Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Tools City of Savannah

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Affordable Housing andNeighborhood
Revitalization ToolsCity of Savannah
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Savannahs Primary Funding Sources

• HUD
• CDBG/HOME and Program Income
• DCA
• Low Income Housing Tax Credits 4 and 9
• DreamSavannah
• Down payment (HOME)
• 1st Mortgage Home Purchase
• Federal Home Loan Bank
• AHP Grants Loans
• Housing Authority
• Housing Choice Vouchers
• Historic Tax Credits
• Value of Volunteer Labor
• Banks Mortgage Companies
• City of Savannah
• SPLOST
• General Fund
• Acquisition
• Employer Assisted Home Purchase Program

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Leveraging Resources

• Use Public Investment to Increase Private Other
  Investment for Affordable Housing
• FY 2000
• 4.53 (71) Million CDBG/HOME Investment
• 1.84 (29) Million Private/Other Investment
• FY 2008
• 4.99 (16) Million CDBG/HOME Investment
• 26.58 (84) Million Private/Other Investment
• FY 2000-2008
• 44.74 (20) Million CDBG/HOME Investment
• 184.00 (80) Million Private/Other Investment

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Partnerships Critical to Success

• City Elected Officials, Bureaus, Departments
  Metropolitan Planning Commission
• Housing Authority of Savannah
• Chatham County / City of Savannah Land Bank
  Authority
• Neighborhood Groups and Leaders
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Local Banks Mortgage Companies
• GA Department of Community Affairs
• U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development

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City of Savannah

• Mayor and Aldermen
• Public Development Bureau
• Housing Department
• Economic Development Department
• Community Development Department
• Real Property Department
• Development Services Department (Engineering,
  Zoning, Building)
• Water Sewer Bureau
• Facilities Maintenance Bureau (Infrastructure)
• Leisure Services Bureau
• Sanitation Bureau
• Police Department

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City of Savannah Sustained Commitment

• Mayor and Aldermen Adopted An Affordable Housing
  Policy Statement August, 2007
• Affordable Housing Regulatory Reform Task Force
  Report August, 2008
• Savannahs Response to HUDs Americas Affordable
  Communities Initiative National Call to Action
  for Affordable Housing Through Regulatory Reform
• Identified 41 Solutions to Barriers
• 1 Recommendation Establish an Affordable
  Housing Trust Fund capitalized and funded with
  local, non-federal, revenue
• 2 Recommendation Integrate Smart Growth
  principals into subdivision and zoning
  regulations

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City of SavannahInvestment

• Public Infrastructure in Support of Affordable
  Housing Revitalization (2000-2013)
• 14,000,000 SPLOST/General Funds
• Property Acquisition Fund (2004)
• 2,450,000 General Funds
• Employer Assisted Home Purchase Benefit Program
  for City of Savannah Employees (2006)
• 250,000 General Funds
• Housing Department Administrative Contribution
• 885,000 General Funds (2008)

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Property Acquisition Infrastructure
New Square, Fountain, Gazebo, Streets, Sidewalks
Historic Street Lighting
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City Provides New Public Infrastructure
For Sustainable Fellwood Tax Credit Development
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City Employees Purchase First House As Part Of
City Employee Benefit Program
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City of Savannah Investment

• Urban Redevelopment Plans
• Mini-Urban Redevelopment Plans
• Eminent Domain to Clear Title
• Enterprise Zones
• Affordable Housing Tax Relief
• Business / Job Creation Tax Relief
• Water Sewer Tap Fees
• Urban Redevelopment Areas
• HOME Match
• Low Income Housing Tax Credits
• Savannah Impact Program for Parolees
• Property Maintenance Demolition

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Urban Redevelopment Plan
Urban Redevelopment Plan Area Map
Land Use Plan Map
Design Standards
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CHSA Development partners With SIP to begin
dismantling housing for salvage
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Housing Authority

• 4 Tax Credit / Tax Exempt Bonds
• Rental Housing
• Housing Choice Voucher Program
• Rental Subsidies
• Homeownership Subsidies
• Public Housing Site Redevelopment
• HOPE-VI
• Garden Homes Redevelopment
• Offsite Infill Housing Development
• Sustainable Fellwood
• Fellwood Homes Redevelopment

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HOPE-VI Offsite Infill Housing for Renters
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Land Bank Authority

• Acquires Tax Delinquent Property Clears Title
• In Rem Where Possible -3 Months to Clear Title
• Sheriff Sales Quiet Title 18 Months to Clear
  Title
• Acquires Vacant Land/Structures
• Facilitates Sale of Vacant Land/Structures to
  Non-Profits Private Developers
• Types of Properties Acquired
• Single Lots/Structures
• Tracts of Land
• Summerside -12 Infill Houses
• Woodville 20 Infill Houses

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Neighborhood Groups Leaders

• Neighborhood groups and leaders help
• Plan Improvements
• Implement Improvements
• Sustain Improvements
• Lobby for Legislative Changes

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Community Design Charrette Attended by 61 Area
Residents
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Non-Profit OrganizationsHome Improvements

• Rebuilding Together
• World Changers
• Group Work Camps
• Youth Works
• Various Local Volunteer Groups
• Volunteer Home Repairs for Existing Homeowners

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Volunteers Help Elderly!
World Changers, Group Work Camps, Youth Build
and Local Volunteers Repair The Homes Of Elderly
Homeowners!
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Non-Profit OrganizationsHomeownership

• Community Housing Services Agency, Inc.
• DreamMaker Home Purchase Loans (HOME)
• CHSA Development, Inc.
• Infill Housing Development Home Buyers
• Savannah Gardens Mixed Income/Use Development
• Rental Development Loans (CDBG)
• Neighborhood Improvement Association, Inc.
• New Legacy CDC
• Habitat for Humanity
• Volunteers of America
• Infill Housing Development
• Home Buyer Educations

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New Infill Housing Home Buyers
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New Infill Housing - Homeownership
After
Before
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New Infill Housing - Homeownership
Before
After
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Single Family Infill Housing Homeownership
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Non-Profit OrganizationsRental Housing
Development

• Mercy Housing Southeast
• Paces Foundation
• Parallel Housing
• Tax Credit Rental Developers

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BeforeHistoric Charity Hospital
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AfterHeritage Place ApartmentsMercy Housing
Southeast
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Low Income Housing Tax Credits HOME
Mercy Housings Florance Street School Adaptive
Reuse Into 63 Affordable Rental And Attached
Multi Family Infill Housing Units
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Low Income Housing Tax Credits CDBG
Mercy Housings West 41st Street Historic Row
House Renovations Infill Housing Into
70 Affordable Rental Units
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New Housing And Other Urban Redevelopment Plan
Improvements Pave Way For Neighborhood Benefiting
Businesses
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Other Partners

• Historic Savannah Foundation
• Historic Tax Credit TA
• Can be a source of lots
• Economic Opportunity Council
• Homebuyer Education and Counseling
• Youth Build Historically Black College
  University Programs (City and SSU)
• Construction, GED Life Skills Training for
  Young Adults
• Infill Construction
• MWBE Contractors
• Southface Energy Institute, Atlanta
• Energy Star EarthCraft TA

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Youth Build Construction Training
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Minority Contractor Developer Participation A
Key To Success
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Putting It All TogetherMajor Site
NeighborhoodRedevelopment Initiatives

• Sustainable Fellwood West Savannah
• Housing Authority of Savannah
• Parallel Housing
• Melaver, Inc.
• CHSA Development, Inc.
• City of Savannah
• Savannah Gardens East Savannah
• CHSA Development, Inc.
• Mercy Housing Southeast
• City of Savannah

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2005 Aerial View of Fellwood Homes and Adjoining
Neighborhood
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Sustainable Fellwood
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Savannah Gardens
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Existing Layout
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For More Information ContactMartin
FrettyDirectorDepartment of HousingBureau of
Public DevelopmentCity of SavannahPO Box
1027Savannah, GA 31402(912) 651-6926