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I 11.B.b I develop housing projects. The City participates in a regional coalition to find solutions to the impediments to workforce and affordable housing issues. Municipalities participating in the regional coalition include the City of Prescott, the Town of Prescott Valley and Chino Valley. Given the limited financial resources and the combined capacity of the City and other jurisdictions to deliver needed housing services; the system functions satisfactorily. With the availability of CDBG n. funds annually, and with a CDBG-dedicated staff person, the delivery system may be further refined as follows: Goal: Increase coordination within city government, with other organizations and with organizations that serve low- and moderate-income and special needs populations. t9 Project: Update and maintain a current list of non-profit 501(c)(3) providers; and, offer a c workshop for understanding the goals, eligible and ineligible activities, timeliness, monitoring v and reporting requirements of the CDBG program. To Strategy Participate in Collective Impact meetings 2 0. Strategy. Continue to partner to host Fair Housing Workshops. a Strategy: Partner with other jurisdictions such as NACOG to create strategies to expand the reach of the CDBG program dollars. To- x Barriers to Affordable Housing .Q The Prescott City Council has identified workforce housing as a planning priority with an expectation that a housing plan will be developed. Both the Consolidated Plan and the General Plan support this effort. Both plans suggest that government policies, regulations and procedures may impede N development and/or increase the cost of development. Both plans provide information on: the local real estate market, the increasing land values and increasing construction costs; subsequently, the 4- following priority strategies involve the local decision-making process. N CO d Goal: Provide for a balanced community with a diversity of neighborhoods and residential housing }- types and prices. `Er) 0 Project: US VETS will provide 88 low income homes to formerly homeless veterans. m Project: Coalition for Compassion and Justice will place 35 formerly homeless residents into a permanent, affordable homes. c r Objective: Decent Housing Outcome: Availability/Accessibility c Public Housing w The City of Prescott does not participate in, or operate, a public housing program. No program of this type exists within the community. The Community Development Department staff will continue to 03 engage other jurisdictions to discuss the potential to develop.a Yavapai County Housing Authority. Anti-Poverty Strategy CDBG-PY 2019 Annual Action Plan CITY ors PRESCOTT _ LayJtfei � -9 I Packet Pg. 147 I