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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3. NW Suburban Housing Collaborative 05/08/2012Village of Mount Prospect Community Development Department MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: VILLAGE MANAGER DEPUTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MAY 1, 2012 1 li NORTHWEST SUBURBAN HOUSING COLLABORATIVE — HOMES FOR A CHANGING REGION HOUSING STUDY Purpose To provide an update on the Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative's efforts including an introduction to the Homes for a Changing Region planning process and a presentation on the current housing trends for the Village of Mount Prospect. Background Representatives from the Village's of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mount Prospect, Palatine, and Rolling Meadows have been meeting to discuss common housing related issues in the region for several years. In 2011, through an intergovernmental agreement the communities officially formed the Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative (NWSHC) to coordinate our efforts. To date member communities have been meeting on a monthly basis to discuss housing related issues. The Collaborative has been successful at obtaining two grants in order to fund its operations and studies. First, a grant of $35,000 was obtained to hire a consultant to coordinate the activities of the NWSHC. Secondly, a grant was obtained from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to perform a "Homes for a Changing Region Study" intended to identify future housing needs of the area. The Collaborative continues to look for additional grant opportunities to support its continued work beyond the first year of its existence. Discussion The Collaborative communities are currently involved in the Homes for a Changing Region planning process. The Homes study is intended to provide technical assistance to municipalities in order to chart future demand and supply trends for housing and develop long -term housing policy plans. The plans aim to provide a mix of housing types that would serve the needs of future residents of Mount Prospect. The completed document would provide directives which the Collaborative could more narrowly focus its efforts on addressing. The planning process for the Homes study began early this year and is expected to be completed by Fall 2012. The Homes planning process involves the review of municipal ordinances, codes and comprehensive plans; 30- year growth forecasting (including population size, demographics and future housing needs); input and direction from municipal staff and elected officials; and public input. CMAP is leading the process with assistance from the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC). At the conclusion of the planning process a final report will be generated which outlines recommendations for the Collaborative area as a whole and each municipality individually. Each municipality will have the opportunity to review, adjust, and approve all recommendations included in the final Homes for a Changing Region report prior to its publication. The planning process for the Homes for a Changing Region study includes the following major steps: • Meeting with Mount Prospect municipal staff and tour of housing stock (March 24 th ) • Committee of the Whole Presentation (May 8th) Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative -- Homes for a Changing Region Housing Study May 1, 2012 Page 2 • Public Workshop (June 12 th ) • FinaI Plan Draft/Adoption (Fall 2012) To date CMAP has performed an in depth analysis of Mount Prospect's current housing market needs. This information was presented to staff during a March 29 meeting. Following this meeting staff provided a tour of the community to identify properties within Mount Prospect that were both positive and negative examples of housing developments for the community. CMAP in turn utilized this information to prepare a more in depth analysis. CMAP will be providing a presentation on the Homes study to the Committee of the Whole on May 8 ". Staff from CMAP, MMC, MPC, and the Community Development Department will be present during the meeting to discuss the project and the next steps towards completing the Homes for a Changing Region planning process. Deputy Community Development Director Isld ■ Nfe:tropolitan }T Metro olitanPlanntn Council Homes for a Changing Region Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Homes for a Changing Region is a project of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC), in partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)'s Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program with support from the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC). Homes for a Changing Region funds technical assistance for municipal leaders to chart future demand and supply trends for housing in their communities, and develop long -term housing policy plans. These plans aim to create a balanced mix of housing types, serve the needs of current and future residents and workers, and enhance the livability of participating communities. Homes far a Changing Region includes the following components: • Analysis of each community's existing housing supply that compares the type and price of housing stock to the age, income and tenure (rental or owner - occupied) of the population. • A subregional housing analysis that identifies opportunities and gaps in the housing profile, and looks for opportunities for collaboration between neighboring communities. • A workforce housing analysis that focuses on the match between the sub - region's key employment sectors and the existing housing stock. • A market segmentation analysis that uses data to separate each community's housing markets into key household types. Our recommendations will focus on meeting the current and future needs of each segment, along with strategies for attracting targeted segments. • Design, planning and facilitation of one public or stakeholder workshop for each community. • A series of policy and strategic recommendations for creating a balanced, sustainable future housing supply, along with targeted goals that can be used to determine a community's future progress in implementing the plan. • Design visualizations for a focus area in each community. Subregional Approach In partnership with CMAP and MPC, MMC will work with multiple communities within the same subregion to identify individual housing - related opportunities along with common subregional housing objectives. This approach aligns with the goals of GO TO 2040, CMAP's comprehensive regional plan, as it helps to balance the need for local autonomy while advancing the benefits of regional cooperation. The CMAP Housing Committee will serve as the "advisory committee" for the project and review progress on a quarterly basis. This committee includes representation government agencies, local nonprofit organizations, the development community, advocacy groups, and municipal staff. Funding The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and Metropolitan Planning Council receive foundation support for this project. CMAP receives funding support the LTA program from a HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant. With growing housing challenges and dwindling resources, communities across the Chicago region are struggling to find ways to return stability to their neighborhoods and strengthen the connections between housing, jobs and transportation. Even if each municipality had the resources to address these economic hardships on their own, these issues do not adhere to munic- ipal borders. The Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative (NWSHQ was created in 2011 to help five municipalities in Chicago's Northwest Suburbs develop regional solutions to address the short and long -term housing needs of the partici- pating communities. The five municipalities - Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mount Prospect, Palatine and Rolling Meadows - came together to address the common chal- lenges of rising foreclosures, growing income diversity, affordable rental units at risk of being lost and employees being forced to live farther from work to afford housing costs. Funding from The Chicago Community Trust allowed the five communities to hire a shared Housing Coordinator to work toward solu- tions to these challenges. Participation in this collaborative does not diminish individual municipal autonomy. Rather, it enhances the impact on challenges and opportunities common to the member communities. Regional collaboration is a solution. The Collaborative works to address the common housing issues that impact the five communities. Its goal - through outreach, advocacy, program development and education - is to facilitate progress, leverage additional funds to address the issues, and forge partnerships with stakeholders to strengthen neighborhood housing stock and stability. Rental Housing Preservation - Preserve existing stock of rental housing, especially affordable rental housing. Foreclosure Prevention - Prevent the foreclosure of single - family, condo and multi- family rental properties. Neighborhood Stabilization - Stabilize neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosure and vacant properties. Homes for a Changing Region - Work with regional part- ners on a future housing supply and demand analysis to identify future housing needs in the five municipalities and the sub - region. Employer- Assisted Housing - Outreach to employers and lending institutions to develop incentives to promote employee access to decent, stable housing close to jobs and transportation. t The following partner agencies have provided the funding, technical exper- tise and resources to make this vision a reality. Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) has become progressively engaged in identifying and addressing housing issues in the Chicago metropolitan area over the years. It has worked with the Metropolitan Planning Council in the development and implementation of the collaborative model. 0 Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has helped facilitate the creation of three housing collaboratives in the Chicago metropolitan area — the south suburbs, the west suburbs and most recently the northwest suburbs. It lends extensive technical assistance to the NWSHC in its work. ,..... Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is working in partner- ship with the MMC and MPC to provide the NWSHC with the Homes for a' Changing Region analysis of housing needs in the five municipalities. Through a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Sustain- able Communities Initiative, CMAP is contributing its planning resources to put together this housing supply and demand analysis and help guide the communities toward the kind of housing they want to see in the future. 'lhe Chicago Community Trust has provided integral support to all the housing collaboratives in the Chicago region. In its inaugural year, the NWSHC has also been supported by a grant from The Trust. Mary Lu Seidel Housing Coordinator Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative 847.368.5223 nwshcdirector @gmail.com Department of Planning & Community Development Village of Arlington Heights 33 S. Arlington Heights Rd. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Print Story oakpark Report urges regional plan for housin By BILL DWYER wdwyer@pioneerlocal.com Last Modified: May 1, 2012 11:52PM Page I of 2 In the wake of the 2008 "great recession," the Oak Park area was facing an unprecedented housing foreclosure crisis that threatened the region economically and socially. In 2009, Oak Park and four neighboring suburbs — Berwyn, Forest Park, Maywood and Bellwood — came together in a "sub- regional collaboration" to craft methods for addressing those challenges. The result has been a three -year effort by the West Cook County Housing Collaborative to stabilize housing stock in each village and plan proactively on housing and zoning issues. The collaborative has garnered $11 million in federal and state funding for comprehensive planning and a revolving housing assistance loan fund to help those efforts. Now the West Cook Collaborative is looking farther out in the future. In April, a regional planning agency collaborative issued a 120 -page report, "Homes for a Changing Region." The report was written by the West Cook Collaborative along with three regional agencies: the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the Metropolitan Planning Council. The report subhead, "Implementing balanced change at the local level" reflects the need for communities with common interests and challenges to work together on solutions. All politics may be local, but some solutions to common challenges may be regional or sub - regional, planners noted. CMAP provides local municipalities with land use and planning expertise many cannot afford on their own. "The value of the plan is you are able to leverage tremendous amounts of resources," said CMAP senior planner Andrew Williams - Clark. Members of the group have been visiting the villages, making presentations on the "Homes" report. They were at the Oak Park Village Board on April 2 and spoke with the Oak Leaves editorial board on April 27. As an example, the planners pointed to the Eisenhower Expressway corridor and preparing for possible changes to mass transit there, and how the villages can prepare for related housing and land use. Besides detailed socio- economic and housing overviews of all five municipalities, the "Homes" report htt // oak pa r k .suntimes.cominewsll - 418 /report- urges - regional -plan- for- housing.ht, .. 5/2/2012 Print Story makes recommendations for "future sub - regional action." Page 2 of 2 "It's an opportunity to take a completely fresh perspective" with planning and development, said Oak Park Village President David Pope. Oak Park will call on the collaborative's resources as it drafts its new Comprehensive Plan. A key question is, Pope said, "Are there ways for us to tie together land uses that advance regionally with local interests ?" "If you don't have a plan, you get whatever comes to you," said village trustee Colette Lueck The Metropolitan Planning Council's Nancy Firfer, whose background includes serving both as Northbrook's mayor and on a school board, said municipalities "must think proactively." "If you plan it right, that's when the solid investment will come," she said. At the local end, Oak Park has received $200,000 to redo its 22 -year old Comprehensive PIan. That will serve as the guide for any housing development between now and 2040. Lueck said once a firm has been selected to work on the new comprehensive plan, "there will be a huge conversation" with the public and various stakeholders on the details. "We haven't figured out how that discussion will take place," said Pope, though he referenced the 18- month public discussion surrounding the redevelopment of Madison as a good model. "It's more of a philosophical document," Lueck said. "One that says, `Here are the qualities we want to see in Oak Park."' Copyright © 2012 — Sun -Times Media, LLC http: / /oakpark. suntim .com/newsII 418 1report- urges - regional- plan - for - housing.ht... 5/2/2012