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Home My WebLink About02-14-2005 IOWA CITY SCATTERED SITE HOUSING TASKFORCE MEETING AGENDA 14 February 2005 City Hall Planning & Community Development Conference Room (2nd Floor) 4:15 p.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Taskforce Deliberation Regarding Recommendations to the City Council 3. Adjournment Please note meeting location January 10, 2005 f]W ,~ 1 .-~= -sO ;t--aqi!Jit ""'-:' ~IIIILiir-- ---- ~ CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Lisa Beckmann, Chairperson Iowa City Human Rights Commission City Hall 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City. IA 52240 Re: Housing Issues Dear Lisa: Thank you for your letter of January 4, 2005 concerning the siting of subsidized housing in Iowa City. The Scattered Site Housing Task Force created by the City Council last year continues to address this issue, and I anticipate they will bring their recommendations to Council in the spring. At this point in time, I believe the most effective way the Commission can be involved is to communicate your concerns directly to the Task Force. Your intent to have the chairperson, Matt Hayek, attend a Commission meeting for the purpose of further discussing your concerns is an excellent next step. I appreciate the Commission's interest in this very'important issue, and I am sure your insights will prove helpful for the Task Force and the City Council as we continue to explore alternatives for siting subsidized housing units locally. S/?IY, / ,~~, Ernest W. Lehman Mayor ~d.-- cc: ~ Council Matt Hayek mgrlllrlbeckmann.doc Mayor Ernest Lehman 410 E. Washington Iowa City, IA 52240 ~,.,ø.. - CITY OF IOWA CITY IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS - A HUMAN ISSUE January 4,2005 Re: Housing issues Dear Mayor Lehman: The Iowa City Human Rights Commission at its recent meetings has been discussing the proliferation of low-income housing and related services on the south side of Iowa City. Over time, there seems to have developed a high concentration of low-income people, a high concentration of recent arrivals in town, a high concentration of minority populations, and a high concentration of troubled populations of various kinds on the south side of Iowa City. Matthew Hayek was asked to attend the Commission's December meeting but due to unforeseen events, we were unable to achieve a quorum. The Commission is interested in discussing the issues above with Mr. Hayek to determine whether his Scattered Site Committee has addressed the issues raised in the Human Rights Commission meetings over the last several months. In September, I wrote a letter to you asking if the Commission could speak to the Council regarding their concerns. Mr. Helling informed me of the Scattered Site Committee and the Commission decided to wait to send its letter to Council until after we reviewed the report generated by the Scattered Site Committee. Since September, however, Councilor Bob Elliot has contacted Heather and informed her that he and other Councilors would be willing to speak to the Commission regarding the housing issue and the Commission's concerns. I appreciate Mr. Elliot's offer and the Commission would very much like to meet with him and other willing Council members. I have attached the letter I drafted in September but did not send. It sets out the questions the Commission had at that time. We would like to invite Mr. Elliot and other interested Council members to attend one of the Commission meetings. If you have an alternative suggestion that would be more convenient, that would be fine as well. Please contact me at 358-9023 so that we can arrange a meeting. Sincerely, ~ ~þ,~ Lisa Beckmann JH¡,J Chairperson, Iowa City Human Rights Commission C¡VIC CENTER. +10 EAST WASHINGTON STREET. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240· (319) 356-5022 September 28, 2004 Mayor Ernest Lehman 410 E. Washington Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mayor Lehman: The Iowa City Human Rights Commission, at its recent meetings has been discussing the proliferation of low-income housing and related services on the south side of Iowa City. Over time, there seems to have developed a high concentration of low-income people, a high concentration of recent arrivals in town, a high concentration of minority populations, and a high concentration of troubled populations of various kinds on the south side of Iowa City. The Commission has some questions for the Council related to this topic. Specifically, we are wondering ifthe Council has any resources or plans to address this issue. The Human Rights Commission believes that the City Council has been on record of favoring scattered sites of such populations. The Human Rights Commission is struggling with the City Council's public posture favoring "scattered sites," while the reality is grouping low income housing and services on the southeast side. The Human Rights Commission would be interested in meeting with members of the City Council to discuss this issue. Please contact me at 358-9023 so that we can arrange a meeting. Sincerely, Lisa Beckmann Chairperson, Iowa City Human Rights Commission 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - - - - - - - Povertv Index Perceñi" of all seiëCt Select block group. Co.ñjiÕsiiØ ëõiñPõsite all assisted block groups. (> city poverty Index Index rental units in (>1.00 in Poverty% average of A B each BI. Gr. column 13' 20.88% plus 10% Feb 7, 2005 10 DRAFT units PerCeñt of all units that are assisted rental 0.30 9.62 - 4.21 9 AI Number of assisted rental units 3 o 75 . 1,150 8 o 7 780 - 27,303 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 - - - -- Rental - - Percent of ----s;; Number of all rental block Census Block Number of assisted units that are (>city Census Group Rental units rental units assisted rental plus 1 240 3 1.25 · - -- 4 1535 385 25.08 · - - . 5 1289 8 0.62 · - - . 11 602 29 4.82 · - - . 12 76 11 14.4i · - - . 13 106 12 11.3:; · - - . 14 39 3 7.69 · - - . 14 254 22 8.66 · - - . 15 151 6 3.97 · - - . 16 1322 81 6.13 · - - . 17 74 2 2.70 · - - . 18 664 68 10.2' · - - . 21 13 0 0.00 · - - . 23 186 1 0.54 · - - . 23 6 0 0.00 · - - . 105 109 75 >8.81 - - - 13,927 1,150 8.26 in the city ass the 31 block groups in he total assisted rental units in ed units that each block group h, .00· denotes that a block group h 1 denotes that a block group has icates a lower than fair share. 6.52 - 100.00 3.23 is the city average 1, If all assisted rental units were evenly distributed Iowa City. then each block group would have 3.23% the city (i.e.. 37 units). Column 13 compares the a! versus what they should have. Therefore, a value ( fair share of assisted rental units. A value greater It its fair share of rental units while a value less than 1 Rental All Units Fair Share Poverty Select Select Select Select block groups Total block groups block groups block groups (> city poverty Number Census Block (>city average (>clty average average of of "x"s 1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 X X X 3 5 1 0 5 2 0 6 1 0 11 1 X 1 11 2 X 1 12 1 0 12 2 0 13 1 0 13 2 0 14 1 0 14 2 X X 2 14 3 0 15 1 0 15 2 0 16 1 X 1 16 2 X X 2 17 1 X 1 17 2 0 17 3 0 18 1 X 1 18 2 X X 2 21 1 X 1 21 2 X X X 3 23 1 0 23 2 0 23 3 0 104 4 0 105 1 X X 2 3 "X"s Marked 2 BGs 2 "X"s Marked 4BGs 1 "X" Marked 6 BGs o "X"s Marked 19 BGs Types of Assisted Units Per Block Group Preapred for: Scattered Site Housing Task Force By: Amanda Cline, Tracy Glaesemann, Alexis Kuklenski, Luke Pelz 25 January 2005 Table 6 Census Tract - Block Group Total # of Assisted Units 1 - 2 35 Penn Insula Development (17) Permanent (7 GICHF & 70 ICHA)' Systems Unlimited (13) Permanent Supportive GICHF (3) Permanent ICHA (2) Permanent 4-1 385 Pheasant Ridge (248) Permanent Emerson Pointe (54) Permanent Supportive Concord Terrace (30) Permanent Lexington Place (30) Permanent GICHF (19) Permanent HACAP (4) Transitional 14 - 3 22 GICHF (11) ICHA (11) table continued on next page Permanent Permanent . Units under construction Source: Assisted units collected by University of Iowa and City of Iowa City; Assisted housing was categorized by HUD definitions Types of Assisted Units Per Block Group Preapred for: Scattered Site Housing Task Force By: Amanda Cline, Tracy Glaesemann, Alexis KuklenskL Luke Pelz 25 January 2005 Table 6 continued Census Tract - Block Group Total # of Assisted Units Provider (# of units/provider) 18 - 1 68 ICHA Systems Unlimited GICHF HACAP (32) (18) (14) (4) Permanent Permanent Supportive Permanent Transitional · Units under construction Source: Assisted units collected by University of Iowa and City of Iowa City; Assisted housing was categorized by HUD definitions Income, Housing Value. and Poverty Data by Block Group Prepared for: The Scattered Site Housing Task Force By: Amanda Cline, Tracy Glaesemann, Alexis Kuklenski, Luke Pelz 24 January 2005 Table 5 Census Tract Block Group Median household income 1999 Median value of owner-occupied units Median contract Percentage of rent of renter population below occupied units poverty level 1999# r$a~;~, $93,800 ",~~ø,~p, ..... $176,100 ;'L{ ;',;~J"9~{~~¡;:J:J~\;'¡' . $139:800 .. ··$TOõ;~Ø0;':. $124,200 $9?!~9 i' $145,000 $120~300 $145,300 $131;100 ' $114,600 '¡',},:::ßJ17Ç3(1)O,'i ", . $123,400 ' , ,'$5Ç>6 . '$612 .'.~~q $40Ó ,",. ".,,:.:.',::,'. : .:, '$ítS6 ... ..... n'" .~ )"~"',~->~i~~<)"~"'" '$536 ":"$484 $472 "$,478.' $789 $526 $675 $636 $389 ¡ ; , \;,$529, $413 ' 6.8% ".",". '2,4:9% 19.5% 2 ·.s:sg';142', . $41,324 . ,$2'4;868' $34,583 ' ';:$,~~~19?:;,,';,. '.. $42,078 . '·';S2ð\"J27 .... , \>>,.,l'<:ì~,'__ $21,786 . $J8¡733 , ,: $56,250 . $53¡'4ß8 $74,900 , ,;$91;333 $54,135 ....$~;~7::r ,:.'t· .. . $50:521 2 2 4 1 .;'.' ;~:1t5% 38.6% ,52.5% 2.1% '9.8% 1.7% J;3% 3.1% "6'· 11 11. 12 12 13 ; ì3 14 14 3 6,8% 105 1 .:,,'f""wJ 'ö' """I tv· ;, ,'{;mP'.¡:.í.J.""·'::'. 'C >, ..." ,,;' ~, '.'", _,' "~ ,Un ,,;" "".;.' .",,,,t¡,,... ,,' .,~t;..,..., Iowa City (average) " ;,:$fJ77 $0 "··$440 $696 . '~519 ,,' ~', ~;''V,;>'' $505 0.0% 23 3 $2b,991 $90,957 $36;886 . $4i240 "".;; , :$~lh~~,§:",; $40,709 ,<::, ,,:' : , "~' '~, ~ c ': c,' -.'-:_,;:':,:'< > "JW. ' 5.7% '.': ~1 ()~% ' 'Vl:",<""!,:,"-~,,<,:' 20.3% # Poverty status was determined for all people except institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years old. These groups also were excluded from the numerator and denominator when calculating poverty rates. Source: 2000 Census Data Summary File 3