Susan Starrett

 Partnership between DHC and HPC  Address need for affordable housing  Current Planning Processes ◦ Focus on specific sub-populations, geography, or issues  Need for a comprehensive community effort to address the housing needs of all Delawareans

 Vision Housing is a basic human need. Healthy, well- balanced societies afford opportunities to meet basic human needs.  Driving Forces ◦ Leadership ◦ Planning ◦ Transparency ◦ Balance

 Principles ◦ Creation and Preservation ◦ Viability and Sustainability ◦ Affordability ◦ Building Community ◦ Personal Choice

 Compact Development  Transit Orientation  Walkability/ Livability  Mixed Use  Mixed Housing  Owner Occupied  Rental  Reinvestment  Preservation  Density  Fair Share Housing  Growth  Growth Management  Infill  Existing Stock  Inter-jurisdictional cooperation  Remove Barriers  Inclusionary Housing  Green  Homeownership  Permanent Affordability  Housing Trust Fund  Community Advisory  Data and Information Management

 Existing Trends and Conditions  Identify gaps in data ◦ Data points ◦ Data sources  Identify gaps in recommendations ◦ Principles, Objectives, Strategies ◦ Geography

 Fills gaps in existing data and recommendations ◦ Data: Cost Analysis, Inventory of Existing Assisted Multi- Family ◦ Recommendations: Key Characteristics of Assisted Housing  May bring focus on creation of a housing master plan for DE  Go back to Principles of Housing ◦ Creation and Preservation ◦ Viability and Sustainability ◦ Affordability ◦ Building Community ◦ Personal Choice

 Helps to Counteract NIMBY  May help to create a cohesive housing policy  Go back to Driving Forces ◦ Leadership ◦ Planning ◦ Transparency ◦ Balance Housing is a basic human need. Healthy, well- balanced societies afford opportunities to meet basic human needs.