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Research to Strategies to Action to Change: Stakeholder Engagement

Research to Strategies to Action to Change: Stakeholder Engagement. Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) at VCU Kathryn Howell, PhD John Accordino, PhD, FAICP. Richmond, Virginia. Research: A Moment In The Change Process.

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Research to Strategies to Action to Change: Stakeholder Engagement

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  1. Research to Strategies to Action to Change:Stakeholder Engagement Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) at VCU Kathryn Howell, PhD John Accordino, PhD, FAICP Richmond, Virginia

  2. Research: A Moment In The Change Process • Research – design it so it connects with action and change. • Engage Stakeholders from the beginning.

  3. Research: A Moment In The Change Process • Iterative process (stakeholders & consultants): • Study purpose & design • Quantitative results • Stakeholders interpret results • Stakeholders suggest solutions • Research of best-practice cases • Stakeholders vet, discuss, create additional options • Implementation • Monitoring

  4. Stakeholder Engagement – This Study • Housing Policy • Housing Policy Advocates / Change Agents • Capital Region Collaborative • Partnership for Housing Affordability • Regional Housing Alliance • Study Steering Committee • Consultants: VCHR & CURA@VCU

  5. Stakeholder Engagement • Housing Policy • Housing Policy Advocates / Change Agents • Capital Region Collaborative • Partnership for Housing Affordability • Regional Housing Alliance • Study Steering Committee • Consultants: VCHR & CURA@VCU The study is their tool.

  6. Interviews with Key Housing Actors • 12 regional experts on results of quantitative analysis • Nonprofit housing advocates and service providers • Government agency staff • Foundations • Engaged & educated key actors/leaders, provided depth of understanding, informed structure of survey.

  7. Survey of Regional Stakeholders • Survey: 700 regional stakeholders – 162 responses • Elected Officials • Nonprofit housing advocates and service providers • Government agency staff • Nonprofit and for-profit developers • Foundations • Community-based advocates

  8. Survey of Regional Stakeholders

  9. Survey of Regional Stakeholders

  10. Survey of Regional Stakeholders

  11. Survey of Regional Stakeholders

  12. Workshop on Policy Solutions • 65 local participants – • public, private non-profit, private for-profit • Engaged & educated actors/leaders, moved from problem toward policy ideas & constraints

  13. Workshop on Policy Solutions • Improve connections between transportation & housing • Increase job training &education opportunities • Link affordable housing &new development • Increase density • Greater engagement by public officials • Community land trust

  14. Follow-up Research onWorkshop Recommendations • Scan of Best Practices across United States • Yielded Policy Recommendations & Examples

  15. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Develop flexible, dedicated funding source for affordable housing • Housing Trust Funds: Lexington, Washington DC, Atlanta, Seattle • Improve access to the regional transit system, including dedicated funding, expansion, or new service • Richmond BRT is a Beginning • Transportation Trust Funds – Northern VA is Model

  16. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Preserve & renovate existing affordable housing • Rehabilitation Loan Program for Small Rental Properties (Montgomery County, MD) • Portland 11 x 13 Preservation Campaign (Portland, OR) • Support access to affordable housing thru employee assistance • House Keys for Employees and Live Near Your Work (Baltimore, MD) • Housing Trust of Silicon Valley – CA • American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC) (Columbus, GA)

  17. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Community Land Trust to support long-term affordable housing • Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (Boston, MA) • Westmoreland County Land Bank (Westmoreland County, PA)

  18. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Strengthen local &regional coalitions to advocate policy, do projects • Regional demonstration projects based on joint contributions of public, private & non-profit sectors that reflect best-practices in mixed-use & mixed-income development • South Richmond Single-Room Occupancy (Henrico, Chesterfield, Richmond) • South Hampton Roads Regional Task Force to End Homelessness (Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Southampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach + 12 non-profits) • Ohio Preservation Compact • Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (Washington, DC)

  19. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Incentives / requirements: affordable housing near job centers • Affordable Dwelling Unit / Inclusionary Zoning (Fairfax County, VA) • Affordable Housing Incentives (King County, WA)

  20. Approaches to Housing Affordability • Expand by-right development through zoning • Suburban Mixed-use (West Broad Village, Reston Town Center) • Accessory Dwelling Units / Caregiver Suites (Arlington County, VA) • Infill Redevelopment (Austin, TX)

  21. Toward Actions • Partnership for Housing Affordability is: • Educating the Region about Needs & Policy Options • Monitoring the Region’s Progress on Affordable Housing

  22. Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (cura @ vcu)John Accordino, Directorjaccordi@vcu.edu

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