Housing GSO: HRA Greensboro Affordable Housing Plan

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY

QUESTIONS & RESPONSES | Housing GSO Survey (Aug-Sep 2020)

What should be added to the Housing GSO Plan? • Oversight. Zero tolerance for drugs, late rent payments, and destruction of surroundings. Make the renter responsible for damages, fine those who disobey rules, ensure the lease holder is not signing for someone else. • More focus on removal of decrepit and dilapidated houses or buildings... • Local builders, lenders, and real estate professionals should be involved at every level not just government and non profits. • To build new affordable housing. Tear down these old out dated buildings people are expected to live in. • Specific commitments of funds to fund affordable housing. Specific commitments to reduce burdensome local regulations that prohibit from affordable housing getting done. Create a committee for oversight that can override poor policies and processes. • More detail about how the resources will be allocated from the city budget and leveraged by community partners and investors. • Increased investment for jurisdictions, foundations, CRA grants for nonprofits building/rehabilitating affordable housing. Most mid-sized production builders are limited in design and location for profitability. You need smaller single family homes in the mix, and very few builders are producing those statewide currently. You have several great building nonprofits in GSO. Help them expand their production. • Wealth attainment and revitalization block by block • More outside funds and less reliance on local philanthropy. Every time the City launches a major public private partnership, like the Tanger Center, it reduces funds for local charities.

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