Metro - File #: 2023-0144

• File #: 2023-0144
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/24/2023
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 4/19/2023
• Final action: 4/27/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING a report back on strategies to accelerate affordable housing within Metro joint development; and B. ADOPTING the Joint Development 10K Acceleration Strategies included as Attachment A. SOLIS AMENDMENT: Provide a report in 120 days on opportunities to designate housing units, produced by the Metro joint development program or other appropriate mechanisms, for Metro workforce housing. For the purposes of this amendment, Metro workforce housing is conceptually defined as housing affordable to and designated for individuals hired to perform work in essential roles for Metro transit system operations, maintenance, and/or construction. The report should (1) propose a refined definition for Metro workforce housing based on local workforce needs and relevant research and (2) assess the feasibility of a pilot Metro workforce housing program.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Ara Najarian, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Exclusive Negotiation Agreement, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Housing, Janice Hahn, Joint development, Joint Development Agreement, Joint Development Policy, Karen Bass, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Paul Krekorian, Pilot studies, Program, Property Agreement, Request For Proposal, Request for qualifications, Research, Research management, Safety, Southern California Association Of Governments, Transit Oriented Development
• Related files: 2023-0125

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 19, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: STRATEGIES TO STREAMLINE AND ACCELERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:

A. RECEIVING AND FILING a report back on strategies to accelerate affordable housing within Metro joint development; and

B. ADOPTING the Joint Development 10K Acceleration Strategies included as Attachment A.

SOLIS AMENDMENT: Provide a report in 120 days on opportunities to designate housing units, produced by the Metro joint development program or other appropriate mechanisms, for Metro workforce housing.

For the purposes of this amendment, Metro workforce housing is conceptually defined as housing affordable to and designated for individuals hired to perform work in essential roles for Metro transit system operations, maintenance, and/or construction.

The report should (1) propose a refined definition for Metro workforce housing based on local workforce needs and relevant research and (2) assess the feasibility of a pilot Metro workforce housing program.

Issue
ISSUE

At its February 2023 meeting, the Board of Directors (Board) approved Motion 2023-0125 by Directors Bass, Hahn, Najarian, Mitchell, Solis, and Krekorian requesting staff report back at the April meeting on a strategy to achieve 10,000 new housing units by 2031. The recommended strategies reduce the timeline for new joint developments from an average of 10 years to an average of five years.

Background
BACKGROUND

In response to the countywide housing affordability crisis, the Board adopted an updated Joint Development (JD) Policy in June 2021 with particular focus on affordable housing. The Board further established a ten-year goal of completing 10,000 housing units, at least 5,000 of which will be income-restricted (the 10K Commitment) by 2031.

Staff obtained a $1,600,000 grant in July 2021 from the Southern California Association of ...