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Sarasota Workforce Housing Action Plan

December 3, 2018 Presentation to City of Sarasota

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Workforce Housing Need

• Workforce Housing- homes/apartments that are within the

financial means of the workforce, from the clerks and cashiers at grocery stores, to the retail workers, and office workers, first responders, teachers, etc.

• Home prices increased roughly 40% from 2012 to 2018, while

household income has only risen 7% from $40,813 in 2012 to $43,477 in fall of 2018. Data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and the Shimberg

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How is Workforce Housing Produced?

• The public sector is legally required to provide that housing is

available for current and anticipated population- Housing Element requirement- section 163.3177, F.S.

• But public sector does not build workforce housing - it uses its

land use and financing tools to ensure that the private sector will produce workforce housing.

• Primary tools are planning laws and financial subsidy, using

incentives and requirements.

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Planning Financing Long-Term Assurances

Affordability

Planning + Financing + Long-Term Assurances = Affordability

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Will the Market Produce Workforce Housing Without Assistance from Government?

• By definition, market rate housing is priced at whatever the

market will bear.

• The high cost of land and the costs of development must be

recouped, but house prices are not derived from the cost of development, but rather what buyers are willing to pay.

• Growing disparity in wealth leads to housing prices that vastly
• utpace workforce salaries.
• This is not just a Sarasota or Florida problem.

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• 1. Encourage More

Flexibility in Housing Types to Promote Infill Development

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Triplexes

Rental Housing that fits into a single family neighborhood

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Attached Housing

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• 2. Allow Accessory Dwelling Units in All

Single-Family Zones

Section 163.31771, Florida Statutes

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Accessory Dwelling Units

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• 3. 3. Prioritize Sadowski Funding and Augment

with Locally Generated Funds and Augment with Locally

Generated Funds

Sarasota lost over $30 million from legislative sweeps over last fifteen years

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• 4. Repurpose Vacant

Commercial, Retail, and Industrial Properties that are Appropriate for Affordable Housing

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• 5. Maximize the Use of Surplus

Lands for Affordable Housing

• Florida Statutes: Sections 125.379

and 166.0451, commonly referred to as the “surplus land statutes

• Place all government-owned

developable land on the affordable housing inventory list so all sale proceeds are earmarked for affordable housing purposes

• Developable land is any property

that is not a sliver of property or a health hazard

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• 6. Implement

Workforce Housing Overlay Districts / Inclusionary Housing Policies

Section 166.0415, Florida Statutes

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• 7. Reinvigorate, Reconstitute, or

Otherwise Support a Community Land Trust

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What is a Community Land Trust?

The vehicle of separating land… … from the building

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8. . Embrace Workforce Housing as Community Asset and In Infrastructure

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• 9. Provide

NIMBY/Fair Housing Training to Governmental Staff

Section 760.26, Florida Statutes

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• 10. Collaborate with the School Board and other

Large Employers

• Partner with School Board to modify impact

fees and use their surplus lands to provide affordable housing for teachers and other school personnel (builds on existing partnerships with school board)

• Collaborate with large employers and

encourage them to donate land and resources for the development of workforce housing in exchange for various incentives

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• 11. Develop an Employer-Assisted Housing

Program

• There are many options for employer-assisted housing such as

gap financing, payroll savings matches, and land donation

• City and/or County-run EAH program would provide law

enforcement, public safety workers, and other vital government employees the opportunity to live in the communities in which they serve

• The EAH program could be expanded to encourage private sector

employers to contribute to the housing trust fund with the proceeds used to assist employees to purchase homes

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• 12. Create an Affordable Housing Ombudsman

Position within the Office of Housing and Community Development

• This person can be in charge of shepherding affordable housing

applications through relevant reviews to expedite permitting

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Questions?

Jaimie Ross – President/CEO

Ross@flhousing.org Kody Glazer- Technical Advisor Glazer@flhousing.org Ashon Nesbitt- Technical Advisor Nesbitt@flhousing.org

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