WELL BY T-D-H-C-A.
WE ASKED FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT T-D-H-C-A ALSO ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION AND THEY SCORE THAT SEPARATELY OUTSIDE OF US.
UM, AND WE SHARED WITH YOU WHEN WE CAME TO HOUSING COMMITTEE WITH HOW WE WERE GONNA DO OUR APPLICATION PROCESS, OUR TIMELINE, AND IT'S AGGRESSIVE, AND IT'S BECAUSE T-D-H-C-A HAS SET THEIR OWN TIMELINE AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN IT.
SO PRE-APP APPLICATIONS WERE DUE TO T-D-H-C-A ON JANUARY 9TH.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY, THE DEVELOPERS SUBMIT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DEALS AND START SEEING HOW THE SCORING LOOKS.
IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE STARTING TO GET A LOOK AT THE OTHER, UH, PROJECTS THEY MAY BE COMPETING AGAINST.
UM, THAT THE VERY NEXT DAY, OUR APPLICATIONS FOR THIS RESOLUTION PROCESS WERE DUE HERE.
UH, WE'RE SITTING HERE ON FEBRUARY 4TH TO DISCUSS, UH, WHAT WE'VE, UH, WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, WHICH IS, AND WE'LL PROVIDE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON THE 12TH.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME DEALS PULL OUT OR CHANGE THEIR MIND EVEN IN THIS, UH, LAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS.
UM, BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE HAVE TO, UH, HAVE THIS VOTED ON AND APPROVED SO THAT THEY CAN TURN THIS IN BY FEBRUARY THE 28TH TO T-D-H-C-A AND THEN THE AWARDS FOR WHO'S GOING TO GET FUNDED OR ANNOUNCED BY T-D-H-C-A THAT LAST WEEK OF, UM, JULY.
SO RYAN'S GONNA TAKE US THROUGH, UH, THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED, HOW THEY SCORED, AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOLUTIONS, UH, THAT WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
THESE SLIDE IS DISCUSSING OUR, UM, DISPLAYING OUR PRIORITIES.
WE ARE PRIORITIZING REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT COULD, THAT ARE LOCATED IN COMPLETE COMMUNITIES.
TOURS IS, UH, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, UNDERSERVED, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
THIS SLIDE HAS OUR TAX CREDIT GUIDELINES, HCD SCORING CRITERIA.
SO TO BE CONSIDERED, THE MINIMUM POINTS IS 10 POINTS.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 23 MAX POINTS THAT COULD BE ACCUMULATED FOR, UH, AN APPLICATION.
WE ARE, AGAIN, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED, IF IT'S IN, UH, CLOSE PROXIMITY, MASS TRANSPORTATION, LOW POVERTY, MIXED INCOME COMPOSITION, BUILDING RESILIENCY FEATURES.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON OUR LIST IF YOU'RE DOING, UH,
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GENERATORS, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.UH, SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT, THOSE ELEMENTS INTO ACCOUNT.
THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT TWO OR THREE SLIDES IS DISCUSSING OUR EQUITABLE DISPERSION POLICY.
AND HERE, WE, THIS IS OUR WAY OF TRYING TO, EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD, NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY DEALS GOING TO ONE DISTRICT AND TRY TO HAVE SOME GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO THE FIRST BULLET, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ONLY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE DISTRICTS.
THE SECOND BULLET, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONE MORE TOTALING THREE RECOMMENDATIONS PER DISTRICT FOR THAT SECOND BULLET THERE.
AND THE THIRD BULLET IS JUST EXPLAINING IF A PROJECT IS A REHAB OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IT DOESN'T APPLY TOWARDS THE CAP.
THIS SLIDE IS, UH, DISCU DISCUSSING IF THERE'S DEALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
WE WE'RE GONNA USE THESE COMPETITIVE FACTORS TO, TO, UH, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON A DEAL AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IF THESE FACTORS ARE, ARE, ARE DISPLAYED ON A PROJECT.
SO, HIGHEST SCORING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HIGHEST A CD SCORES.
WE'RE LOOKING IF TO FIND OUT IF A PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF IT'S A CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT.
UH, IF IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S HAS, UH, POWER EMERGENCY POWER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
AGAIN, GENERATORS, VERY IMPORTANT IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
SO THIS IS JUST A WAY OF IF TWO DEALS ARE VERY OR ARE TYING, THIS IS A WAY OF US TRYING TO, UH, BREAK THE, BREAK THE TIE NEXT SCORE, I MEAN, NEXT SLIDE.
THIS, UH, CHART IS DISPLAYING ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, ALL A TOTAL OF 22 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING 14 OF THE, OF THE 22.
AND HERE IT DISPLAYS THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
HOW MANY WERE RECEIVED IN EACH ONE.
THAT SECOND COLUMN THERE SHOWS THE LIMIT PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN, THE, THE TOTAL THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
STARTING WITH, UH, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR PROJECTS IN THIS, THIS IS, THIS LIST IS GONNA HAVE THE CITY AS WELL AS THE ETJ PROJECT.
SO FOR, UH, THAT FIRST SECTION THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE ONES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT A, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT B HAS TWO SENIORS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
I WILL SAY THERE HAS BEEN SOME, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENT AND SOME FALLOUT ON WHICH DEALS, SOME MAY WITH WITHDRAW.
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP, UH, UH, THE HORSESHOE ABREAST OF WHAT, WHAT MAY, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS MAY, UH, HAPPEN IN, IN THE NEAR NEAR FUTURE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS, UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED YESTERDAY THAT SENIOR HOMES AT ELLA IS WITHDRAWING THEIR APPLICATION.
SO WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, APPLICATION IN DISTRICT B THAT MET OUR STANDARDS.
IT'S CEDAR BROOK VILLAGE, UH, FAMILY DEAL WITH 90 UNITS AT 74 1 0 1 EAST LITTLE YORK.
BUT WE JUST RECEIVED THAT NOTIFICATION YESTERDAY.
SO AFTER, UM, AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, WHAT WILL BE POSTED ON WILL BE THE UPDATED, THE AMENDED.
YEAH, WE'LL UPDATE ACCORDINGLY.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC PROCESS.
UM, SO SOME OF THIS DOES CHANGE.
SO ONE MORE IN K AND THEN THREE IN THE ETJ, I THINK.
I THINK I HAVE EIGHT FAMILIES AND SIX SENIORS.
I THINK THAT'S THE COMBINATION.
AND HERE IS A OVERALL MAP OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY AND IN THE ETJ AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
WE ARE ALSO REVIEWING, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UH, COULD, UH, BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TWO MILES, SAME YEAR WAIVER.
THIS IS WHERE THE PROJECT IS, UH, WITHIN THE CERTAIN PROXIMITY, TWO MILES AND WITHIN THE SAME YEAR.
IF THEY'RE DIFFERENT, UH, IF THEY'RE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, THEN, THEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A WAIVER FOR, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FOR THESE, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
SO YOU HAVE A SENIORS FAMILY AND FAMILY.
AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS A, THIS, THIS LIST IS CONSTANTLY, UH, MOVING.
AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THIS, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO NOTIFY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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SURE.AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THESE PROJECTS ALSO NEED A WAIVER THEY ALSO NEED FOR THE TWO MILES SAME YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO COLLEAGUES, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA WHEN IT'S PRESENTED NEXT WEEK ON THE 12TH, OR, UM, THREE OR FOUR I, I ACTION ITEMS MM-HMM
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE TOTAL PACKAGE OF PROJECTS.
THEN THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE WAIVER.
FOR TWO MILE ONE YEAR, AND THEN 40% POVERTY.
SO THERE'LL BE FOUR, THREE OR FOUR ACTIONS ON THE SAME PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE, ALSO, YOU'RE CORRECT.
UH, CHAIR THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE, UM, UM, FOR THE, UH, ONE MILE THREE YEAR AS WELL.
SO THIS IS, UH, SAME SCENARIO IF THIS OF THEIR PROJECTS IS ONE MILE OR, OR WITHIN THE, UH, THREE YEARS OF, OF EACH OTHER, THERE'S POSSIBLE WAIVERS.
IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, DIFFERENT POPULATIONS ARE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THESE ARE THOSE TWO, UH, PROJECTS.
TRINITY'S, SENIOR AND SENIOR HOMES AT ELLA, BOTH SENIORS.
THAT WOULD BE REPLACED ONCE AGAIN, THAT SENIOR HOMES AT ELLA ONCE.
AND IT, SO IT, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE REPLACED, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE THAT ONE THAT CAME IN, WHERE IT'S AT.
SO WE HAVE TO, THAT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS AS THAT PROJECT FELL OUT.
AND HERE IS, UH, WHERE, UH, THERE COULD BE, UH, IF, IF YOUR PROJECT IS, IS, UH, HAS POVERTY RATE ABOVE, UM, 40, BUT IT'S IN A, UM, CRA OR TURS, THERE'S POSSIBLE WAIVERS FOR THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, WHICH ARE THE CONNECT HILLCROFT AND, UM, THE ASHBURN F AND J.
WE DO HAVE VICE MAYOR OF, UH, PRO TIM PECK IN THE QUEUE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR LISTENING TO SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE'VE SAID YEAR AFTER YEAR ABOUT, UM, THE POINT SYSTEM AND ADDING, UM, GENERATORS THAT, AND REHAB AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING AS, I MEAN MANY OF US HAVE, UM, FOR YEARS AND YEARS ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR, UM, PUSHING THAT THROUGH AND THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S, UM, VERY WELCOMED CHANGE THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE ONE IN DISTRICT A, UM, KINGFIELD TRAILS, AND I HAVE MET WITH THEM.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IN THE, ACTUALLY THE LPA NOT, UM, FULLY THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
ARE WE TREATING ONES IN THE LPA AS IF IT'S FULLY IN THE CITY AND NOT AS IF IT'S IN THE ETJ? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
BUT LET US VERIFY THAT LOCATION.
IF WE'RE SHOWING THAT IT IS, THEN WE BELIEVE SO, BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER NOTE JUST TO VERIFY ON IT.
UH, BECAUSE IF THEY WERE IN THE ETJ, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR BOTH.
UM, AND SO WE TREAT IT AS BEING IN THE CITY.
BUT LET US VERIFY THAT ADDRESS.
UM, I SEE THAT DISTRICT K HAD A TOTAL OF SIX APPLICATIONS.
WERE, WERE FOUR OF THOSE OR FIVE OF THOSE FROM THE SAME APPLICANT? LET ME SEE.
DO YOU HAVE THAT LISTED? UM, I CAN, I CAN PULL IT UP.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, WE TYPICALLY HAVE THAT GRAPH THAT I LOVE, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A VISUAL OF HOW MANY TAX CREDIT APARTMENTS ARE IN EACH DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY.
'CAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND FOLKS BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE, THAT THEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
I LIKE THAT WE HAVE, UH, LIMITED THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS BECAUSE THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF TAX CREDIT APARTMENTS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, AND WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM CREATING THESE, UM, CONCENTRATIONS YEP.
UM, HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT, UH, THERE WERE ZERO APPLICATIONS IN C THERE WERE ZERO APPLICATIONS IN E THERE WERE ZERO APPLICATIONS IN G, THERE WAS ZERO IN HI KNOW H GOT A LOT OF THEM LAST YEAR.
UM, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT KIND OF METRICS TO INCENTIVIZE BUILDING IN AREAS THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE, UH, TAX CREDIT APPLICATIONS? AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE SO THAT IF I WORKED AT
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NASA THAT I CAN FIND SOMEWHERE AFFORDABLE TO LIVE, THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO DISTRICT A OR DISTRICT B OR DISTRICT D IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT QUALITY JOB.UM, AND FOR MY QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, HOW ARE WE LOOKING TO EQUALIZE ACCESSIBILITY OF AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY? YEAH, I MEAN, IT TAKES TO PUT ONE OF THESE DEALS TOGETHER, IT TAKES A LOT.
AND A LOT OF IT'S DRIVEN BY THE STATE'S PROCESS AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPERS THINK ARE GOING TO SCORE THE BEST TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND OFTEN IT MEANS THEY'RE CHASING EVEN THE SAME DIRT OR CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND FROM THE DEPARTMENTAL STANDPOINT, WHAT ARE THOSE BARRIERS TO SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS.
'CAUSE WE ARE SEEING THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CONTINUE TO STAY THERE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THREE.
BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN GETTING ONE TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LEAN IN ON, IS WHAT ARE THOSE, WHAT, WHAT IS PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING? AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EITHER DO IN OUR PROCESS HERE TO ASSIST IN THAT, OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ADVOCATING FOR WITH T-D-H-C-A THAT THEY MAKE A CHANGE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME OF THOSE DEALS TO BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT OUT WHY, UH, THESE WEREN'T CONSIDERED, BUT I, I IMAGINE IF WE SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THE PEOPLE SITTING BACK HERE IN THIS ROOM, THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY TELL US RIGHT OFF, RIGHT OFF A FEW REASONS WHY THEY WOULDN'T, THEY DIDN'T GO THERE OR WASN'T CONSIDERED RIGHT.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE APARTMENT DEVELOPERS.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, COMMENT I HAD WAS, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING MM-HMM
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE UPDATED GRAPH.
AND WE, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE REHABS.
I WILL ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO DISTRICT A AND YOU WANT TO DO A REHAB, BECAUSE I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE COMPLEXES AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THEM FOR SO LONG, DESERVE A REFRESH.
AND IF WE CAN GET SOME, SOME NEWER PROPERTIES AND NOT BE UTILIZING OUR RAW LAND FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLEXES, BUT IMPROVING THE, THE TAX CREDIT DOORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, IT DOES IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY BIG ISSUES, UM, FOR NOW.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, AND THIS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS PROCESS IS ENSURE IF IT'S A REHAB, IT DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST THAT TOTAL OR THE LIMITATION ON THE DISTRICT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ENCOURAGES IT.
THE OTHER THING, JUST FROM A DEPARTMENTAL STANDPOINT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PUTTING OUT MAYBE THE SUMMER A NOFA DIRECTLY FOR REHABS.
SO WE TYPICALLY DO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REHAB.
WE DON'T GET MANY REHABS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT OUT A NOFA SOMETIME THIS SUMMER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME INTEREST IN THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS IT COMES.
AND BEFORE I MOVE ON, LET ME JUST OPINE BRIEFLY ON, UH, THE ABSENCE OF PROJECTS IN THESE DISTRICTS.
I, I THINK OUR PROCESS IS VERY, UH, STREAMLINED.
WE HAVE UPDATED THAT PROCESS ROUTINELY.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS COME BEFORE THIS ENTIRE BODY FOR FEEDBACK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT.
UM, BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR IN THIS HORSESHOE, WE'VE PRESENTED HOSTILE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, SO IF I WAS A DEVELOPER AND I WAS WITNESSING THE CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAPPEN, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I WOULD HAVE PAUSE ABOUT GOING INTO CERTAIN, UH, UH, DISTRICTS, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE FEEDBACK AND THE COMMENTARY, UM, AND THE STORYTELLING THAT IS TOLD ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE, UM, IN THE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS ARE, UM, NO PATHWAYS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PURSUE, UH, UM, EQUITY STABILITY, UM, ON THE WEST, ON THE SOUTH, ON THE NORTH, ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHY WE DON'T SEE, UM, APPLICATIONS OR INTERESTS IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MET WITH THAT TYPE OF RESISTANCE IN THIS BODY.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DO BETTER WITH THAT.
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, DOES THE COUNTY, DO YOU KNOW IF THE COUNTY GOES THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS? THEY DO.
THEY DO GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A, UM, RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
SO THEY, THEY'LL, THEY NEED TO GET HALF THE POINTS FROM US AND THEN HAVE FROM FROM THE COUNTY AS WELL.
AND DO YOU KNOW IF THEY APPROVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON? NO, THAT'S UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
IF IT'S WITHIN THE CITY FOR THIS PURPOSE, IT'S UH, IT'S OUR PURVIEW TO DO THAT.
SO EVERYTHING THEY DO IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED CORRECT.
UH, PART OF HARRIS COUNTY, OUTSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON? CORRECT.
I, I NOTICE WE'RE DOING THREE IN THE ETJ, WHICH IS TO SAY IN UNINCORPORATED HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL.
AND ARE THERE ANY, ARE I NOTICED FROM YOUR CHART, THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE CAN'T APPROVE IN THE ETJ? ANY PARTICULAR
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REASON FOR THAT? WE VERY RARELY GET, WE DON'T GET AS MANY.I MEAN, THE ONES IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT, WE NORMALLY GET A, WE'LL GET WAY MORE APPLICATIONS THAN THE ACTUAL, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS PROPER.
BUT IN ETJ, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE DON'T HARDLY GET, HARDLY GET AS MANY APPLICATIONS IN THOSE, IN THOSE AREAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S, REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE RESILIENCY.
UM, AS PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA, AGAIN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT AS GSI LEAD CERTIFICATION ALSO INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO GENERATORS, UH, JUST SPEAKING TO WHAT THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED ON? YEAH, SO IN THE SCORING CRITERIA.
SO WE, WE, ON THE GENERATORS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, GENERATORS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, UH, GENERATE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, BUT FROM OUR PAST STORMS AND ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ITEMS OF GENERATORS THAT COULD POWER, UH, ELEVATORS, COMMON AREA SPACE, UH, ELECTRICAL DEVICES, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO JUST KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE, UH, SAFE AND SOUND FOR AT LEAST A NUMBER OF WEEKS.
IS GENERATORS THE ONLY WAY TO GET, UM, POINTS IN THAT F FOR THE RESILIENCY? YES, YOU CAN.
UH, THERE'S ALSO, THE REST OF THE LIST HAS ITEMS LIKE, UH, EFFICIENCY, WINDOWS, UH, DETENTION, UH, UM, UM, PARKING, DETENTION AND, AND, UH, PARKING RESERVOIRS ARE, THOSE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET RESILIENCY POINTS AS WELL.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION, UH, TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A DEVELOPER THAT, THAT SUBMITTED MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION IN, IN, IN KAY.
SO, UM, TRINITY, TRINITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO COME BACK TO THAT.
DID, DID THEY DO THREE, FOUR, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY, UH, HOW LONG? FOUR.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, AND SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT COLLEAGUES.
SO NORMALLY, UH, BEFORE YOU, WE PROBABLY TYPICALLY SUBMIT 25, 28 PROJECTS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA 14.
UM, SO THIS IS LIKE A REALLY SHORT LEAN LIST.
UM, AND WE HOPEFULLY, IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE STATE, WE MIGHT GET WHAT, SIX OR FOUR THAT MIGHT COME BETWEEN COME BACK SIX.
YEAH, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
SIX IS PROBABLY A GOOD CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.
IT MIGHT BE UP TO EIGHT, RIGHT? SO WE MIGHT GET, UM, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
SO JUST KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE SHOOTING OUR BEST SHOT WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR DEVELOPERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET MET WITH COUNCIL OFFICES, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO THAT MAKES OR BREAKS A DEAL, A BREAK A DEAL.
IF YOU HAVE NOT MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PLEASE ALLOW THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO FACILITATE, UH, THE RIGHT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO GET WITH.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO, UH, THE TIMELINE, AGAIN, IT'S SLATED FOR THE AGENDA ON THE 12TH.
KEEP IN MIND WE DO HAVE A BREAK WEEK THAT FOLLOWS THAT PENDING THE ITEM ON WEDNESDAY.
IF COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD DOESN'T, UH, TAG IT AGAIN, UM, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE A BREAK WEEK, WHICH CHANGES THE TIMELINE.
IF WE COME BACK, THEY HAVE LIKE TWO DAYS BEFORE IT'S DUE.
SO IF WE CAN'T GET THIS DONE ON THE 12TH, IDEALLY, IF NOT IT, IT'S A, IT'S, WE JUST HAVE TO BE REALLY SURGICAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
ONCE IT HITS THE AGENDA AGAIN.
SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR TIMELINE IN AUSTIN.
THE T-G-H-C-A DEADLINE IS A HARD DEADLINE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE IT ALL DONE BY THE 28TH AT THE LATEST.
SO DEVELOPERS, CONSULTANTS, DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
TALK TO THESE PEOPLE, TALK TO THEIR CHIEFS, TALK TO THEIR STAFF.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO, SO YOU DO NOT WANT COME TO THIS BODY WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND THE MEMBER SAYS, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER, IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONCLUDE THIS MEETING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS NEVER HAPPENED,
LIKE, IT'S, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A THOUSAND PERCENT INSTITUTED THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION PRIOR TO GETTING TO FEBRUARY.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT SPEAKS TO EFFICIENCY.
HOW ABOUT THAT? WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS NEEDS TO EVOLVE OVER TIME AS OUR NEEDS HERE IN HOUSTON EVOLVE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE.
AND WHAT OUR SCORING ELEMENTS SHOULD BE.
I'M GETTING THIS UP, SCORING IT AND, AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT.
IF YOU CAN SEND IN UPDATED ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN JUST ALERT COUNCIL OFFICES IF PROJECTS MOVE, UM, SO THEY CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH THE SECOND TIER OF PROJECTS IN THOSE PLACES.
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UP, UM, AS NECESSARY.UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOUSING AND, AND AFFORDABILITY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 12TH TUESDAY.
SO WE DO HAVE THREE SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME.
I WAS JUST, UH, SIGNING UP IN, IN, UH, ANTICIPATION OF ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE NONE.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING.
I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HARWOOD AT WINDSTONE DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN K-D-I-S-D UH, ETJ.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE DID HAVE TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION FOR A RESOLUTION REQUEST TO HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, THAT RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, UH, IS ON THE AGENDA FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE SIXTH.
PASTOR RUDY RASMUS, PUT THIS THING DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I, UH, TO THE CHAIR AND TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S GOOD TO BE IN YOUR MIDST TODAY.
I'M HERE JUST TO SAY, UH, A WORD, A POSITIVE WORD FOR THE TRINITY EAST SENIOR PROJECT.
UM, THE, UH, THE FELLOW THAT'S ALSO HERE TO SPEAK TODAY, MR. HERBERT GREEN IS ONE OF MY HOUSING HEROES.
UH, I MET HIM WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN HE WAS A, UH, A STAFF MEMBER AT HUD.
UH, HE HAS, UH, BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I HAVE SEEN HIM STICK WITH IT.
AND I BELIEVE THE PROJECT WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO, UH, SENIOR ADULTS, UH, IN AND AROUND THE, UH, THE INNER CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT, ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK AS WELL.
MR. RASMUS COULD HAVE LEFT THAT COMMENT ABOUT AGE ALONE,
THE MERE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING OUR PROJECT, TRINITY EAST VILLAGE CDC WAS FOUNDED IN 1997 AND BIRTHED IN TRINITY EAST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AS A FAITH-BASED CDC.
OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE INITIALLY WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS HOLISTIC HELP IN THE THIRD WARD.
SIMPLY PUT WHATEVER IS NEEDED AND BENEFICIAL.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES.
THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THIRD WARD, BUT POTENTIAL RESIDENTS OF THIRD WARD.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, IT IS POTENTIALLY DISPLACEMENT HOUSING FOR THOSE IN THE CUNY HOME COMMUNITY.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY EVERY ENTITY, MAJOR ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN THE THIRD WARD SINCE INCEPTION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BY THE PEOPLE OF THIRD WARD BASED UPON SURVEYS AND SO FORTH.
SO IF YOU'LL GIVE IT YOUR CONSIDERATION AND GOD'S GRACE IS APPOINTED, OKAY? IT'LL BE DONE.
AND I KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ISN'T HERE, BUT I KNOW SHE IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF TRINITY EAST.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE OF THIRD WARD AND THE CUNY HOMES INCLUDES TRINITY EAST.
UM, UM, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE CONSISTENTLY TO MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU'LL HAVE A GREEN LIGHT.
UH, AND, AND SO IF FOR COLLEAGUES THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL POINTS BECAUSE OF THE HUD IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IN CUNY HOMES WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.
IDEALLY, UM, IF DISTRICT H'S, UH, UM, PROGRAM THE 500,000 THAT THEY HAVE, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT HUD GRANT, THEY WOULD ALSO RECEIVE THE BENEFICI BI BENEFICIARY BENEFIT OF THAT.
UM, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS AND, AND, AND MAIL COME ABOUT TRINITY EAST AND I BELIEVE IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
YOU CAN RECLAIM THE REST OF YOUR TIME TODAY.