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Increase Availability of/Access to Affordable Housing- “Requirement for all multi-unit structures to have a percentage of low-income housing to keep it spread out.”
- “Needed: Large amount of affordable senior specific housing. Small 500-600 sq ft, ADA equipped, one level apartments.”
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Improve Zoning Code- “Tiny houses should be a serious consideration, allowing ADUs, more spaces for RVs.”
- “Reduce car dependent subdivisions and encourage more density and neighborhood friendly streets. There needs to be more of mixed housing options such as detached/semidetached houses, apartments and town homes."
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Provide Support and Protection for Renters- “Provide more tenants' rights such that tenants have more time (e.g., two to three months) before they can be officially evicted.”
- “Give tax breaks or incentives to property managers/owners who keep rental rates at 25% or more below the market rent and/or accept section 8. Install a rental increase cap so people can be prepared for how much their rent is going to go up each year - no more than 10% increase each year.”
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Build Public/Subsidized Housing- “Build publicly owned housing affordable to the poorest Boiseans.”
- "Build city owned low-income housing. Capitalism won’t work for this.”
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Improve/Expand Homeless and Emergency Shelters- “Boise is in desperate need to help the homeless. Money towards purchasing a hotel for the homeless would be ideal.”
- “A large majority of these funds should be used to create scattered shelter sites throughout Boise to serve different populations that find themselves homeless due to drug abuse, mental illness, loss of employment, or personal health crises. Research shows that non-congregate shelter is the preferred model.”
- “Create education campaigns for the public to understand the justification behind identified methods for alleviating homelessness, offer more pathways for community support and involvement, and rally the support of the community.”
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Reduced Property Taxes- “Property taxes are a substantial burden for retired seniors in Boise.”
- “Why not use the funds to invest in the upgrade of our water and sewer infrastructure. It would be a significant impact on affordability of housing if our utility bills do not have 9 % increases for 10 years to pay for a bond”
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Motor/Ban Short Term Rentals- “Set policy on Air BnB units that either increases tax revenue from them for city to use towards affordable housing, and/or does not allow them to take up available inventory.”
- “Incentives for landlords/homeowners to shift away from short term to long term rentals.”
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Improve Public Transportation• “Buses running at critical times of day to get those employed downtown to outlying communities which may have more affordable housing.” | 10 |
Other- “Use funds to install solar panels in all Boise affordable housing projects.”
- “Make housing vouchers for people with developmental disabilities when transitioning from institutional living to community living.”
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