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Revitalizing Savannah Gardens: Affordable Housing Task Force Solutions

Learn about accomplishments, barriers, and recommendations of the Savannah Affordable Housing Task Force and the urban infill project for sustainable housing development.

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Revitalizing Savannah Gardens: Affordable Housing Task Force Solutions

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  1. Responseto theNational Call to ActionforAffordable Housing Through Regulatory ReformOtis S. Johnson, PhD, MayorMary Osborne, AlderwomanCity of Savannah, Georgia

  2. Task Force Structure • Chairperson -- Rochelle D. Small-Toney, Assistant City Manager • Task Force Member Backgrounds • Home Builders / Contractors / Developers • Landlords • Municipal Planners / Building Officials • Construction / Permanent Financing Lenders • City Housing Department / Housing Authority / Non-Profit Housing Officials • Neighborhood Leaders

  3. Task Force Structure • 9 Focus Groups Provided Task Force with Valuable Input • Renters • Home Buyers • Homeowners • Special Need Populations • Workforce Populations • Housing & Community Development Organizations • Home Builders / Developers / Design Professionals • Neighborhood Commercial & Mixed Use • Financing & Funding • The University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government Provided Support

  4. Summary of Accomplishments • Defined “Affordable Housing” • Identified Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing including • Local • State • Federal • Recommended Solutions & Implementation Schedule • 17 Short Term • 24 Long Term

  5. Two Barrier Examples • Money • Incomes too low to afford quality housing • Not enough Federal funds available to meet local needs • Zoning Ordinance • Does not encourage smart growth or affordable housing

  6. Recommendations • Support Affordable Housing with Local Funds • Support Zoning Ordinance Changes with Smart Growth Principals & Incentives

  7. Example of Support for Affordable Housing with Local Funds • $8.53 Million Sales Tax Fund 2008-2013 In Support of Affordable Housing Infrastructure and Green Space • 1,000 New Affordable Dwellings to Benefit • $2.25 Million Revolving Property Acquisition Fund • 100 Affordable Housing Lots to be Purchased • $250,000 Employer Assisted Home Purchase Employee Benefit Program • 50 City Employees Will Use to Purchase Homes • Local Housing Trust Fund • Under Consideration • Every $1 of Local Funding could Leverage at Least $10 of Private Investment

  8. Examples of Support for Zoning Ordinance Changes with Smart Growth Principals & Incentives • Incorporate Features of Successful Traditional Neighborhoods • Increased Density • Smaller Lot Areas & Widths • Smaller Right-of-Ways & Street Widths • Smaller Parallel Curb-Side Parking Lanes • Reduced Parking Requirements for Multi Family Affordable Rental Housing • Utility Placement Under Street Pavement • Pervious Pavement & On-Site Storm Water Management • Mixed Housing Types / Accessory Structures • Neighborhood Retail / Mixed-Use / Live-Work • Affordable Housing Incentives/Bonuses • EarthCraft / LEED Incentives/Bonuses • Urban Infill Incentives/Bonuses

  9. Single Family HousePotential Development Cost Savings • Changes described above combined with appropriately sized housing and amenities could reduce single family house development costs by $23,000 to $30,000 • Reusing lots in existing neighborhoods could save another $10,000 to $15,000 per house

  10. Putting It All Together:Savannah Gardens Urban Infill • The Savannah Gardens urban infill development will be the first major opportunity to test Task Force recommendations • The 44 Acre site contains 370 dilapidated rental apartments built during WWII for shipyard workers 3 miles from downtown Savannah • The proposed redevelopment will include Smart Growth and Traditional Neighborhood design elements

  11. Community Design CharretteAn Essential First Step

  12. Results of Savannah GardensCommunity Design Charrette

  13. Savannah Gardens • Create550 to 600 New Mixed Income Housing Units • 400 to 500 Family & Senior Rental • 100 to 200 Single Family Ownership • Create Neighborhood Friendly Retail & Mixed Use • On-Site in “Town Center” • Off-Site on old Gwinnett Street Grocery Store site • Create Major and Minor Public & Private Green Space • Create a Community that Recognizes its History • Retain Crescent Drive as Major Site Feature • Retain Tree Canopy as Major Site Feature • Retain One Representative Duplex • Historic Marker(s) that tell Neighborhood’s History • Create a Traffic Calming, Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Community • Create Meaningful Connectivity with Adjoining Neighborhoods • Create an Environmentally Sensitive Community through the EarthCraft Communities Coastal Program

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