Description of the Goal Rate Goal Goal A: Increase access to affordable housing in high opportunity areas Description of the Goal Any comments? Please use notes provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Provide mobility counseling and support for improved access/utilization Support regional fair market rent analysis to make vouchers competitive Recruit and attract landlords in high opportunity areas with incentives Analyze impact of criminal backgrounds and evictions on housing choice Example strategies: Provide mobility counseling and support to help people use their vouchers in areas of higher opportunity, as well as ongoing support to help them succeed in their new community Support regional fair market rent analysis to make vouchers competitive – current FMRs trail the current fast moving, rapidly rising rents Recruit and attract landlords in high opportunity areas with incentives – incentives may include risk pools to pay for damages, paid/double deposits, single point of contact for tenant problems Analyze impact of criminal backgrounds and evictions on housing choice – what problems are people having? How could policies be adjusted to increase opportunity for rental/voucher use

Goal B: Increase supply of affordable housing units Rate Goals Goal B: Increase supply of affordable housing units Any comments? Please use notes provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples How important is this goal to improving fair housing access? Example strategies City of Plano currently engaged in comprehensive housing needs assessment Implement voluntary inclusionary affordable housing incentives Develop additional affordable housing units Engage lenders in affordable housing finance (CRA) Address rising property values and taxes – e.g. revise appraisal rules when valuing older dwellings in gentrifying areas Expand home repair programs to include multi-family, rental Plano is developing an accessory dwelling policy to expand housing in single family areas, also working to redevelop aging neighborhood retail centers Complete comprehensive housing needs assessment Create additional incentives to develop affordable housing Develop new affordable housing units Engage lenders to increase affordable housing finance Address rising property values and taxes Expand home repair programs to include multi-family, rental Promote accessory dwellings and affordable housing in mixed use development

Rate Goals Strategy Examples Goal C: Increase supply of accessible, affordable housing for persons with disabilities Any comments? Please use paper provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Project Based Vouchers – where the developer holds the vouchers Universal design in construction and rehab for homeowners and rental housing, including multifamily Use special voucher programs to increase accessible, affordable housing Promote housing design accessible to all people Develop additional funding resources for housing accessibility modifications

Goal D: Increase access to affordable transportation Rate Goals Goal D: Increase access to affordable transportation Any comments? Please use notes provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Conduct housing/transportation/jobs impact analyses Support transportation coordination through business associations Expand transit solutions for housing locations with seniors and persons with disabilities Address transportation needs of people in publicly supported housing Expand subsidized transit programs to low income riders Increase access to public transit (‘first mile’ and ‘last mile’) Require developers, businesses to assess the impact of their jobs when applying for city incentives – where is housing located that’s affordable to all their employees, including support and services staff? Is transportation available to get people to work? Transportation Management Association – Plano, Legacy West Business Park – employers banding together to help employees find affordable transit, including shared rides Increase transit that connects housing locations to major bus and rail lines

Goal E: Invest in neighborhoods Rate Goals Goal E: Invest in neighborhoods Any comments? Please use notes provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Incentivize neighborhood retail development Enhance crime prevention including improved lighting Expand ‘Love Where You Live’ program Complete comprehensive public infrastructure accessibility assessment and increase resources for improvements ‘Love Where You Live’ is a City of Plano program that helps neighborhoods implement revitalization initiatives Plano is currently conducting a comprehensive assessment of the accessibility of its public infrastructure to address aging streets, sidewalks

Goal F: Increase access to information Rate Goals Goal F: Increase access to information Any comments? Please use paper provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Create a community task force (including private sector, government, nonprofits) to implement best communication practices for spreading information on: Tenants’ rights Housing programs (simplified application processes, accessibility modifications, repair, purchase, construction)

Goal G: Improve quality and management of publicly supported housing Rate Goals Goal G: Improve quality and management of publicly supported housing Any comments? Please use notes provided and stick on the accompanying comment board. HIGH Importance MEDIUM Importance LOW Importance Not Important Strategy Examples Share information to solve and prevent problems where publicly supported housing is located

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Racial Segregation Legend Data source: ACS 2015 % white greater than avg % nonwhite = avg % nonwhite < 10% > avg % nonwhite < 20% > avg % nonwhite < 30% > avg % nonwhite < 40% > avg Highways Using 2015 data, mapped the differences between the percent of residents by race and ethnicity in census tracts as compared with the averages for the city Red areas show areas where the percentage of white residents is greater than the average percent of white residents city-wide Yellow areas are where the percent of nonwhite residents is equal to the percent of nonwhite residents city-wide Dark green indicates areas where the percent of nonwhite residents is 30% to 39% greater than the average of nonwhite residents city-wide Data source: ACS 2015 City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

Plano Housing Authority Jurisdiction Racial Segregation Plano Housing Authority Jurisdiction Legend % nonwhite = avg % nonwhite <10% > avg % nonwhite < 20% > avg % nonwhite < 30% > avg % white greater than avg % nonwhite < 40% > avg % nonwhite > 40% > avg This map compares the percent of whites and nonwhites with the overall average rate found in the jurisdiction of the Plano Housing Authority. PHA jurisdiction is a radius of 20 miles from the PHA office Areas where nonwhites have the highest rates of segregation are in couth Dallas. Plano includes an area in southeast Plano where the percent of nonwhite residents is 20% to 29% greater than the average for the entire PHA jurisdiction, but not as highly segregated as south Dallas Data source: ACS 2015 City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

Poverty Percent of residents below the US poverty rate - AFH Data 2013 Plano has several census tracts of high poverty – over 20% of residents with incomes below the federal poverty rate City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

Low Income Housing Gap (LIHTCs) NTRHA Cities # of LIHTC Units TDHCA 2017 # of Housing Units NTCOG 2017 LIHTC Units as % of Total Housing Units (2017) % Total Households < $25k annual income (2016 ACS) Median Household Income (ACS 2016) $25k as % of Median Household Income (2016 ACS) Cleburne 703 11,302 6.2% 25% $ 49,573 50% Fort Worth 13,698 314,761 4.4% 22% $ 54,876 46% Denton 2,156 52,044 4.1% 26% $ 50,487 Dallas 20,116 542,928 3.7% 27% $ 42,215 55% McKinney 2,262 61,220 11% $ 83,257 30% Garland 1,287 82,787 1.6% 19% $ 53,220 47% Irving 1,322 96,160 1.4% $ 54,868 Plano 1,174 109,813 1.1% $ 85,085 29% Frisco 404 58,150 0.7% 6% $ 117,642 21% The LIHTC is the largest program currently available to produce new affordable housing Plano has 1174 LIHTC units or 1.1% of all housing units But 11% of Plano households earn less than $25k per year making it difficult to afford market rate housing The availability of affordable housing is insufficient to meet the need LIHTC = Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects

Location of PHA Vouchers 1064 PHA HCVs (Households) spread over 239 Census Tracts 345 PHA HCVs (32%) in 6 Census Tracts (2.5%) 423 PHA HCVs (40%) used within City of Plano Plano Housing Authority Housing Choice Vouchers are used throughout the PHA jurisdiction (20 mile radius) However, renters tend to concentrate their use of the vouchers in a smaller number of census tracts The highest number of units in one census tract is 67 The size of the dots is proportional to the number of voucher holders resident in each census tract. The majority of PHA vouchers are used outside the boundaries of the city of Plano

Where are people struggling with affordability? Percent of households reporting housing cost burden Up to 29% of households in Plano report spending more than 30% of their income on housing and utilities (darkest shaded areas). Housing Cost Burden: Plano 2008-2012 CHAS/ACS Data