File #: 220743    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Final Reading, Debate
File created: 8/25/2022 In control: Council
On agenda: 9/15/2022 Final action:
Title: RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop a plan to expedite affordable housing development by clearing titles on City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant properties intended for sale and/or development; and report back to the Council in 90 days.
Sponsors: Melissa Robinson
Attachments: 1. No Fact Sheet - Resolution, 2. Fiscal Note - TEMP ordinance 220743, 3. Authenticated Resolution 220743
Related files: 150398

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR RESOLUTION NO. 220743

 

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RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop a plan to expedite affordable housing development by clearing titles on City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant properties intended for sale and/or development; and report back to the Council in 90 days.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, like many jurisdictions nationwide, is in a housing crisis due to the low number of affordable and available housing units; and

 

WHEREAS, remediating the issue of lack of affordable housing requires a multi-step approach, many of which the City has already implemented; and

 

WHEREAS, the City desires to expedite the development of affordable units through various means; and

 

WHEREAS, the clearing of titles is an impediment to timely development; and

 

WHEREAS, the City should develop a plan to clear titles on City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant properties intended for sale and/or development as one way to facilitate affordable housing initiatives; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

                     Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to develop a plan to expedite housing development by clearing titles on City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant properties intended for sale and/or development, said plan to include:

 

a)                     Cost, with associated funding plan;

 

b)                     Staffing;

 

c)                     Timelines for plan execution;

 

d)                     Public/private collaboration;

 

e)                     A list of City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant properties with analysis of how the plan assists with the City’s blight remediation goals in historically blighted areas; and

 

f)                     Mapping of City, Land Bank and Homesteading Authority-owned vacant lots showing where clusters may exist and a further analysis of a cluster’s demographics and other surrounding data (i.e., 311 reports, median household income, walkability, access to public transportation, etc.).

 

                     Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby directed to report back to the Council within ninety (90) days of passage of this resolution.

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