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MINUTES OF THE HOUSING, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JULY 11, 2022 AUDITORIUM Present: Councilmembers, Bullock, Shachner, &Kepple Also Present: Councilmember Baker& Marx, Allison Urbanek of Lakewood Alive, Don Heckelmoser of LSC Corp., Patricia Wellborn of Lakewood Black Caucus, Kris Keniray of Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research, Development Director Dan Wyman, Director of Planning & Development Shawn Leininger, Programs Manager Martin Castelletti Call to Order: 7:10 p.m. Approval of the minutes of the July 5, 2022 Housing, Planning & Development Committee meeting. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the July 5, 2022 Housing, Planning & Development Committee meeting. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. Minutes approved. Communication from Councilmembers Rader & Shachner regarding affordable housing At the invitation of the Chair, Ms. Urbanek discussed housing topics, pointed to resources, and posed questions related to the following (see attached for more detail): • Defining affordable housing • Identifying housing challenges for renters • Statistics from the Lakewood Landlord Housing Survey of 2019 • Displacement of residents due to landlord turnover • Lack of housing supply • Current city programs that address housing The committee established that 100% AMI for our community is $85,400 for a family of four and that AMI must be at 50% or less than this figure to qualify for a housing voucher. Mr. Heckelmoser provided the following maximum allowable rental rates for a studio apartment, at his facility which receives low-income tax credits: • 30% AMI - $449/month • 60% AMI - $897/month He pointed out that$897/month is not necessarily affordable for a person at that income level, which is why the Westerly charges $515/month. He pointed out that this is only possible because the building was constructed in the 1960s and that if these units were new construction that LSC could not afford to charge lower rents. 1