Affordable Housing

Strategy

Community
Development
History
• June 7 2016 –
Concerned letter from a
group of Brookhaven
religious leaders.

• September 13 2016 –
City Council establishes
13-member Affordable
Housing Task Force.

• July 25 2017 –
AHTF presents the
following
recommendation to
City Council.

• November 28 2017 –
Georgia Tech Studio
recommendations
concerning Buford
Highway and affordable
housing in the area.
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RECOMMENDATIONS

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#1 Position the Community as a Resource

Short-Term
Brand this
Partner with Create public
communication
stakeholders resource webpage
resource

Long-Term
Keep community
Continue dialogue Fund a city position to informed on
with public and support community transactions
private schools communications impacting multi-
family housing

Form more
Meet people where
permanent
they live/work
committee

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 #2 Support a Suitable Living Environment as part
of Affordable Housing Choice
Short-term Long-term

Appreciate Missing Middle Training Sustainable Encourage

Diversity Living Homeownership
Recognize that Ensure City
Through policy Affordable staff trained on I.e.) support In the best
and practice Housing Federal and expanded interest of
show diversity should not State transit, families, schools,
as valuable create accessibility walkable businesses and
part to “islands” standards centers, Safe communities
Brookhaven Routes to
School, safe
parks, etc.
#3 Position the City as Desirable Partner with develops
for Federal LIHTC program
Dialogue

Long-term Plan Keep an open

dialogue with
developers about
Identify LIHTC
Identify
opportunities to offer
developers applying
for LIHTC Streamline
Develop streamlined
permitting process
and waive appropriate
Hold Land fees
Consider purchasing
and holding land to
make less expensive
to develop Engage
In conversation with
Dekalb County Land
Bank to identify
parcels for mixed use
or housing trust
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#4 Require a Developer Affordability Impact Statement

Protocol Record Share

With:
Establish protocol to Provide record of • Planning
collect impact development impact Commission
statements as part of on existing • Community
rezoning and Affordable Housing Development
permitting inventory • Affordable Housing/
Livability
Committee

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#5 Explore creative solutions to protect existing
Affordable Housing, as well as ensure its place long term

• Explore first-in-the-region pilot

program to preserve existing
affordable housing through
rehabilitation project. Wide-ranging
partnership of government, private,
and nonprofit sector to bring units up
to code without displacement.

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#6 Incorporate Affordable Housing into the 2017
Brookhaven Zoning Rewrite
Affordable Requirement Density Bonus

Consider an Affordable Housing Add a density bonus, for developers

requirement for high-density exceeding requirements.
developments. Incorporate in Zoning
Ordinance Rewrite.

Streamline Impact Fees

Streamline permitting and waive Explore the use of Impact Fees and
appropriate fees for developers appropriate uses of incentives to
exceeding requirements. encourage affordable housing units.

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#7 Work beyond Municipal Boundaries to Provide
Regional Solutions
Short-term Long-term

Dekalb County Regional Surrounding State Programs State of Georgia

Communities
Engage Dekalb Share and Engage in state Engage the State
County to support Engage programs to of Georgia in
ensure existing resources surrounding study best affordable
resources regionally communities/ practices from housing
supported set meeting other dialogue
with communities
departments
from other
jurisdictions
Georgia Tech Recommendations
1. Prepare a Buford Highway Zoning District
2. Establish Land Use Standards for Redevelopment
3. Enhance Placemaking
4. Promote Small Business Diversity
5. Protect Affordable Housing
6. Preserve Environmental Quality
7. Consider Health in All Policies
8. Strive for Complete Streets
9. Build Network Connections
10. Improve Multimodal Infrastructure

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Housing Impact Statements

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Housing Impact Statements

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Questions?

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