Passing an Affordable Housing Levy in Your Community

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Passing an Affordable Housing Levy in Your Community Conference on Ending Homelessness May 11, 2017 Tacoma, WA

Agenda Welcome and introductions Statewide landscape Case studies from successful campaigns Q&A Small group discussions Ongoing support and resources Networking

Small group discussions Your name and what community you’re from What are some of the opportunities and challenges to passing an affordable housing levy in your community? What do you hope will be addressed in this afternoon’s session?

Statewide landscape

Case studies from successful campaigns

Campaign kickoff June 23rd

Cross-sector partnerships

Community Education

Over 15,500 doors!

About $115,000 raised and spent

GOTV! Over 10,000 calls

57.64% Yes!!!!!

Resources to support development and preservation of affordable housing: Bellingham Home Fund WLIHA Conference on Ending Homelessness May 11, 2017 Greg Winter, Opportunity Council

The Main Ingredients of a Housing Affordability Strategy Policies and leadership Funding – local and nonlocal Capacity to implement policies and put the funding to work

Recruit campaign team Develop message Execute winning strategy Lay ground work Build coalition

Francis Place 42 studio and 1-BR apartments for chronically homeless young adults (18-24), older adults and veterans Housing-first 24/7 Services staffing funded by Bellingham and Whatcom CountyCommunity room for social activities/events

22 North **in development** 40 studios for chronically homeless young adults (18-24) and older adults. Housing-first 24/7 on-site services Community room for social activities/events Client meeting space/exam room

Other projects serving people who were homeless Greggie’s House 6 units of permanent supportive housing (PSH) for single adults with mental illness who have not succeeded in other housing Birchwood Court Apartments 7 units for single homeless women Bell Tower Apartments 5 units serving single homeless persons Greggie’s House

Villa Santa Fe Farmworker Family Housing 50 – 2 & 3-bedroom units. Covered parking On-site Head Start classroom (proposed)

Eleanor Apartments Senior housing 80 one-bedroom units. On-site health and wellness services by PeaceHealth. Large on-site community center. Located in downtown Bellingham

Aloha Motel Redevelopment Workforce housing Replaces a blighted property Used opportunity fund for land acquisition 150 housing units, including townhouses Large commercial space

Telegraph Road Townhomes Homeownership housing 24 - 2 & 3 bedroom homes selling for $100-150K Passive house energy efficiency Long-term affordability under shared equity model On-site amenities: community garden, trail connectors

Voter approved ballot measure 36¢ per $1,000 assessed value Bellingham Home Fund – Washington State’s Second Housing Levy Voter approved ballot measure 36¢ per $1,000 assessed value $21 million over 7 years Housing production Preservation Rent assistance and services Homeownership Opportunity fund

How Leveraging is Working City Funds Match Production $5,108,053 $49,073,308 Preservation 1,446,426 4,222,546 Rental Assistance & Supportive Services 1,648,518 5,972,328 Homebuyer 615,000 4,076,787 TOTAL $ 8,817,997 $ 63,344,969

Questions?

Small group discussions Are there opportunities to stay connected and learn from each other? Given everything you’ve heard, what do you think are the immediate next steps in your community?

Ongoing support and resources Messaging frameworks Materials Statewide listserv Door knocking and phone banking May 24 webinar: bit.ly/housinglevywebinar What else?

Thank you! Andy Silver Executive Director Council for the Homeless asilver@councilforthehomeless.org Greg Winter Opportunity Council greg_winter@oppco.org Michael Anderson Director, Housing Trust Fund Project Center for Community Change manderson@communitychange.org Teresa Clark Director of Organizing WA Low Income Housing Alliance teresac@wliha.org