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Home My WebLink About04.04.1972MHRC Monthly Business Meeting 4/4/72 Present: Chai rman Broady, Messrs Ray, Lowery, Jessup, Bransford Bradford, Pegues; Ms Hughes, Grant & Larsen Guests: Betty Jones, Carol Bruce & Jim Laukkanen HUD General Bus i ness Chairman Broady thanked those that participated in the adult education program at his ch urch. !lel I accepted. It4embership: Discussion on the possibility of reducing size of commission. Consensus; no. Leave at complement of .l5. Memberships will be discussed as topic for May agenda. 0ur HUD guests had been invited for the lvlarch meeting; since they hadnot been abl e to attend we welcomed them this e ven i ng. Fo1 l owi ng isa resume of the evening. Please keep in mind that although a specificsite and request is what started us delving into the 235 and 236 areas, our basic goal is to implement low to moderate income housing in Maplewood; be it the "Priory" site or any other in the future. / // / // / /// / / / // // / //// / a. Inasmuch as our main concern are supplemental programs that can be tapped in connection with 235 and 236 programs, are there anyalternatives to those s peci fi c pro g rams that we shou ld l ook intofirst?A. Nol There are other programs e.g. "new communities" concept but would not apply to our particular concerns. The "new commun'i - ties"concept pulls together all the established programs to create anideal "community"; this is an experimental program with "Jonathan" as pri me exam shares i nnot in the ment. pl e. the i nd These communities are federal ly insured; people buy "corporation"; ownership is in the totaI development, i vi dual home. 0ur pl an wouid be a "subdivision" devel op- a. }.lould it be feasible to form a "housing authority" in Maplewood?A. 235 & ?36 are geared to "moderat low" income users; housing authori ty is geared to strictly "low" e.g. your housing "projects".(A village cannot apply for 236 housing. The governing body would set up housing authority; this would be "arm"of city government and run byfive member board; can get direct HUD grants. This would be a public corporation; housing authority ends up "owning" and operdi ng this housing; 40 year bonds sold on project; contri butions made by HUD annually to pay i nterest on bonds; conlract to have project bui I t. ) Conversely, the proiect can al so be built compl etely th rough pri vab methods without municipal involvement under 235 and 236. A private developer' in actuality, has no "obl igation" to approach the municipality for "permission" to build. Can submit application to village office, get it approved and start construction; he would only need to meet techni- cal standards of municipality by having control of the land and seeing to it that it is proper'l y zoned. The HUD office ends up sneaking in the back door under those circumstances. In actuality, HUD will not approve any appl ication for subsidized housing unless they know that the community and its administrators are aware that the application is in the HUD offi ce. a A 2-lIHRC Busi ness Mee ti ng 4/4/72 Does a development of moderate to Iow assessed val ue of the property?No! Tax abatement is down; valuation Must a community meet "eligibil ity" requirements?No! However, "income limits" for each locality have been previously set and there are priorities that must be met. (income limits mate ri a 1 attached ). a A a A there a "s upp 1ementa 1 " pro g ram that. hook up to water etc.? i ncome hous i ng dro p the is no t. can take care of the uti lities a. Hi rise developments have not proved feasible; do you consider scattered, low density, housing of paramount importance?A. Depends! High density in big cities now prohibited by law. However, elder'ly feel more at home in high density area;makes for communi ty ori entati on. Proj ect se lecti on cri teri a i nvol ves amon g other things, resources community has to offer, Iand and space as distinguished from Metro area, public services, schools, recreation, shopping; all would be taken into account to decide on a mix of family, apartments and townh o us es or wh atever. HUD i nvol ves itself in all as pects of develop- ment prior to construction, if the community has commi ted itself, as the last thi ng they want to do is to subsidize a " 1ousy " project. They would give guidance to try to avoid as many pitfalls as possible. A wel I planned project must project user market. t,lhat is "Iow" income? 135% of "moderate " i ncome. ( see attached ) IS e,g Yes a A a A a A a A Woul d you genera l1y agree that hous i ng for el derly coul d way to acceptance by community of 1ow to moderate incomeYes. Real i sti c approach; however, woul d not generate anyor express need for fami 1y housing. well be a housing? 'i nteres t Funds are limited and demand is great; orly 20% of the requests can be served. 0f necessity, HUD must be choosy. Explain "priorities" pl ease. Proximity to metro area would be broades t possibl e range of i ncome space etc. How much subsidation could be 1/3. a projection to serve the pers on al requi rements; one; and Is there any chance for legislation to increase funds? Have no reading. Most proposed iegislation has been towards consolidation of housing authori ti es and agencies. HUD would favor s uch a consol i dati on. a A gi ven uti I ities? 3-MHRC Busi ness Meeti ng 4/4/72 Shoul d utilities and servi ces be part ofYes. Commi tments for al I servi ces woul d and part of the comprehensi ve program or have to be consi dered adequate. appl i cati on package to HUD? have to be a certai ntypackage. Servi ces woul d a A a. Do you review "on site"? A. Yes. C omme nt:Paragraph 4, Section l0l. Rent Supplement used in conjunction wi th 235. Enables a developer to Iower his rents. 0n top of establ ished 235 subsidy,20% of the units in any given project are eligible for an ad di t iona I rent suppl ement. The renter of those uni ts has to mee t evenlower income limits than those of public housing. If qualified pay no more.than 25% of their income. The difference between the 25% and thebasic rent is made up d i rectl y to the owner of the pro j ect by federal HUD subsidy. Section l0l cannot be tapped unless the community govern-ing body has appro ved a resolution authorizing the use of l0l rent supplement in that project. This would be a "statement of intent".If a 235 project is built in Maplewood and the Counci I passes the necessary resolution(s), the sponsors of that project could use rent supplement in 20% of their units. Serve much broader income range this way. // / / / / / / / / // / / I // I // / / / / / / / / // The Council has called a public meeting on the Raditz matter for May l lth and would like a statement from the MHRC about it. Resolution to the Council was discussed. l,li nor corrections were made and a last "whereas" was inserted. Motion made and carried thatsaid reso I uti on be presented to the Village Counci 1, for theirconsideration, Apri I 20th, 1972. As many commission members as possible shoul d attend the Counci l meeti ng. Al so, we shal l h ave at least one res o u rce pers on to falI back on to intelligently field questions. No position is to be taken by any agency; Secretary will call HUD andthe Metro Counci l and see if they will accept an invitation to attendthe Counci I meeti ng. We are anxi ous to appear as wel I p re pared as po s s i b 1 e . S ince a quorum was I acki ng in March , Feb ru ary 1,, 1972 minutes werenot officially approved. Motion made and carried this evening that mi nutes be approved as mai Ied. Maria Larsen, Secretary Ma p I ewood Human Relations Commission