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CDBG 5 Year Consolidated Plan PY2012-2016Final Report PY2012--2016 Five-year Consolidated Plan ~E IDR IAN,- ~J City of Meridian, Idaho FINAL REPORT July 24, 2012 I~Y2012-2016 Five-year Consolidated Man Prepared for City of Meridian 33 E. Broadway Ave. Meridian; Idaho 83642 Prepared by BBC Research ~ Consulting 1999 Broadway, Suite 2200 Denver, Colorado 80202 303.321.2547 fax 303.399.0448 www.bbcresearch.com bbc@bbcresearch.com Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background on the Consolidated Plan .......................................... Compliance with Consolidated Plan Regulations ........................... Lead and Participating Organizations ............................................ Top Housing and Community Development Needs ...................... Five-Year Strategies (2012-2016} .................................................. ....................................... ES-1 ....................................... ES-2 ....................................... ES 2 ....................................... ES-2 ....................................... ES-9 I. Introduction Purpose of the Consolidated Plan ..............................................................................................1-1 Compliance with Consolidated Plan Regulations ........................................................................I-1 Lead Agency and Participating Organizations .............................................................................I-1 Organization of Report ..............................................................................................................I-2 Index of HUD Requirements ......................................................................................................I-2 II, Housing and Community :Development Population and Household Composition ........................................... .......................................II-1 Homelessness ................................................................................... .......................................Il-8 Economic Characteristics ................................................................... .....................................II-12 Housing Market Analysis ................................................................... .....................................II-15 Housing Condition and Needs Indicators ...........:............................... .....................................11-24 111. Public Input and Participation Resident Survey ....................................................................................................................... I II-i Stakeholder Survey and Focus Group ....................................................................................III-15 IV. Five-year Strategic Plan Consultation, Institutional Structure and Coordination 91.200(b) Citizen Participation 91.200 (b) .................................................. Institutional Structure 91.215 (k) ................................................ Coordination 91.215 (I) ............................................................., Housing Needs 91.205 ............................................................... Homeless Needs 91.201 S (c) ...................................................... Non-homeless Special Needs 91.205 (d}including HOPWA ......... Lead-based Paint 91.205 (e} ....................................................... .......................................I V-1 ....................................... I V-4 ....................................... ! V-7 ....................................... IV-8 .......................................I V-9 ..................................... I V-13 .....................................I V-15 ..................................... I V-15 BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING Table of Contents IV. Five-year Strategic Phan (CONTINUED) Housing Market Analysis 91.210 ............................................................................. ..............IV-17 Public and Assisted Housing 91.210 (b) .................................................................. ..............IV-1 7 Homeless Inventory 91.201 (c} ............................................................................... ..............IV-19 Special Need Facilities and Services 91.210 (d) ........................................................ ..............iV-20 Barriers to Affordable Housing 97.210 (e) ................................................................ ..............IV-20 General Priority Needs Analysis and Strategies 91.215 (a) ........................................ ..............IV-22 Specific Objectives/Affordable Housing (Priority Housing Needs) 91.215 (b) ............ ..............IV-23 Public Housing Strategy 91.215 (c) ......................................................................... ..............IV-24 Priority Homeless Needs and Homeless Strategy ...................................................... ..............IV-25 Specific Objectives/Homeless (91.215) ................................................................... ..............IV-29 Priority Non-Homeless Needs 91.215 (e) .................................................................. .............IV-29 Special.Needs Objectives 91.215 (e) ........................................................................ .............IV-29 Priority Community Development Needs 91.215 (f) ................................................. .............IV-Z9 Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas 97.215 (g) ............................................ .............IV-29 Antipoverty Strategy 91.215 (1) ................................................................................ .............IV-30. Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) ............................................ .............1V-35 Appendices A. City of Meridian Citizen Participation Plan ......................................................................... A-1 B. Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan .............................................B-1 BBC RESEARCH SI CONSULTING I'17 r11 C: "~ C C EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Meridian ~Y2012-2016 Consolidated flan Background on the Consolidated Plan Beginning in fisctl year I995, the U.S. Department of Housing and Ut-ban Development (HUD} required local communities and states to prepare a Consolidated Plan in order to receive federal housing and community development funding. The Plan consolidates into a single document the previously separate planning and application requirements for Community Development Block Grants (CDI3G), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), the HOME Invcstrnent Partnerships Program including the new American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI}, Housing Opportunities for People with .AIDS (HC)PW11) funding and the Comprehensive Housing and Affordability Strategy (CHAS). Consolidated I'laa~s are required to be prepared every three to five years; updates arc required annually. The purpose of the Consolidated Plan is: L 7`o identify a city's or state's housing and eommuniry development (including neighborhood and economic development) needs, priorities, goals and strategies; and 2. To stipulate how funds will be allocated to housing and community development activities. This report is the PY2012-20lrri Pive-year Consolidated Plan for the City of Meridian (city). "I`he only federal grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (I-IIJD) the city receives is CDI3G. Annual Action Plan. In addition to the Consolidated Plata, cities and states receiving block grant funding must complete an annual Action Plan. The Action Plan designates how cities and states propose to sperxd the fee{eral block grant finids in a given program year. CAPER. The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER} is also required yearly. The CAPER reports on how funds were actually spent (v. proposed in the Action Plan), the lxouseholds that benef tted from the block grants and how well the city/state rnet its annual goals far housing and community development activities. Fair housing requirement. I IUD requires that cities and states receiving block grant funding take actions ro affirmatively further fair housing choice. Cities and states report on such activities by completing an Analysis of Impediments to hair I-lousing Choice (AI} every three to five years. In general, the AI is a review of impediments to fair housing choice in the public and private sector. An update to the city's AI was completed in conjunction with this Consolidated Plan. BBC RESEARCI'1 St CONSULTING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, PAGE 1 Compliance with Consolidated Plan Regulations The Cityof Meridian's PY2012-2016 Consolidated Plan was prepared in accordance with Sections 9L100 through )1.230 of the US. Department oFI-Iousing and Urban Development's Consolidated Plan regulations. Lead and Participating Organizations The City of Meridian is the Icad agency for the-completion of the Five-year Consolidated Plan, annual Action flan and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report {CAPER). The city receives and administers the Comtnuniry Development Block Grant {CllBG). CDBG is both the oldest and largest of the HUD programs for housing and community development. CDBU can be used for a number of activities, such as: ^ construction and rehabilitation of community facilities including those that help special needs populations (e.g., homeless shelters); ^ removal of accessibility barriers from public buildings; ^ loans or grants to business for job training and hiring of lower income workers; ^ demolition of property; ^ provision of operating dollars to social service organizations; ^ public infrastructure improvements (streets, sidewalks); ^ code enforcement, ^ housing activities, such as infrastructure extension in support of affordable housing, housing rehabilitation, site acduisition, lead-haled paint detection and removal, and downpayment assistance; and ^ social service programs including childcare, homeless services; youth programs, disability services, neighborhood revitalization and senior services. Th.e city retained BBC Research & Consulting (BBC) of Denver to complete the City's Five-Year Consolidated Plan. Top Housing and Community Development Needs 'I'hc top housing needs identified through the quantitative {data collection and analysis) and qualitative {public input) research conducted for this Consolidated Plan are summarized in this section. Downtown Meridian-the city's area of greatest need. The city's lowest income households largely live in the city's original downtown area. As demonstrated in Figure ES-1, ttivo Census block groups in the downtown area contain concentrations of low income households.' r A concenaation occurs when an area has 10 percentage points or more of a particular group than the city overall. This dc6nirion of concentration aligns with I I(JD's definition of disproportionate need. PAGE 2, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BBC RESEARCH ~t CONSULTING Figure ES-1. Geographic Distribution of Low Income Households, City of Meridian, 2010 Nole: Households earning less than 825,000 per yearused as a proxy for low income. Source: 2010 Claritas. 1- t»4--,- _ - - ' i _ ~- - a ~• t~ , - ~ -~ -~- ` ~-- - -J- -© I -~ r a. lcgenJ L~~ii Ilmn IU.fI'K: -. ~ - I Iri r:, to 76.Gb s, . t.u~~r w.,n 7U Lie. I Meridian has three Census block groups that HUD has designated as LMI areas. The city's downtown area also contains its oldest housing stock, as well as its lowest home average home prices. Figure E5-2 displays average sales prices by Census tract for homes sold in 2010. The average sales price for homes in one of the city's LMI areas was $103,000 in 2010, which is 63 percent less than city's overall average sales price fol• the year. Figure ES-2. Average Mi_S Sales Price by Census Tract, City of Meridian, 2070 source: COME>ASS and Intermountain MLS . ral =i1• ~r..1;. :aye.. -l.glq ~~_i,e;- 103.13 13D5,ti 31 !147,130 -35.596 103.21 5208,229 8130,599 -37.3% ltll.?7 SI7U,319 5103,177 -39.496 103.31 5338,371 5233,869 -30.996 103.32 3251,264 S 160,474 -36.19b 103.33 $251,640 !107,566 -35.4% 103.34 5712,421 5139,061 •37.546 103.35 1285,119 8.172,668 -39.546 BBC RESEARCH ~I CONSULTING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/ PAGE 3 Residents at-risk of homelessness. The Meridian Food Bank and the Meridian School District work directly with children, adults and families at-risk of or currently experiencing homelessness in Meridian. In the focus groups conducted for this study, both organizations have mentioned that they have seen a surge in demand for services. Indeed, there are households in Meridian that arc cost- burdened, which could lead to homelessness. As demonstrated in Figure ES-3, there are 1,700 extremely low income households in Meridian severely cost burdened. However, cost burden is not limited to the city's low income residents, as nearly 1.,200 moderate income homeowners in the city are currently cost burdened. Figure ES-3. Summary of the Severe Cost Burden Being Experienced by Renters and Owners by Income Category, City of Meridian, 2010 Source: BBC Research and Consulting, 2010 American Community Survey and HUp CHAS database. Household income less than 30%MFI Cost Burden > 30oh 1,271 722 Severe Cost Burden > 50% i,096 604 Household Income 30 to 509b MFI Cosl burden > 30% 876 1,367 Severe Cost Burden > 503'0 376 686 Household Income 50 to 809'o FMI Cost Burden > 30°.6 564 1,630 Severe Cost Burden > 50% 106 316 Household Income yreater than 8090 MFI Cost Burden > 30% 120 1,168 Severe Cost Burden > 509'0 - 53 Figure ES-4 quantifies the number of households in the city currently at-risk of homeless. More than 1,000 households in Meridian are currently at-risk of homelessness. Many of these households include small family households and elderly. Figure ES-Q. At-risk of Homelessness: Extremely Low Income and Severely Cost Burdened Households, City of Meridian, Source: BRC Research and Consulting, 2000 and 2010 Census, and SOCDS CHAS database. Renters rvnr~i-i`-Irt~lla., ~~,rrNhur.;~ ~I Total At Risk ~~I~i~tt=li~i~lttF~ Elderly 52 Elderly 224 Small families 290 Small families 471 Large families 54 Large families 119 Others 151 Others 216 Owners Total at risk Elderly 172 for homelessness 1,030 Small families 181 Large families 65 Others 65 PAGE 4, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING Housing market mismatch. Figure ES-5 presents the findings from the city's rental market gaps analysis. There are 652 renters earning less than $10,000 per year living in Meridian-but just 229 units to serve them. "Phis leaves a shortage of 45.3 units for the city's lowese income households. These renters have such low incomes tharthey can only afford to pay $250 per month in rent and Z utilities . A}together, the City's rental gap is 1.,077 for renters earning less than $25,000 per year. Renters earning more than this can find an adequate supply of units. In particular, renters earning between $25,OU0 and $5U>OUO have an abundance oFunits affordable to them. Figure ES-S. Mismatch in Rental Market by Household Income, Gity of Meridian, 2010 . ~v~F~.kllnl~li~ tir~.ry,..;NP;i~~~:. r~r.r:I lut )~Fr-~it•VI: _ _ 1f{-11 - 5=1,'~ ~i1 ii~1 ~:•f l'•~.~r,t~-In! t .~~s~~.rar~. ~;r;, rihnr~~l„' _ _ 11~~i~.ll I~i~-.e1i: i(;f"I~f~l= ';f+lrl} 1f17~7r1r;t~;-: flip=f~r~lirt-;hJlil~;~ !~I!iiil:2,' f, ;d=bao~.;; t~.~,.~ LrsS than $f C7,00(i 6x1 11'6 'b Z~ii 124 440 (4 ~ij $10,000 to $14,999 442 846 $ 375 197 396 (245) $15,000 to $19,999 335 646 $ 500 74 I °h (262) $2Q000to $24,999 Z70 5% $ 625 153 2% (117) $25,000 to $34,999 703 1346 $ 875 1,768 2946 1,065 $35,000 to $49,999 1,037 18°,6 $ 1,250 2,804 46°~ 1,767 $SD,D00 to $74,999 1,371 24% $ 1,875 775 13% (596) $75,000 to $99,999 357 6°rb $ 2,500 147 2% (210) $1DO,000to$1.19,999 28R 59b $ 3,750 0 09b (7.88) $150,000 or more 123 2% $ 3,751 0 0°,6 (123) Total 5,609 100% 6;147 Source: 86C Research Fz Consulting. rigure ES~6 displays: market options for renters wanting to buy a home i n Meridian. The city's homeownership market is well-suited for households earning $35,000 or more per year, However, some renter households maybe challenged to save for a downpa}'ment, given the increase in rental rates in Meridian in the last 1 U years. z'I'his is based on 30 percent of household income, BBC RESEARCH bT CONSULTING EXECUI~IVE SUMMARY, PAGE 5 Figure ES-6. Market Options for Renters Wanting to Buy, City of Meridian, ZO10 65:~>,~i~d~p,~ rr,~r~?L~;N~r,ri~rr, - -- - - .r~~,,,r,rr.,.~ . ,i.t•J ~,lJla _ ~~t:,iit -~~- ra'i i,,:~l-J~tl.~ i.~r ~ir,,:P(:.. :eliit, _il ~: :iii i7u•uu :,;:i~i~i .~~r,d~ra, ! .;r;,;rt~;~C: I~J~~,~, I:',Ia~{: r - li~rr; iati~it,e,elin, ~~';•, Ill~:n 'D Ii)~(10() 6~1? 1Z"f~ !. j9~g4n ,`,'a ;n6 .rl^, t. $10,000to$T4,999 442 845 $ 59,757 0% 436 -7°k $15,000 to $19,999 33G G45 $ 79,677 096 495 -6°,6 $20,000 to $24,999 270 596 $ 99,597 145 S°ib -446 $7.5,000 to $34,999 703 1346 $ 139,437 8°.6 13°,b -446 $35,000 to $49,999 1,037 18% $ 199,198 34% 4745 1646 $SO,000Io $74,999 1,371 2446 $ 298,799 36°.6 8396 124b $7S,000to $99,999 357 646 $ 398,400 11% 95% 545. $100,000 to $149,999 288 596 b 597,602 596 9946 •145 $150,000 or more 123 2°,4i $ 547,603 1% 100% -146 Total 5,609 100% 100% Source: 88C Research~& Consulting. Top needs identified in quantitative research. The following summarizes the major findings from the public input process. The public input process was comprised of three parts: ^ A resident survey 4vas distributed online and on paper between November 1 C''' and December 3.5`x' of 2011-330 residents participants in the survey; ^ An online~stakeholder stuvey was promoted by city staff and BBC in fa11201 ]-15 housing and social service professionals responded; and ^ A focus group and in-depth interviews with service providers and housing developers were conducted in fall and winter 2011-1 I individuals participated. Residents. Overall, survey respondents were satisfied with their current living situation. in Meridian. right-six percent of respondents ranked their level of satisfaction with their current Iiving situation between a "C" and "9", with "C" representing "satisfied" and "9" representing "extremely satisfied." The city's housing stock is in relatively goad condition, which could be aiding in residents' overaIl satisfaction with their current living situation. As see in 1~igure ES-7, approxirnately three out of every four survey participants said their home does need any necessary repairs. Some survey participants did state tltat their lromc needcc{ some necessary repairs; however, nearly all of those 1espondents said these borne repairs dici not make their home unlivable. PAGE 6, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING Figure ES-7. Housing Condition, City of Meridian, 207 7 Note: n=327and n=84. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 20i 1. Are there any necessary repairs that you (homeowner) or your lnnrllord (renter) have not mode to your hom No (74 Are any of these necessary repairs so si~nUtcont that they make your home a of i va hle7 Yes (49u) No (9690} The survey did identify a group of rerltcrs in the city who would like to purchase a home in Mcridian.lls demonstrated in Figure F.S-8, 3S percent of renter survey respondents said they were "extremely interested" in buying a home in Meridian. Nearly three in four renters (73%) said they have not purchased a borne because they do not have money for a down_paymcnt. Figure ES-8. Renter Interest in Buying a Home in Meridian, 2017 Note: n=45. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 1.011. fxtremel y interested htterested 6 5 4 Somewhat 3 interested 2 1 Not of afl fbferested ~ 9 37.8°ro s I n.1s~ 7 ~ 6.7% {~ 13.3% ' 4.4N96 I <.Z'/U F ;f.4% R.9% 2.2% $.9% vro tu~u 4v.n nu~ro ou~ro ivuro As part of the resident survey, residents were asked to rate the IeveI of need for services within the following categories: ^ Community Facilities, ^ Infrastructure; ^ Special needs; ^ Community services; ^ Neighborhood services; ^ Businesses and jobs; and ^ I~OI1SIIlg. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, PAGE 7 The results of this exercise are summarised in Figure ~S-9. Residents consider job creation and retention the most important need within the city. Figure i:S-9. Summary of Housing and Community Development Needs, City of Meridian; 2011 Senior Centers Youth Centers s` Child Care Centers ~ Y Park ant! Recreational Facliltles ~ ~ Fleallh Care Fadllties e ~+ ~ u Cammunliy Centers ~ lire Sta[ionsand Cquipmenl llbrarEes ~ Drahsage Improvement ~ Water/Sewer Improvement i Street/Alley Improvement +„ Street Liyhtiny n w Sidewalk Irnprovernents 5 ADA Improvements ~ Accessibility Improvements Domesllc Violence Servlces Z Substance Abuse Scrvkes n Harneless Shelters/Services ~ p IIIVlAIUS Center and Services u s Neglected/Abused Children Center and Services Sen f or Activities ~` Youth Activities _ a u Child Care Services _ a y ' ~ Public l ranspmtation Services ~ G H Anti-Crime Programs u Health Services Mental Health Services 9 O O L 4 O •~ vt ~ Z m e ro rT e S Legal Services P.vping Fadlltles Cleanup of Abandoned Lots and Buildings Stan•Up Business Assistance Small Rusfness loans lob Creation/Retention Employment Training • Fa4ade hnprovements Business Mentoring Commercial/Industrial Rehabilitation Accessibillty(AUA Improvements Owoer~Ucwpied I lousing Rehabilitation Rental Hau sing Rehabihlatinn _ Homeownership Asslstante Aflardable Rental Mousiny Housing hrr Ubablyd Scniur Housing Houeing tar Large Famines Ealr Houslny Scrvkes Lead Based Palm 1"esting/Abase rnent Energy Elncient tntpraar+ments Reusing for Paster Yaulh Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. 0.0 3.8 4.Y S.5 -0.4 d.d 4.6 4.Y 9.7 3.3 5.5 5.0 R.(, b.1 3.3 5.7 S.l 4.8 4.5 .r,,0 9.1 a.6 3.9 4.7 3.9 5.1 5.? 5.2 6,b 5b •1.1 4.7 4.7 7.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 G,0 7.0 8.0 9.D PAGE 8, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING Stakeholders. Stakeholders identified downtown redevelopment, affordable housing, and services for persons at-risk of homelessness as the city's greatest housing and community needs. Downtown redevelopment. Stakeholders would like to see continued investment in Meridian's downtown area. Stakeholders would like to see the area improved fa' the LMI households that live close to downtown, and stakeholders would also like to see. more job creation and retention in the downtown area. There are currently few businesses in the downtown area. One stakeholder participating in the focus group stated that "I live in Boise only two miCes from downtown Meridian and. I have no reason to come to downtown Meridian." Affordable housing. Stakeholders would like to see tl~e city increase its inventory of affordable rental housing. Stakeholders recognize that federal and state funding is limited, but they encourage the city to be creative in finding ways to encourage affordable housing in Meridian. Services for persons at-risk of homelessness. Stakeholders said that the recent national economic downturn has impacted Meridian households. Stalceholdet:s have seen an increase in demand for services, and that these services are often necessary for families to remain in their homes (e.g., food bank, medical services}. f=ive-Year Strategies (2072-2076) Meridian has three strategies for its 2012-1.OIC Consolidated flan. Strategy No. 1: Improve access to affordable housing opportunities for Meridian residents. Strategy No. 2: Improve the lives of Meridian residents with special needs and residents at-risk of homelessness. Strategy No. 3: Improve economic opportunities in the city's L,MI areas. ^ Strategy No. 1 (Affordable Housing): Improve access to affordable housing opportunities for Meridian residents. > Objective 7.1: Address the need for affordable decent housingbysupporting a down payment assistance program for qualifying households. HUD Specific Objective Category: Availability/Affordability of Decent Housing (DH-2) Syear Consolidated Plan Outcome: 7 households ^ Strategy No. Z (Suitable Living Environment): Support services, programs and projects for the city's LMI residents, including persons with special needs and residents at-risk of homelessness. > Objective 2.1: Strpport public service activities that serve the city's LMI residents. HUD Specific Objective Category: Sustainability of Suitable Living environment (SL-3) S year Consolidated flan Outcome: 10,000 people BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING EXECUTIVE SUf01MARY, PAGE 9 > Objective 2.2: Invest in public facility improvements that serve persons with special needs and low income residents, as well as public facility improvements located in the city's LMI areas or serving LMT residents. HUD Specifc Objective G~ztegory: Availability/Accessibility of Suitable Living Em~ironment (SL-1) 5 year Consolidated Plan Ozztcnme: 3 public facilities ^ Strategy No. 3 (Economic Opportunities): Improve economic opportunities in the city's LMI areas. > Objective 3.7 : Support public service activities that provide employment training or job creation/retention for the city's LMI residents HUD Sfzeci fie Objective Category: Availability/Accessibility of Economic Opportunity (LO-1) s year G'orzsolidated flan Outcame: 20 residents > Objective 3.2: Invest in public Facility i,nprovements or activities in the downtown area that address one or more of the conditions which. contributed to the deterioration of the area. HUO Specific Objective Category: Availability/Accessibility of Economic Oppa•utniry (LO-1) 5year Consolidated Plan Outcome: 2 bt~sinesses or public facilities PAGE 10, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION I. Introduction SECTION 1. Introduction Purpose of the Consolidated Plan Beginning in fiscal year 1995, the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development (HUD) required local communities. and states to prepare a Consolidated Plan in order to receive federal housing and community development funding. A Consolidated Plan is required of any city, county or state that receives federal block. grant funding for housing and community development funding, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBU), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESCx), the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program. Consolidated Plans are required to be prepared every three to five years; updates are required annually. The purpose of the Consolidated Plan is: 1. To identify a city's, county's or state's housing and community development (including neighborhood and economic development) needs, priorities, goals and strategies; and 2. To stipulate how funds will be allocated to housing and community development activities. Consolidated Plan and Action Man. This report is the PY2(?I2-2016 Five-year Consolidated Plan for the City of Meridian (City). The city is eligible to receive CDBG funds annually. CAPER. The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is also required yearly. The CAPER reports on how funds were actually spent (versus how proposed. in the Action Plan), the households that beneEitted from the block grants and how well the jurisdiction met its annual goals for housing and community development activities. Fair housing requirement. HUD requires that recipients of its block grant fiuids take actions to affirmatively further fair housing choice and, as such, an Analysis of Impediments to Pair Housing Choice (AI) is required every three to five years. In general, the AI is a review of impediments to fair housing choice in the public and private sector. An update to Meridian's current AI was completed iir conjunction with this Consolidated PJan. Compliance with Consolidated Plan Regulations "This PY2012-2016 Consolidated Plan was prepared in accordance with Sections 91.100 through 91.2.30 of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Consolidated Plan regulations. Lead Agency and Participating Organizations The City of Meridian's Department of Community Development Planning llivision administers the city's annual allocation of the Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG. BBC RESEARCFI ?~ CONSUI-71NG SECTION I, PAGE 1 For Program Year 2U12(PY2012), the city is estimated to receive $256,727 in CllBG. CDBG is both the oldest and largest of the HUD programs for housing and community development. CDBG can be used for a variety of activities including: ^ Public infrastructure improvements {streets, sidewalks} in CDBG eligible areas or to support affordable housing development; ^ Rernoval of accessibility barriers; ^ Loans or grants to business for hiring of lower income workers; ^ Provision of supportive service dollars to social service organizations; ^ Demolition of property; ^ Construction and rehabilitation of community facilities including those that help special needs populations (e.g., homeless shelters}; and ^ Down payment assistance for homeownership. The City retained 13130 Research & Consulting (BBC) of Denver to complete the Five-year Consolidated Plan and assist with the 2012 Action Plan. Organization of Report The Consolidated Plan is organized into six sections and five appendices. ^ The Executive Summary summarises tlic top housing and community development needs for Meridian and details how the city intends to allocate CDBG in the next frve years. ^ Section / is the introduction to the report. ^ Section 1l contains an analysis of the housing market in Meridian. It also provides demographic information and discusses the location and availability of assisted housing. ^ Section /Jl reports the findings from the public and stakeholder outreach process conducted. for the Consolidated Plan. This process included a survey of residents that asked them to assign a priority rank to housing and community development Heals; community meetings with stakeholders and residents; and interviews of stakeholders who work with low income and special needs populations. ^ Section lU contains the city's Fivc-year Strategic Plan. ^ Appendix A -Citisen Participation Plan, along with any comments received during the 30-day public comment period. Index of HUD Requiwetnents The following table serves as an index for the HUD Consolidated Plan reviewer. It identifies the HUD Consolidated Plan and /lotion Plan requirements (as specified in the Consolidated Plan Review Guidance list) and shows where the items arc located in this document. BBC RESEARCH & CONSUL"PING SECTION I, PAGE Z Figure I-7. Consolidated Plan, HUD rr~~~u-~„--lili~~ii,~:~,~~-i:i,~,~ Regulations Index Stand Alone Executive Summary source: HUD required tables RRC Research & Consulting. PfrfpOSed OutCOmeS Proposed NRSA or target area Consultation process and list of organirations participating in Consolidated Plan Citizen Participation Plan Citizen comments Lead agency Exenrlive Summary Section IV, beginning on page 10 Begins in Executive Summary, Paye 10. Also Section IV. None Section III. Also Section IV/Page 2. Appendix A Section IV/Page F Introduction /Paye Z fslimaled housing needs by family type for five-year period Strategic Plan /Page 8 Disproportionate need Strategic Plan /Page 13 Disuassion of nature and extent of homelesmess, including by Section II 1 Page 8-10 racial/ethnic group Homeless facilities and services, including an estimate of the Strategic Plan 1 Page 21 percentage of beds and supportive service programs serving chronically Homeless homeless strategy 5lrategic flan /Page 27 Estimated supportive housing needs of non-homeless persons Strategic Nlan /Page 16 Estimated number of housing units with lead-based paint hazards Strategic Plan /Page 2G- Also Section IIJPage 26 Description of significant characteristics of the housing market Areas of low income and minority concentrations, including definition of concentration tJnils expected to be lost from the inventory of assisted housing Facilities and services needed to assist non-homeless persons in need of supportive housing Barriers to affordable housing and strategies to remove barriers Estimate of the number of vacant and -abandoned buildings and suitability far rehabilitation Section II Section it / Pagc 3,4,7 Strategic Plan/Page ZO Strategic Plan /Page I6 Strategic Plan /Various [carriers sections Not available SBC RESEARCH bT CONSULTING SECTION I, PACE 3 Figure I-]. (cont'd) Consolidated Plan, HUD Regulations Index Source: BBC Remarch f~ Consulting. ~•i, t:l; ~rii~ 1'li u~ Basis for priority assiynntents Strategic Plan Obstacles to meeting underscrved needs Strategic Plan /Various Obstacles sections Priorities, objectives, outcomes Exeartive Summary/Page 10 and (accomplishments) and resources Strategic Plan Affordable housing needs, basis for priorities Strategic Plan Justification for use of 1BRA N/A Priority non-housing community Executive Summary/Page 70 and development needs and goals Strategic Plan Acliorts proposed to evaluate and reduce Strategic Plan /Page 19 lead-based paint hazards Anti-povertystrategy Strategic Plan 1 Page 32 Institutional structure Strategic Plan J Page 1 Coordination Strategic Plan / I>ago 1 Public housing strategies No PHA units in Meridian. PhIA initiatives discussed in Strategic Plan /Page 2d Monitoring Aetion Plan BBC RES€ARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION I, PAGE 4 SECTION 11. Housing and Community Development SECTION 11. Housing and Community Development This section partially fulfills HUD's Consolidated Plan requirements for an analysis of Housing and. Homeless Needs Assessment, the Housing Marlet Analysis and required elements of the Strategic Plan for the City of Meridian. The remaining requirements are fulfilled in the Strategic Klan. The primary data sources for the demographic and housing profile include the following: the Census {2010), American Community Survey (ACS} 1-year (2010), 3-year {2008-2010) aIld 5-yCar (2005- 2009) estimates, Claritas (2010), COMPASS, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BL,S). Population and Household Composition Population growth. "I'he current population in Meridian is 75,092. Meridian is a fast growing conununity that has more than doubled its population iai the last l0 years. In fact, 1Vleridian accounted far 44 percent of Ada C;cnu>ty's growth in the last ] 0 years. Figure 11-7. Population of Cities within Ada County, 2000 and 2070 Source: 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census. ~:r~i,~~~l ~ ,1~~,~ G,~•,::I~elf, ~ ,:~~;: ~, ia,r,~l,~; ~ '~iair~gf:Jl~ei, . ~, Meridian 34,919 75,092 1159u 12'%~; Boise 185,787 205,671 11% 1% Eagle 11,085 19,908 80% 8% Garden City 10,624 10,972 3% 0°k Kuria 5; 382 15;210 18396 18% Star 1,795 5,793 22396 22% Ada County Total 300,904 392,365 30% 3% Age. like many communities in the U.S., Meridian's population is aging.'I'lie city's population contains a larger proportion of Baby Roamers and seniors now than 10 years ago. Figure 11-2. Age Distribution, City of Meridian, 2000 and 2070 Source: 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census. Inlanls and Toddlers (ngr_ U to ~l} 3,973 i I':u 6,9t31 9r5 School Aged Children (Aqe S to 19} 8,493 2496 99,685 26°,6 College Aged Adults (Age 20 to 24) 1,%1 % 596 3,296 496 Young Adults (Age 25 to 44) 12,964 37% 7.2,875 3096 Bally Buorners (Age 45 to G4) 5,521 1G°~6 15,542 21~G Seniors (Age 65 acid older) 2,251 6% 6,713 9% Senior residents currently comprise) percent of the city's population. As demonstrated in Figure II-3, there are three block groups wi'tl7i^ the city that contain a relatively large proportion of seniors. One of the block groups (tract 103.22, block group 2) encompasses the core of the ciownrown business district. BBC RESEARCH SI CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 1 Figure II-3. Percent Seniors of Total Population by Block Group, City of Meridian, 2070 Source: 2010 U.S. Census. Race and ethnicity. The City of Meridian is largely racially White (92 percent) and ethnically non- Hispanic (9.3 percent). The city's Hispanic population has been the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the last 10 years, and now comprises 7 percent of the city's population, compared with just 3 percent in 2000. As displayed in the "change in proportion" column on the right, all non-White raci<d groups now account for a slightly larger proportion of the city's population compared to 2000. Figure II-4. Race and Ethnicity, City of Meridian, 2070 -,•,hrvr%, t; rrir~riiF ~~~ur~rr~;a tr~_r~'~r~~n i,ra.~,r,ra~f~i,~ American Indian and Alaska Native 117 0.3% 375 0.5°,n 0.240 Asian 516 1.5% 1,345 1.8°l0 0.3% Black or African American 43 0.146 573 0.8% 0.G9fi Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 66 0.29'0 1.06 0.1% 0.0% White 32,776 94.09b 69,071 92.0°,6 -2.095 Some other race 479 1.4% 1,449 1.9% O.b% Twn or more races 861 2.59b 2,173 Z.9°,6 0.4°.6 ,. Hispanic/Latino 1,128 3.245 5,111 6.8°r6 3.695 Non-Hispanic/Latino 33,730 96.8% 69,981 93.2% -3.6% Source: 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING $ECTiON II, PAGE 2 Racial and ethnic concentration. This report examines racial and ethnic concentrations in Meridian using HUD's definitions of disproportionate need and minority area/impacted area. According to HUD, a disproportionate greater need exists when the percentage of persons in a category of need who arc members of a particular racial or ethnic group is at least 10 percentage points higher than the percentage. of persons in the category as a whole. Using this definition, an area of racial and ethnic concentration is defined as where the percentage of persons in a particular race ar ethnicity is at least 10 percentage points higher than the percentage of persons in the category for the city as a whole. The following maps show the proportions of Non-White and Hispanic residents by Census block group for the City of Meridian. The concentration thresholds used for the concentration maps are: Non-White. In 2010, 8 percent of residents in the city reported their race as something other than White. Census block groups that have ] 8 percent and mare non-White residents are concentrated by the disproportionate need definition. ^ Hispanic concentrations. In 2010, 7 percent of residents in the city reported their ethnicity as Hispanic. Census blocks that have 17 percent and more Hispanic residents are concentrated by the disproportionate need definition. 1'he maps also report areas that HUD terms. "minority areas" or "racially/ethnically-impacted areas" evhich are block groups in which minority populations are 20 percentage points higher than the City of Meridian overall. As demonstrated in Figures II-5 and iI-6, there are no areas of concentration or any impact areas in the city. 1`he Census block group with the largest proportion of non-White residents (14%) is block group 2 of Census tract l 0.3.22, which encompasses the city's downtown business district. "1'he Census block group with the largest proportion of Hispanic residents (14 percent) is block group 2 of tract 103.21. 'T'his block group lies adjacent to the ciry's main downtown area. BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION li, PAGE 3 Figure II-S. Concentration of Non-White Residents, City of Meridian, 2010 Spurce: 2010 U.S. Census. Figure II-6. Concentration of Hispanic/Latino Residents, City of Meridian, 2010 Sp u rce: 2010 U.S. Census. '. I ~,. ,.--- r Legend Lc ss Ihan i.0?e ~ "~ {. S.D','o to 18.69c _ AWrethan 18.6?6 ~_-__ ;Impacted Area .._ '~~ J Id ~" --- II Y7 u rl.d ~ ~ ~~ I -t _ ~ _ i ~~ ' ... - - - -,~ ---,' '~ . 'z _ ~ ~~ ®. _ i ' I _ . I cgr•nd •~+ Lcssllran5.09v _' s.u~~b In v.a>o - More than 17.D9c :~r~ ' ~_ -_~ Impacted Area _ BBC R[SEARCFi St CONSULTING SECTION li, PAGE 4 Type of households, Seventy-nine percent of the city's households are family households, including b4 percent husband and wife families. By comparison, family households comprise a much larger proportion. of Meridian's household composition than neighboring Boise. Family households only accounrfor• 59 percent of Boise's households, and 44 percent of Boise's households arc husband and wife Families. Figure ll-7. Household Composition, City of Meridian, 2010 Family Households 19,916 7950 Source: 2olou.s.Census. Husband-wife family 16,173 64o/a with children 8,859 35°7, without children 7,314 29% Male Householder - no wife 1,117 4% with children 777 3% without children 340 19'0 Female Householder - no husband 2,626 i 0% with children 1,761 7°h without children 865 3% Nonfamily Households 5,38G 2150 Total Households 25,302 700% Seven percent of Meridian's households arc single female hottseholds with children. Fami]ies comprised of a single female householder and children are far more likely to live in poverty, and may require some form of public assistance to afford housing and other basic needs. This is certainly the case in Meridian. For example, 5 percent of all Meridian families live in poverty compared with 13 percent of all single fcrnalc hcadcd households and ~5 percent of female households with children under the age of 5 years old. As demonstrated in Figure II-8, female-hcadcd households arc most likely to reside in the city's downtown .area. BBC RC'SEARCI'i ST CONSULTING $ECTiON II, PAGE 5 Figure II-8. Geographic Distribution of Single Female Households with Children, City of Meridian, 2070 Source: 2010 U.S. Census. I ~~ I ~ ' --- - ---- I ~: 1 . ~~ jIl i~- ' ~ ~ © -. _ ~ s _ R' E Legend i i I, ~ let, Ihnn 5,(IW ~ ~ ~ _~__ -- - S ur'i to I S.(+t y, _~~ til.iir~ih.in lS l+r ~ - i ~~~ lneotne and poverty. "1`he Atnexican Community Survey (ACS) estimated the city's 2010 median household income at $60,230. Meridian's households earn more than state and national residents; the median household income is $43,490 in Idaho and $50,046 fox the U.S. overall. Figure II-9 displays Meridian's household income distribution. Meridian households arc most likely to earn beteveen $25,000 and $50>000 per year. Sixteen percent of the city's households earn less than $25,000 per year, which qualify as low income Households using HUD's income definitions. figure II-9. Household Income Distribution, City of Meridian, 2010 Source: 2010 American Community Survey. iN+icaE I;?:!i~!:~+i~hi~~ 1'd[a+!'.{_1~1~1[JI~ I"t.1rf..,ail+lf76, Less than $10,000 i,Di2 4 td~ $10,000to$24,999 3,1.40 12% $25,000 to $49,999 G,SG3 7..5nG $SO,OOD to $74,999 6,370 24% $%5,000 to $99,999 3,473 1396 4100,000 to $149,999 2,911 11 % 4150,000 or more 2,563 1026 Figure II-10 clispIays the geographic distribution of the city's lowest income households by Census block group. "I'wo block groups contain more than 26 percent low income households. Iiy l-IUD's definition of disproportionate need, these two black groups contain a concentration of low income households in the city. I3oth bloc]< groups are located in downtown Meridian. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 6 Figure II-7 O. Geographic Distribution of Low Income Households, City of Meridian, 2070 Note I iouseholds earning less than $2s,000 per year used as a proxy for low income. Source: 2010 Claritas. Median Family Income (MFI) is used by HUD and state and local policy tnakets to qualify households for various housing programs. According to HUD, the MPI for the Boise-Nampa MSA in 2012 was $62,900. The following classifications utilize MFI to define income levels according to HUIYs categorization: ^ Extremely low-30 percent and less of MFI {$18,870 and Iess}; ^ Very low-31 to 50 percent oFMFI ($18,871 to $31,450}; ^ Low and moderate-51 to 80 percent ($31,451. to $50,320); ^ Above low anal moderate-80 percent and above of MFI (more than $50,320); Figure II-11. Household Income Distribution, City of Meridian, 2070 304& of MFI (11.64b) so°,~ of MFI (11.8%) Above 80% MFI (58.8%) so°r° of i MFI (18.3%) Source: 2010 American Community Survey. Figure II-l 1 shows the percentage of Meridian households within each MFI category. The largest proportion of households in Meridian (S9%) were considered "above low and moderate income," earning more than $50,320. 1'hcsc households would likely not qualify for HUD-fielded programs. F.ieven percent of Meridian's households earn less than 30 percent o£the local MFI and would be considered by HUD's standards "very low income." BBC RESEARCH ~I CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 7 Meridian's 6 percent poverty rate is relatively low compared to the poverty rate in Idaho (16 percent) and the U.S. (15 percent). Moreover, Meridian's child poverty rate of 7 percent i much lower than the national child poverty rate of 21 percent.' 1"igure II-12 displays poverty rates by age group for Meridian residents. The city's college age students have the highest poverty rate at 1/ percent, which is not surprising given that many of these individuals are likely enrolled in college or are just beginning careers. Moreaver, this segment of the population has been heavily impacted by the recent cconornic downtown. Surprisinglyy,, only I percent of the city's seniors arc living in poverty. C7ivcn that this segment of the popttlatzon 011071 IrVCS On a fixed income, poverty rates among seniors are typically higher than 1 percent. f=figure II-12. Povewty Status by Age, City of Meridian, 2070 Source: 2010 American Community Survey. Homelessness ~Fe7~:ll I:t~iLtl%Ili ~~r.liN-11I ~~lr i•rq,,r1113~1it li„I~r~ti~t~s;;y la, ,.~,~ ,,, Intanls and Toddlers (Age 0 to 4) .iJ.O 10,996 8 '' School Aged Children (Age 5 to 17) 1,175 24.596 6.2~s5 College Aged Adults (Aqe 18 l0 24) 551 1 L596 13.~s'> Young Adults (Age 25 to 44) 1,71 S 35.8% 7.490 Baby Boomers (Age 45 to 64) 7U3 1 5.~J9G 4.S!:~ Seniors (Age 65 and older) 65 1.4% 1.1% Tota I 4, 789 100% The State of Idaho conducts an annual Point in Time (PIT) Count of homeless individuals. "The most recently published PIT, conducted on January 25, 2012, reports homeless tabulations for seven regions across the state. Region 7 includes only Ada County. To estimate the number of homeless, it is assumed that the number of homeless individuals in Meridian represents the same proportion of Ada Cowry residents that are Meridian residents. In other words, approximately 19 percent of Ada County residents live in Meridian, therefore approximately 19 percent of the Region 7 homeless population (Atli County) is assumed to be located in Meridian. According to this count, there were 159 people who were homeless in Meridian. An estimated 1.19 of these people were individuals in adult only households and 39 were persons in families with children.z Homelessness in Meridian public schools. '1 he McKinney-Vento Act is the ftrst and only federal legislative response to homelessness.3 The Act was originally passed in 7 987. It was amended in 1990 to expand programming to at-risk and homeless children, noel to "specify in greater detail the obligation of states and local educational agencies in assuring the access of homeless children and youth to public education."a It was amended again in 1994 to "provide local educational authorities with greater flexibility in the use of grant funds," among other important changes impacting homeless ' Poverty rate includes all children under the age of 18. Data source is the 2010 US. Census. s The munber of people within each homeless subpopulation is provided in the Strategic Plan (Section IV}, consistent with HUD requirements. 3 The National Coalition for the Homeless provides a #act sheer on the McI{inncy-Vento Acr. htrpalws,~;v,natior=.alhomeless.or~lpuhlicaiionslfactslMcKinnex,•p_d 4 The National Coalition for the Homeless provides a fact sheet on the McKinney-Vento Act: http:Jlwww.nationalhomeless.org/public:ationsffacts/McKinney_pdf BBC RESEARCH bt CONSULTING SECTION II, ('AGE 8 parents and children.' The Meridian Joint School District No. 2 (district) is just one benefactor of McKinney-Vcnto grant funding. The district uses grant funding for counseling hon-teless students and has recently increased efforts to connect homeless students with community resources. The McKinney-Vento Act defines homelessness as "individuals who lacl{ a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence." Children and youth sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hard ar living in temporary housing such as hotels, campgrounds, shelters, cars or other public spaces are all considered homeless by McKinney-Vcnto Act's definition of homelessness. Anecdotally, most of Meridian's homeless students and their families are homeless because they are sharil>g housing with other related and unrelated families. According to interviews with Meridian stakeholders, the nature of homelessness has changed in Meridian. In the last five years, homelessness has gone from primarily impacting the city's working class population to affecting a more economically diverse group of residents struggling wish unemployment and foreclosures. As such, the number of homeless children and youth in the Meridian School District has increased. lluring the 2005/206 school year, there were 172 homeless students enrolled in the district. Tlus increased to X64 students in 20].0/201 i . As of October 2011, 1 GO homeless students have been identified for the arreent schaol year, which :is substantially higher than the number identified in October of last year. It should be noted that the Meridian School District extends beyond the Ciry of Meridian boundaries. Not all children identified as being homeless are Meridian residents. During the 2010/2011 school year, 262 of the 464 (56 percent} homeless students were attending schools located in Meridian. Figure I I-] 3 displays the number of homeless students identified in the school district in the last six school years. 1t is assumed that approximately half of all homeless children in the School District reside in Meridian. Figure 11-7 3. Homeless Students Attending 2005 to 2006 Meridian Joint School District No. 2, 2005 to 207 7 2006 to 2007 t~z Source: ~L007 to 2008 Meridian Joint School District No. 2 ~ r 2008 to 2009 2009 to 2010 2010 to 2017 s T6id: BBC RESEARCH ~T CONSULTING D 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Number of Homeless Children $ECT(ON II, PAGE 9 Racial and ethnic homelessness. To estimate the number of homeless by racial and ethnic group, the same methodology is used as is used for the homeless population overall: approximately 19 pcrccnt of Ada t;ounty residents live in Meridian, therefore approximately 19 percent of the Region 7 homeless population by race and ethnicity (Ada County) is assumed to be located in Meridian. Figure II-] 4 breaks down the city's homeless population by race and ethnicity. Figure 11-14. Homeless Population by Race and Ethnicity, City of Meridian, 2012 ?l:r,.r-lit:r I„-~I~sl'I ~tt~iil~ih'~: - 'air=7f{~{'-I.I luJil.i~[~f~l1=f~( iN'tir~l tA.ul.~.~arf'If~IJ~ An-~erican Indian r,rAlaska NativF S.ll l,tl ii.0 .rS:f, Asian 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.6% (ilat:k or African American 4.H 0.0 G.0 3.886 Nail~e Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.6% White 114.0 7.6 127_.0 76JBb Two or more races 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0% hlisllanic/Latino 11.0 0.0 11.0 6.98G Note: Homeless residents were allowed to chose more than one racial or ethnic category. Data by race and ethnicity do not add to homeless count. Source: State of Idaho 2012 Point-in-Time Count. There is a higher proportion of American Indian/Alaska Native and Afrieaai American/Iilaclc homeless residents in Meridian compared to the city overall. For example, less than 1 percent of the city's residents identify themselves as American IndianlAlaska Native, compared to ~ percent of the city's homeless population. Characteristics of homeless. Figure II-15 displays subpopulation demographics anc[ disabling characteristics of the city's homeless population. Again, the same methodology is used to estimate from die PIT count the proportional characteristics of homeless in the City of Meridian (estimated to be 19 pcrccnt.) Figure II-15. Disabling Characteristics of Homeless Population, City of Meridian, 207 2 Source: Slate of Idaho 2012 Point-in-Time Count. i~SiiaPL"~t-It-cc-: 1L.1~1%:n.lfiil•li~ Veterans 26 Victims of Domestic Violence 19 Substance Abuse 33 Serious Mental Illness 22 Serious Physical Illnesss/Disability 1G Other/ Prefer Not to Disclose 11 The most common disabling characteristics are substance abuse and serious mental illness. 11or many of these residents, their homeless status will not end until they are connected with necessary mental health and rehabilitation services. BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 10 At-risk of homelessness. In addition to those who have experienced homelessness in the past or are captured in a point-in-time estimate of current homelessness, there are some residents in Meridian that are at risk of future homelessness because they cannot afford their current apartment or home, or are living in temporary situations. A lower boutzd estimate of the city's population of persons at risk of homelessness can be calculated using HUD's Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data from 2000. "I'he CHAS data provide estimates of severe cost-burden and housing need for low income households with various characteristics" In general, households with the highest risk factors for homelessness tend to have tl,e lowest incomes and have trouble payzng their housing costs. 'T'hey are also snore likely to be renters and have limited social supports. Figure II-l 6 shows the estimated number ofpersons at risk of homelessness by household category for the City of Meridian. The estimates in Figure II-1C apply incidence rates from CHAS data to 2010 Census estimates. 'I~here are an estimated 1,030 households currently ac risk of homeIessness- Figure II-76. At-risk of Homelessness• i,btr4r=l~c~11~~~ ,,,~r;inr~rr;t I .iarr.;air~n Extremely Low Income and Severely Cost Renters Total At Risk Burdened Households, Elderly 52 Elderly 714 {ity of Meridian, Small families 290 Small families 471 Large families 54 Large families 119 source: Others 151 Others 2 i 6 86C Research and Consultiny, 2000 Owners .and 2010 Census, and SOCDS CHAS TOtel dt YiSk database. Elderly 172 for homelessness 7,030 Small families 181 Large families b5 Others 65 As the city's only food bank resource, the Meridian Food Bank works closely with the city's at-risk population. The food bank has experienced an increase in the total number of clients accessing the food bank, as well as first time food bank clients. According to the staff at the food bank, approximately 41,500 individuals accessed the foal bank between January and October 201 7 ,which was higher t}tan the total ntunber of persons visiting the food bank for all of 2010 (~ 1,098). Approximately 5,000 individuals were served at the food bank in October 2011, which was the largest number of clients the food bank served in a month since its iftception seven years ago. Of those clients served in October 2011, 13/ clients were visiting the food banlt for the first time. In fact, between January and October 2011, 1,02$ clients were using the food bank for the first time, indicating a growing need for food services in Meridian. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 11 According to food bank staff, the demographic and household profile of food bank clients has changed in recent years. For example, it has become increasingly common for multiple heads of household to reside in the same home, indicating that more households are "douhlilig-up" to save on housing costs. Food bank administrators also noted an increase in households where spouses have left the area ro find work outside of Meridian, and the remaining family metnbers still reside in the area until the home is sold. Economic Characteristics Unemployment. In ehe midst of the recent economic recession, the Boise region. and the City of Meridian have not been immune to incl-eases in unemployment. The city and the region experienced substantial job loss between 2047 and 2049, which resulted in unemployment rates in Meridian growing from 2.5 percent to 7.9 percent hee~veen 2007 and Z(149. Meridian's unemployment rates have historically trended below the MSA, the state and the U.S., and it remains that way in October 201 ] . Figure 11-7 7. Unemployment Rate, Boise MSA, Idaho, U.S,.2000 to 2011 d A z a s 0 a E a c Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted annual averages. Sourte: 6ure~au of Libor Statistics. G This is anecdotal information. There is nu data to support changing demographics among food battle users. BBC RESEARCH SF CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 12 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 .(October) Jobs and wages. As demonstrated in Figure lI-1.8, Ada County's employment base is largely associated with service jobs (85%) that pay an average annual wages of $37,000 per year. Manufacturing jobs pay the highest wages in the county; however, they only comprise:) percent of the county's total employment. Qverall, the county's private sector employment opportunities pay an average of $40,000 per year, Figure II-7 8. Employment and Wages, Ada Cvunty, 7 Q2071 , Nate: Goods Producing 23,252 14.696 $58,344 Employment data only available by county. Source: Natural Resources and Mining 722 O.S9fi $37_,084 iiureau of Labor Statistics. Construction 8,118 5.196 $39,156 Manufacturing 14,417 9.096 $70,512 Servicing Producing 136,317 85.4% $37,024 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 36,306 7.1_.8°~(, $36,03b Information 3,514 2.2% $46,072 Financial Activities 10,661 6.796 $51,668 Professional and Business Services 32,785 20.5% $43,b80 Fducation;,nd Flealth Servicrs 30,241 19.04E $39,936 Leisure and Hospitality 17,649 11.146 $14,6b4 Other Services 5,143 3.246 $24,024 Unclassified 18 0.0% $50,908 Total Private Employment 159,568 $40,092 BBC RESEARCH iu CONSULTING SECTION II, SAGE 13 Largest employers. Figure .II-l9 displays the largest employers in the Boise-Nampa MSA. Many of the region's largest employers have multiple locations, some of which are in Meridian (e.g., St. Luke's Regional Medical System, Wal-Mart). The Meridian Joint School District No. 2 is the fifth largest employer in the region with 4,OOU employees. The school district i very large, and does extend outside the city's boundaries. Most of the region's largest private sector employers included in Figttre II-17 are located in Boise. Meridian's employment base is primarily comprised of smaller firms involved in retail and sezvices. Figure II-19. Major Employers, Boise City-Nampa MSA, 207 7 :rri;; r .;;; IIil ~ L I~liilrll'1'/~~' . . I1'i11:fi~If-tsr~ Il~l~.l~r-iriti'i St<t[c of Idaho 8,4139 Guvenunenl 5l. Luke's Regional Medical System 7,677 Healthcare Services Micron Technology, Inc. 5,000 Serni Conductor Mfg. WalMart 4,235 RetaillGrocery Meridian Joint School District I!2 4,000 Education Boise State University 3,952 Education St. Alphonsus Regional Medical System 3,407 Healthcare Services Hewlett-Packard Company 4,000 Laser Printing Div Alhertson's/A Supervalu Carnpany 2,500 Grocery/Retail Ada and Canyon County 2,308 Government 6oise School District 2,200 Educatialy 1DACorp. (Idaho Power} 1,961 Utility J. R. Simplot 1,800 HQ/Food Production Nampa School District 1,700 Education City of Boise 1,600 Government DlrecN 1,400 Customer Service Citi 1,250 Inbound -Credit Card Sales/Service Darmody Enterprises (McDonald's) 1,250 Retail Food Veteran's Affairs/Medical Center 1,250 Healthcare Services Fred Meyer 1,200 Retail/Grocery WRS Global Services 1,100 Customer Service Call Center EDS 1,000 inbound - 3rd Party (military) leleperforrnance USA 950 Inhnund Customer Service Vallivue School District (1139 95D Education URS 900 Construction/Engineering Services (Gov't, Mininq St hewer Industries) Source: Ooise Valley Economic Partnership. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 14 Housing Market Analysis Development trends. Figure II-20 displays the number of residential building permits issued in Meridian. As is the casein many communities, residential permitting peaked in the middle portion of the last decade and drastically cleclinecl starting in 2007. Figure II-20. Residential Permits, 2001 City of Meridian, 2002 2007 to 2070 2003 sourer: 2004 COMPASS. 2OOS 2006 2007 7.008 2009 2010 Figure II-2I displays the percent of regional permits issued in Meridian between 200} and 20] 0. Meridian typically accounts for approximately 30 percent of the region's residential development. This was not the case, however, in 2006 and 2007, where more regional development occurred autsidc the city. Figure II-27. Percent of Regional Permits, City of Meridian, 2001 to 2010 Source: COMPASS. 200i 2007_ 2003 ?_004 2005 2006 7.007 Zoos 2009 2010 13.1 . i 1 3.9°k - - 24.3°~6 ~ 31.5% 30.0% 21.2°h 17.4°.6 zs.s~ - - - - ^~31.G% 32.7% ~4'n S4n 106 1S°/n 70% ~S~n ~0~6 ~S% 40% 106°/n Percent of Regional Total Figure II-22 examines the number of permits issued in Meric{ian by product type. According to permit data, single family units comprised much of the city's development in the last 10 years. Assuming permits resulted in built units, the largest proportion of multifamilyunits was cansp•uetcd in 2008 when 26 percent of all permits were issued for multifamily development. BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 15 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 Number of Residential Permits Figure II-22. Percent of Regional Permits by Product Type, City of Meridian, 2001 to 2010 Note: Percentages based on estimates with imputations. Source: U.S. Census Building Permit estimates. Housing, supply. There arc currently 26,674 housing units in the City of Meridian. The vacancy rate reported in the 2010 Census was 5.1 percent, indicating that 1,372 of the city's housing units were vacant at the tune of the Census. Most units were vacant hccause they were either for sale (612} or for rent (293). The city's housing market has experienced ren~at-kable growth in the last 20 years. The city had approximately 3,700 housing units in 1990 and 12,300 in 2000. The 600 percent increase in the size of the city's housing inventory since 1990 has resulted in the city's evolution from a small farm community to the 3"' largest community in Idaho. Tenure. Between 1990 and 2000, the. proportion of homeowners in the city grew from 7l percent to 84 percent. However, the percentage of homeowners decreased in the last 10 years and currently stands at 77 percent, which indicates that 23 percent of the city's households currently rent their Home. Figure i1-23. Housing Tenure, City of Meridian, 79.90, 2000 and 2010 Source: 7990, 2000 and 1.010 t1.5. Census. 1990 zovo 2070 BBC RESEARCN S> CONSULTING $EC1lON II, WAGE 16 2000 7.001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 7.008 2009 2010 100% 80°!° 60% 40°ro 26R6 0% Renter OR6 20% 40% 60% 80°h 1 DO°i6 Homeowner The swing in the city's homeownership rate has been dramatic, and is likely the result of changes to the city's housing composition, overall population growth and tightening of the credit market. As the city's job base becomes more robust and begins attracting more regional employers, the city's workforce and residents have likely also diversified. Some of these new residents will rent. The city may have lost some homeowners during the economic downturn of the last fesv years. While there are renters in the city waiting to become homeowners, it has become increasingly more difficult to obtain financing. Ragle and Kuna are the only Ada County cotnlrrunities with liomeowncrship rates higher than Meridian. Both communities had homeownership rates of about 80 percent in the 2010 Census. Figure 11-24. Housing Tenure in 18.495 Boise MSA, 1990, 20.1°.5 2000 and 2010 23.194 26.54E Source: 34. Z°h, 1990, 2000 and 2010 U. S. Census. 37.6°h 38.9°~ Eagle Kuna Meridian Star Nampa. Garden City Boise 100% 80% 60% 4096 20% 045 Renter Type. Despite the extensive growth in the local housing market, the distribution by type of housing unit has changed very little in the last few years. This means that housing construction in the last 10 years reflected the city's existing housing stock in 200. The city has lost some of its existing mobile home stock, which has resulted. in a larger proportion of single family detached units, Figure II-25. - Distribution by Type betached of Housing Unit, City Ingle _ of Meridian, 2000 amity and 2070 Attached 2 to 4 Units Source: 2000 U.S.Census and 2008-2070 - American Community Survey. 5 to 50 Units 50 or more units Mobile Homes 85.295 88.296 2.696 zooa 2.996 6.096 4.796 1.496 0,8°.b 0.3% ^ aot o 1 795 i 4.595 1.8'b 095 20°r6 40% 6096 80% 100% BBC RESEARCH SZ CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 17 0% 209% 40°rb 60% 8035 10096 Homeowner Age. Uiven the city's rapid growth in the last 20 years, it's no surprise that nearly 90 percent of the ciry's housing units were constructed after 1990. However, there are homes in Meridian constructed in the 1970s, indicating that 6 percent of the city's homes are approaching 40 years of age. Figure II- 2C> displays the age distribution of the city's housing stock. Figure I1-26. Age Distribution of Housing Stock, City Built 2005 or later of Meridian, 2010 Built 2000 to 2004 Built 1990 to 1999 Source: Built 1980 to 1989 2090 American ComrnunitySurvey. Built 1970 to 1979 Built 1960 to 1969 Built 1950 to 1959 Built 1940 to 1949 Built 1939 or earlier )% Housing demand and cost. 'Phis section discusses the cost of housing for both rental and homeownership housing. It then discusses demand and gaps in provision of housing to determine the greatest housing needs in Meridian. Rental costs. The gross median rent in the City of Meridian in 20l 0 was $`)65, which was an increase of 53 percent from the 2000 median rent of $C29. The ciry's median gross rent is significantly higher than the median gross rent for Ada County overall ($751), as well as neighboring Boise X718.' Pigut-c II-27 displays the distribution of gross rental rates within the City of Meridian in 2000 and 2010. In the last 10 years, the city's rental rates have become increasingly more expensive. In 2000, residents would be challenged to find a unit requiring a rent of $1,000 or more; currently, half the city's re9ttal units have rents of $1,000 or more. ~ The Census Bureau defines gross rent as "the amottnr of the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricitys pas, water and sewer) and fuels {oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.} if these are paid for by the renter (or paid fur the renter by someone else). BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 18 Figure II-27. Gross Rental Rate Less than $250 Distribution ,City of Meridian, 2000 and 2010 $250 to $499 Source: $SOOto $749 2000 and 2010 Census. $750 to $999 $1,OD0 to $1,249 $7,250 to $1,499 $1,500 or more Renter incomes have increased in the last 10 years to account for increased rental rates. The median household income of a renter household in 2000 was $27>148; it was $.38,494 in 2010. While the ciry's median renter household income did not grow as quickly rental rates in Meridian, t11e median household income of renters is enough to afford the city's median ,gross rental rate. Despite increases in renter's income, the city's median rental: rates now require a larger proportion of renters' household income. Median gross rent as a percentage of renter household income in 2000 was 26 percent; the 2010 ACS reparted that the percentage had increased to 33 percent, HUD's generally accepted definition of affordability is For "a household to pay no more than ,30 percent of its annual income on housing,"$ On average, Meridian's renter households slightly exceed HUD's affordability standard. Rental gaps. '1'o understand more specifically where the rental market in Meric{ian fails to meet residents' needs, we performed an exercise called a "gaps analysis." The gaps exercise compares the supply of rental housing at vatiotls price points to the number of households who can afford such housing. If there are more rental writs than households, the market is "over-supplying" rental housing at that price range. Conversely, if there arc too ferv units, the market is "under-supplyilg" housing. pigure II-28 displays the results of the rental market gaps analysis. s btto:/lwww.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordableboasin~/ BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 19 0°.U 10% 20% 30% 40°r6 50% lU0% Figure II-28. Mismatch in Rental Market by Household Income, City of Meridian, 2U10 ~i,f. f.{1i 111~11~ 1~~i i'~I~('i~l ~';. iit!!I~' _ I:~ 1 ~~ r I l ~ = I(71! I { _ a ft, e_ ~'I,c..:f irlf-'lit-llf' II/ Ir•~Ji..,..llf _ it/lrf ill l~~')1 _ _ I t~fils:l~ if~[?11t1.i.;iJif~j-~ ~,'t%Ji11.~'r C{_1 '),111;': ;frriahull,lll.lllf~l~?dl 72111ii1a::J~ /~9d~;~e[{~E;~' lFr;~~~ '~.ra~i~alr$1L`,DS7(I G87_ 1196 ~ JSi1 11') •1r;li (4S~) $10,000 to $14,999 442 8°h $ 375 197 346 (245) 815,Og0 to $19,999 33G 695 $ S00 74 196 (267.) $20,000to $24,999 270 546 $ 625 153 Z°r6 {117) $7.5,000 to $34,994 703 13°,5 $ 875 1,7G8 Z9°/h 1,065 $35,000 to $49,999 1,037 18°.U $ 1,250 2,804 46% 7,767 $50 400 Co $74,999 1,371 24"G $ 1,875 775 1396 (59G) $75,000 to $99,999 357 6°.6 $ 2,500 147 296 (210) 8100,000 to $149,999 288 5°A, 8 3,750 0 096 (288) $150,000 or more 123 2% $ 3,751 0 0% (123) Total 5,609 t00% 6,147 Source: RRC Research t3 C.onsulting. As shown in Figure iI-28, there are 682 renters earning less than $10,000 per year living in Meridian-but just 229 units to serve them. "Phis leaves a shortage of 453 units For the city's lowest income households. These renters have such low incomes that they can only afford to pay $250 per month in rent and utilities (Based on .30% of household income for housing costs). Altogether, the City's rental gap is 1,077 for renters earning less than $25,000 per year. Renters earning more than this can find an adeduate supply of units. In particular, renters earning between $25,000 and $50,000 have an abundance of units affordable to them. The City's highest income renters could pay more in rent than w13at the market has available to serve tlietli; however, these renters likely pay less than their maximum affordable rent to save for a down payment for a home purchase. Owner costs. The median value of an owner-occupied Dome in the City of Meridian is $1.90,400 accordilig to the 2010 Census. lay comparison the median home value in Boise is $18&,900. In 2000, the Census estimated Meridian's median home value to be at $119,800. Based nn these estimates, the median has increased by $70,600 (59 percent), or by an average of $7>O60 per yeal•. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 20 Figure II-29 demonstrates how the city's owner-occupied housing marlcct has changed in the last 10 years. More than half the city's homes were valued bet~x~cen $100,000 and $150,000 in 2000. Many of those homes likely appreciated between 2000 and 2010, and are now valued higher than $].50,000. lldditionaf changes to the distribution. of the ciry's housing marl~et are likely attributed to new construction that occurred in the last 10 years. New construction likely favored homes valued at $200,000 or more. Figure II-29. Owner-Occupied Home less than $SO,000 Value Distribution, City of Meridian, 2000 and $SO,ooo to $99,999 2010 $100,000 to $149,999 Source: .$150,000 to $199,999 2000 and'LOlO Census. $200,000 to $299,999 $300,000 to $499,999 $500,000 to $999,999 $1,000,000 or snore The housing market downturn impacted Meridian profoundly bath in sales activity and sales prices. In the last Lour years, the average sales price has declined by 37 percent. And, 2010 produced the lowest number of annual sales of the last five years. Figure II-30. Frequency and Average Sales I~rice of MLS Sales, City of Meridian, 2006 to 2070 Source: COMPASS and Intermountain MLS , ~;t-1C~~~ iadl•{-~ 2UU~ 3,271 fl 269,515 2007 1,864 $ 167,924 2008 1,464 $ 234,70( 2009 1,614 $ 187,171 2010 1,426 $ 168,547 BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 21 U% 1 U~36 lU% 3U°!o 4U°r5 SU°Po 6U% l UU% Figure II-31 maps the 2010 median sales price by Census tract. 'There was no portion of the city that did not experience a decline in home prices in the last five years. Average sales prices declined by 35 to 40 percent in every Census tract in the city but ol3e (103.31)., Figure II-31. Average MLS Sales Price by Census Tract, City of Meridian, 2010 Source: COMPASS and Intermountain MLS . - - - 79 - - - _ - __ - - _ ____ ---- ~~ ~.s~ ,~ , I j - '1 - j I ~ ! ~ -`i ' 1 --- i ?03.13 1 :05,631 417 Y,151i 3'.. ,~iL _ 103.21 4208,129 413Q599 -37.396 i 103.7.2 1170,319 4103,177 -39.496 103.31 4338,371 4233,A69 -30.990 103.32 4251,264 4140,4Ta -34.1% 1 103.33 4>51,640 4162,566 -31.496 - ® '.~.t , 103.3a 4212,a2t 5139,081 -37.5"s .. 103.35 $285,419 4172,668 -39.54 1 l 151 3 ~., Legend Lesslhan 4150,000 ~,_ - j i 5150,(}00 to SZ00,000 !cs' <_ J I - More thon 5200,tl00 -- ~ _,'~ _ Homeownership gaps. Figures II-32 and II-33 present the f ridings from the homeownership gaps analysis. figure 11-32 presents the analysis for renters transition'rng into homeownership. Nigurc II-33 presents the analysis for current homeowners. As demonstrated in Figure II-32, renters earning $35>000 or less make up 44 percent of all renters in the city. I-iowevcr, these 2,4,33 renter households only have about 13 percent of the city's owner occupied housing units to choose from if they are loo]cing to buy. "i'hc cumulative proportion of affordable traits to buy increases substantially for renters earning $35,000 to $50,000 per year: renters earning at least $50,000 arc able to afford 47 percent of homeownership units. In other words if a renter is not earning at least $35>000 it is difficult to own a home. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION II, FAG[ 22 Figure II-32. Market Options for Renters Wanting to Buy, City of Meridian, 2010 hail ti~~„~,irn - -`:fr;an;ar,tirvr.~<, r~i nraft~~ xf~Vt;=Iil•II~f ~1k~iis~y Jaii~i+>f,l~ll~ ,;rl lrr;-, lelii={¢~~t.- Ilir rl Li =:1;,~-.il(.7i lilrrn r.l lr r - „I~~ .r ~ Inl~lrr !;IdCrr~ (. ir~~,~ri. - - - - I:: c~ .u;~:' I r:71~i7~il•li~~ (c;, lli:m $1U,UC50 6ki7 lJ`:6 $ i~~,84D 3°0 ~Su -93-::~ $10,000 to $14,999 442 8% $ 59,757 0°i6 496 -7°n f $15,000to 914,999 336 64b $ 79,677 046 496 G`;: $20,000 to $24,999 270 S% $ 99,597 1°h 5°.6 -496 $25,ODOlo $34,999 703 1396 $ 134,437 896 1346 -4",i $35,000to $44,999 1,037 18% $ 199,198 3496 4795 1646 $50,000 to $74,999 1,371 2446 $ 298,799 3696 8396 12`Y~ $75,000ta$99,999 357 696 $ 398,400 11°i5 95% 5°r6 $100,000 to 5149,999 288 S°,G $ 597,602 596 9946 -1`':~ $150,000 or more 123 2% $ 597,603 195 10096 -1 °~ Total 5,609 100% 100% Source: BBC Research & Consulting. As seen in Figure II-3.3, the city's homeownership market is well-suited for households earning $35,000 or more per year. The gap for households earning $75,000 or more demonstrates that the city's highest income households will find Meridian's housing market relatively affordable. The city has a relatively shall proportion of low income homeowners. Some of these homeowners are likely seniors who purchased their homes a number of years ago and now live on a fixed income. Figure II-33. Mismatch in Homeownership Market by Household Income, City of Meridian; 2010 h~,c;;+irivur~ rx~i,=•rit=l~l~~~u-F ut•~,~;-~ let~~y.t~l~l.ltil _ I'.I r,rL=rr - ; i~.t ;. ~ ~:1ir„tf l.l,;~l: h~ fr~i rl~eHr c~,,,,,l;,rirr,=~1 _ {c.~nii~lt-t~i•~~ r;~nt.~; ~li~~~. I~~r. L~l~ I;:a,[il= r~Plrl, 7N~._' Ir:~~~ 1nl•InL~i'Idr.._ I r f i..7~ 1.lr17•.~rr r 111 ~ Jif,', r•(_: iGj,~7~. Less than $10,000 356 296 $ x9,840 607 340 3°,o Z51 $10,000 to $14,999 344 246. $ 59,757 91 096 446 (253) $1S,OOOto $19,499 505 396 $ 79,677 18 096 496 (487) $20,000 to $24,999 769 496 $ 99,597 165 1°h 546 (604) $25,000 to $34,999 1,487 896 $ 139,437 1,619 84b 1 396 132 $3S,000to $49,999 2,125 11% $ 199,198 6,698 3496 4796 4,573 $50,000 to $74,999 5,002 2646 $ 7.98,799 7,p45 3b46 8346 2,043 $75,000 to $99,999 3,939 2096 $ 398,400 2,227 1 i96 95°~ (1,712) $lOD,000to$149,999 3,086 1696 $ 597,602 888 54fi 9996 (2,198) $150,000ormore 1,911 10°h $ 597,603 166 1% 100°r6 (1,745) Total 19, 5 24 100% 19, 524 100% Source: BBC Research & Consulting. BBC RESEARCH ~ CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 23 Housing Condition and Needs Indicators Substandard living conditions and overcrowding. HUD classifies substandard units as those that {aclc complete kitchen or plumbing facilities, are dilapidated', do not have cleetrieity, or do not have a safe or adequate source of heat. Approximately 1 percent of the city's housing units lack kitchen and plumbing facilities; according to the Census, all of these units are unoccupied.10 Virtually all of the city's occupied housing units have an identified heating source..' I As such; it is likely that approximately 300 housing units in the city-are considered substandard because they lack sufficient kitchen and plumbing facilities. The ACS does not compile data on dilapidated homes or homes withc3ut electricity. Overcrowding in housing can threaten public health, strain public infrastrtreture and neighborhoods, and points to the need for affordable housing. I'he amount of living space required to meet health and safety standards is not consistently specified; measw~able standards for overcrowding vary by community. According to 1:-iUD, the most widely used measure assumes that a home hecomes overcrowded. when there is more than one household member per room.tZ'j Using HUD's definition of overcrowding, 1.6 percent of the city's occupied housing units are considered overcrowded. Renter households are slightly more overcrowded (2.5 percent) than owner households (1.4 percent).' The number of overcrowded units h.as decreased since 2000, when 2.9 percent of all housing units were considered overcrowded. Specifically, overcrowding was very prevalent in the city's rental units, as S.5 percent of all occupied rental units were considered overcrowded. Figure II-34. Summary of the Substandard Housing Conditions by Tenure by Income, 2010 ILt~;~inl-~l„=t~r_~t (t.~~it=.~, iat';~;t=1r, Flausehald income less than 3Ug5 Mfl 0 rj Household Income 30 to 50% MF1 17. 61_ household Income 50 to 80~1o FMI 103 78 household Income greater than 80Ro Iv1fl 135 319 Note: Includes overuowding (1.01 or more persons per room) and/or without complete kitchen or plumbing facilities. Numbers may not aggregate to total substandard units reported by ACS due to variation in sampling. Source: 2010 American Community Survey, CHAS and BBC Research St Consulting. Figure 11-34 breaks out substandard housing condition by tenure and income. The definition of substandard presented in Figure II-34 includes units that are overcrowded or lack complete .kitchen and plumbing facilities. 13y this def ninon, approximately 700 housing units in the city arc considered substandard. ' Does not provide safe and adequate shelter, endangers health, safety, ar well being of family; OR has a combination of intermediate defers insufficient mtmber or extent u, require considerrble repair or rebuilding. to Taken from statistics on kitchen and pluarbing facilities for occupied and total housing units from the ZO10 Anaericarr Communit}'Survey 1-year estimate. r t According to the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5 year estimate, only ll of dte city's housing mots lacked an identified hr;ating.source. r2 Par information on HUD's definition of overcrowding, see: httpaJvnvw.huduser.or /rr,P,rublicationslpdfrlYltasurirrg Osrrcrowdin~~ in Hsi.udf 's The HUD American Housing Burney defines a room as an enclosed space ttsed for living purposes, such as a bedroom, living nr dining room, kitchen, recreation roam, or another finished room suitable for year-round use. P:xchrded are bathrooms, laurtdry rooms, utility roams, pantries, and unfinished areas. r~ 2908-2010 American Conunnnily Survey 3-year estimate. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 24 If the housing units with condition problems are not addressed, the number of households without sufficient kitchen, plumbing, or heating facilities may increase to 8/7 by 2015. Severe cost and cost burden. Figure II-37a. shows cost burden and severe cost burden being experienced by households in Meridian by income level. The data are based on CHAS and updated ACS and COMPASS estimates. Applying COMPASS population growth estimates to the 2000 CHAS data inc{icates that there are 7>720 (2,8.32 renters and 4,888 owners) households in 2010 that are cost hurdcncd> 3,2,37 of which are severely cost burdened {50 percent or more of a household's income is spent on housing). Figure II-37a. Summary of the Severe Cost Burden Being Experienced by Renters and Owners by Household income less than 30ayo MFI Income Category, City of Meridian, 2070 Cost Burden > 30% 1,271 722 Source: Severe Cost Burden > 50°/n 1,096 604 BBC Research and Consulting, 7.010 American Community Survey and HUD CHAS database. Household Income 30 to 50°,6 MFI Cost Burden > 30% 876 1,367 Severe Cost Burden > 50% 376 686 Household Income 50 to 804'o FMI Cost Burden > 30% 564 1,630 Severe Cost Burden > 50% 106 316 Household Income greater than 80% MFI Cost Burden > 30°/u 120 1,168 Severe Cost Burden > 50% - 53 Figure II-376. displays the number of cost bur-dencd households in Meridian by 2015 using COMPASS population growth estimates. I3y 2015, 9,238 households will be cost burdened in Meridian. Figure II-37b. Cost Burden, City of Meridian, 2075 Nole: Assumes same household income distribution in 207 S as in 201 D. Source: COMPASS, CHAS and BBC Research & Consulting. I [iif~ihi{-itl ~VIi11~t'-r, ilit•~.~i~~r_Ik-'.', li i;r ,,!Et.=~Pti11!LJ~if,?~h'V-~. Household income less than 3046 MFI 2,385 Household Income 30 to 50%MFI 2,685 Household Income 50 to 80'Yo FMI 2,626 Household Income greater than 80%MFI 1,542 BBC RESEARCH SE CONSULTING SECTION Il, PAGE 25 Lead-based paint. Housing built before 1978 is considered to have some risk oflead-based paint, but housing built prior to 19/.0 is considered to have the highest rislz. AFter 1940, paint manufacturers voluntarily began to reduce the amount of lead they added to their paint. As a result, painted surfaces in homes built before 1940 are likely to have Higher levels oflead than liort~tes built between 1940 and 1978. Lead-based paint was banned fi~om residential use in 1978. It is difficult to determine the pz•ecise number of hvuseholds at risk oflead-based paint poisoning. However, people living in substandard units or older housing, and who are ]ow income, are more likely to be exposed to lead-based paint than higher income househvlds living in newer or rehabilitated older housing. Less than 1 percent (199 housing units) of Meridian's housing stock. was built before 1940, when lead-based paint was most common. An additional 2 percent (519 housing units) were built between 1940 anti 196D, when lead-based paint was still uses{, bttt the amount oflead in the paint was being reduced. Finally, 1,969 Meridian hvitsing units (7%) were built between 1960 and 1979, just as lead- based paint was being phased out and eventually was banned. 'Therefore, the majority of the housing stuck in the city (approximately 25,300 units) was built after lead-based paint was prevalent in residential housing. 1f (as HUD estimates) 9D percent of the pre-1940 units in Meridian are at risk of containing lead- baseclpaint, 80 percent of the units built between 1940 and 1960 arc at risk, and 62 percent of units built between 1)60 and 1979 are at risk then 1,815 Meridian housing units may contain Lead paint. The estimated number of households with lead-based paint hazard is displayed ui Figure II-28. Figure II-38. I,:ni~~l:::,~ r :~i„i.l~.tii i:na~nrls=c~ Estimated Households with 'na:I,i~,bNf31,~,r ~ „iGfa~tii~t> I;i:i~,~:iu~.t.~~~ I~~Uinl~t-)~~~a Lead-Based paint Risk, City of , ul,luiYd~a: turlll i iuJ,il~- t~lu,.,~, iu r I~lir. ~akill Meridian, 2010 1939 and Earlier 199 90!SU 179 Source: HUU-"Guidelines for the Evaluation and 1940 to 1960 519 8096 415 Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing'' 1960 to 1979 1 469 6296 1,721 2°10 American Community Survey. , Total 2,687 1,815 BBC RESEARCH ~i CONSULTING SECTION ll, PAGE 26 The map in Figure II-39 displays the number of housing units that may be arrisk of lead-based paint hazards. .All of the housing units identified on the reap were built i1, the years before lead-based paint was banned from usage and are low to moderate income households (earning less than SO percent of MFI). As demonstrated in the map, the greatest risk oflead-based paint is found in the city's downtown area. Figure II-39. Estimated Number of Households with Lead-Based Paint Risk by Block Group Source: Claritas 2010, 6QC Research & Consulting. Foreclosures. According to RealtyTrac, there were 32/ new foreclosure filings in Ada Countyr in November 2011. This foreclosure rate indicates that one in every 485 homes in the county received a foreclosure filing in November 2011. This was a higher foreclosure rate than the State of Idaho (one in every 770 housing units), but lower than the U.S. overall (one in every 579 housing units). Meridian's housing stock represents 17 percent of the county's housing stoelc. Assuming foreclosures in Meridian occur in proportion with the city's contribution to the county's housing stocle (l7t%)> Meridian may have had 55 foreclosure filings just in November 201. J . BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION II, PAGE 27 Figure I1-40 maps the percentage of bank owned properties of total home sales in 2010 by block group. Since foreclosures are not identified in the MIS, bank owned properties are used as a proxy for foreclosures. Bank owned properties accounted for 30 to 50 percent of all borne sales in 20I0 in most of the ciry's block groups. The proportion of banked owned properties of total sales exceeded 50 percent in two of the city's block groups. Both block groups were located in central Meridian. Figure II-40. Percent Bank Owned Properties, of Total Sales by Block Group, 2010 Source: COMPASS and f3QC Research & Consulting. BBC RESEARCH ~T CONSULTING SECTION li, PAGE 28 SECTION IMI. I~ublic Input and I~articipation SECTION III. Public Input and Partieipation This section dzscusscs input from citizens, stakeholders and service providers regarding the development of the Five-year Consolidated Plan, Public input was gathered in the following ways: ^ A resident survey was distributed online and on paper between November 16'" and llecember 15'h of 2011-3,30 residents participants in the survey; ^ An online stakeholder survey was promoted by city staff and BBC in fall 2011.-15 housing and social service professionals responded; and ^ A focus group and in-clepth interviews with service providers and housing developers were capducted in fall and winter 201 1-11 individuals participated. The results and input received from these methods of public engagement were used in conjunction with quantitative analysis to develop the five-year goals, strategies and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. Resident Survey This section presents the results from the resident survey. Distribution strategy. A variety of organizations and mediums were used to publicize and distribute the resident survey. They are summarized in Figure 111-1. Additionally, the resident survey was publicized in utility bills mailed to Meridian residents. Figure Ill-1. Survey Distribution, City of Meridian, 2077 Ada County Roys and Girls Club [ioise City/Ado County Housing Authority Chief Joseph Elementary School City of Meridian City Clerk City of Meridian Planning Uepartmenl EI Ada Community Action Partnership Friends in Action Idaho Leagal Aid Services Idaho Office fur Refugees Intermountain Fair Housing Council Linder Eiementary School Meridian Community Center Meridian Elementary SchUOI Meridian Food Bank Meridian High School Meridian Library Meridian Middle School Meridian Senior Center Terry Reilly Health Services United Way of Treasure Valley City of Meridian webslte City of Meridian electronicnewsletter City of Meridian Facebook page City of Meridian Twitter page HOA email distribution lists Press release to focal newsuapers Public school entail list Source: BBC Research & Consulting and City of Meridian. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 1 The resident survey was publicly promoted though the city's website and public schools, as well as distributed through nonprofit organizations. As such, the survey is not meant to be interpreted. as a statistically valid survey of all Meridian residents. Rather, the survey reflects the experiences and opinions of residents who were interested in responding to questions about their housing experiences. Demographic profile. T'he resident survey included several demographic and socioeconomic questions. Where possible, comparisons are made between survey respondent demographics and those for the city overall. Geography. Figure III-2 displays survey respondents' place of residence in Meridian. The largest proportion of survey respondents live in North Meridian, defined as the area of the city north of Fairview Avenue/Cherry Lane. '1 he retraining 44 percent of respondents were equally split between South Meridian (south of the Interstate 84) and Downtown/Central Meridian. Figure III-2. Residence of Survey Respondents, City of Meridian, 20i 7 Note: n-329. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011 and SBC Research Fi Consulting. io' Northern - I Meridian ,,,,,,;,;,,, , . (5G°lo) - ~ li..l Rd ~ U.tl.l 4; I _ r ~r If i {~-~ , r 1 '' l_ ~ .S ~ + ! _ ~ Central ~I s, ~ ~ l -- - a f ~ ~ ~ Meridian I.._ + .- I , . , 1 , . 1 ~f ~ Southern ~ .. ` °~_I L~1 Meridian (2240) - - ~ . (~ . t •. ~ _ ~ ~ I - I u vla~y BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 2 Household profile. Figure III-3 compares the household size of survey respondents to the size of all households in Meridian. On average, survey respondents have larger households than residents in the city overall, The vast majority of survey respondents have a household size of four (31%). Figure III-3. Household Size of Survey Respondent Compared with Household Size for Meridian, 2017 1 person 2 person 31.236 17.396 1R.9% 15.89'o T. 14.4% 9,530 1Ql;(, o. iS6 f I I ~ r 3 person 4 person S.person More than 5 person Note: n=292; According to the 2010 ACS, the average household size in Meridian is 2.89. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011 and 201 o U.S. Census. Household Size of Survey Respondent ^ Household SI7.P (Cen Sl11) Survey participants were asked to identify the language most commonly spoken in their home. Most respondents speak English (98%) at home.' Race and ethnicity. I~igurc III-/ presents the race/ethnicity of survey respondents. Ninety-two percent of survey respondents identified themselves as racially White. ~lpproximatcly 3 percent of survey respondents identified themselves as Hispanic. Compared to the proportion of Hispanics in the city (7%), a smaller proportion of Hispanics responded to the resident survey. Figure III-4. Other (1.696) Race/Ethnicity of Native Hawaiian or Survey Respondents, Other Pacific Islander (0.396) -Asian (2.396} Ci#y of Meridian, 207 1 Hispanic/Latino (2.69U) , Black or African American (1.0°k) Note: 1 n=305. .._ .. . _.~~. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. Cauca:ran/White (92J96) t n=299. BBC RESEARCH ~ CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 3 Income. Figure lII-S compares the household income distrihution of survey participants with the distribution of the city overall. The largest proportion of survey participants earn bet4veen $50,000 and $75,00(1 per year (280/cl), which is close to the proportion those households represent in the city (24%). Overall, the survey has strong participation from the city's highest earning households. It should be noted that many survey respondents chose not to disclose their household's income. Figure III-3. Household Income of Survey Respondents Compared with the .Overall Household Income for Meridian, 207 7 27:7.5 25.245 24.596 ~,_,,. r' ~ j 19.0°,5 14.796 1?..196 8:296 3.996 3.9°ti Household Income of Survey 26.4°6 Respondents 71.0% ~ 13.346 HbUSehOld Income (Census} Less than 310,000 to $25,000 to $50,000 to b75,000 to 3100,000 $10,000 $24,000 $49,999 $74,999 $99,999 or more Note; n-237. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. Age. Figure III-6 compares the age of survey respondents with the age of the city's householders. The survey had high participation from residents between 35 and 44 years of age. Sixteen percent of the city's householders are seniors, compared with 9 percent of survey respondents. Exhibit III-6. Age of Survey Respondent Compared with Age of Householder, City of Meridian, 2017 37.995 2(.S°.6 i 1.3.6p5 19.7°h 20.396 14.595 16.356 lo_o46I it s.5~,6 3 296 ~ i 1.796 _ ' ~ 04'0 i- '-r-- 'r ~ r Less than 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 years years old years old years old years otd years old and older Note: n-101. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011 and 2010 U.S. Census. Age of Survey Respondent Age of Householder (Census} BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING SECTION II1, (~AGE4 Disability. Ten percent oFsurvey respondents reported that a member of their household had a mental and/or physical disability, This is a higher rate of disability than that seen citywide (7%}.z Most households with a disabled household member live in housing that meets their accessibility needs, as shown in Figure 11I-7. C)nly one survey respondent provided information on their home's accessibility deficiencies. That individtlal was a senior in need of home modifications to make their home livable for their wheel chair, walker and oxygen machine (e.g., no bathroom on main floor, wider doorways). Exhibit III-7. Disability and blousing Accessibility of Survey Respondents, City of Meridian, 2071 Note: n=322 and n=33. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2°11. Yes (9490) Housing profile. Survey participants were asked a series of questions on their current housing situation. Tenure. Most survey respondents own their current home (86%).~ Subsequently, 14 percent of survey respondents currently rent their home. 1lccording to the U:S. C;ensus, the city has a larger proportion of renters (2.3%) than this survey captured. The survey contained two questions specific to renters. These questions were used to determine how difficult it is to find an affordable rental unit in Meridian and to i>etter understand the potential barriers renters face in becoming homeowners in Meridian. Renters avere asked to rate their experience finding an apartment in Meridian on a scale between "U" and "9," where "0" indicates that it was "extremely difficult" to find an apartment in Meridian and "9" indicates that it was "extremely easy" to find an apartment in Meridian. As demonstrated in higure III-8, survey respondents reported varying experiences when looking for apartments in the city. 1lbout one-fourth of renters found their experience looking For a rental unit moderately easy. z 2UlU 1-yearAmerican Community Survey. s n=329. BBC RESC'ARCI~ ~i CONSULTING f)ves yvur current borne meet fhe needs vl the disabled Ao you or any members of your current hovseboldl member of No (6%) your family have a disabilify? Yes (lO%) SECTfON III, RAGE 5 No (90%) Exhibit III-8. Extremely ° Experience in Locating easy ~ j e.9~ Rental Units in Meridian, 2011 s z.z°r° Note: n=45. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. Easy E e Dif$cult ? e` 2.2% 076 207'0 40% 6046 804u 10096 Extremely ~ di(firult One third of renters said it was difficult to find a rental wait in the city. Most of those renters said this because there were "very few available rental .units in zny price range."' Current renters were asked to measure their level of interest iu buying a home in Meridian. Thirty- eight percent of renter survey respondents said t~~ey were "extremely interested" in buying a home in Meridian. About 11 percent were not at all interested in buying. Figure III-9 summarizes these results. Figure III-9. Extremely 5 Renter Interest in Buying Interested a Home in Meridian, 2011 a Note: ~ n.4S. Interested 6 Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 7Q71. 5 4 Sonlewhat 3 Interested 2 1 Nor ar all interested 0 4 n=13. twelve routers {92%) provided this response. BBC RESEARCH ET CONSULTING 8.996 8.946 -,. V%a LU%0 4UYD bU%U 2fU %° IUU rb SECTION 111, PAGE 6 Figure I II-10 summarizes the reasons why renters have not yet purchased a home in Meridian. Nearly three in four renters (73%) said they have not purchased a home because they do not have money for a downpayment. Norty percent of renter survey respondents said they had not bought a home because of poor credit. Figure I11-10. Reasons Renters Have Not Purchased a Home in Meridian, 2017 Note: n=45. Percentages do not add to 100 percent because fire question allowed multiple reasons for not buying. So u rcc: Meridian Resident Survey, 20i 1. 0% 20°h 4096 60°,6 8096 10096 Type of home. Ninety-four percent of respondents reside in a single family hame.5 This is reflective of the city's housing stock, which largely consists of single family homes. Housing satisfaction. l~s demonstrated in Figure III-1 1, survey respondents are largely satisfied with their current living situation. More than three in four survey participants (77%) ranked thew level of satisfaction with theee current living situation between a "7" and "9", with "9" representing "extremely satisfied." Figure III-7 7. Extremely Housing Satisfaction, sorisfied ~ z2.a~ City of Meridian, 2011 a Zg,zry° Note: 7 ~ 25.296 n=329. - Satisfied 6 8.590 Source Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. 5 6.4°i6 a ~ n°,~ Disatisfred 3 2 1 Extremely 0 dissatisfied 5 n-,328. $BC RESEARCII bi CONSULTING I do not have enough money for a downpayment. I have poor credit. cannot afford maintenance costs associated with '. 20.044 homeownership. I cannot afford I 1 ~ 8~6 o a mortgage. I I Other ~ 8.996 t cannot find something ° 6.7k I want to buy. I plan to move to 6./66 another city. 1 1 1.59b v;~ t~~sa yv~'o aura rsuyro l uu ~o SECTION III, PAGE 7 Although most residents in Meridian are satisfied with their current living situation, some residents did cite dissatisfaction with their current circumstances. In total, survey respondents gave 70 reasons why they were dissatisfied ',with their current living situation. Six common themes rose out of residents' responses, which included the following: ^ Mortgage value greater than housing value {underwater on mortgage); ^ Kisc in HOA fees/property taxes; quality of home and lack of upkeep; ^ Quality of neighborhood; ^ Housing size; and ^ Lack of desired home amenities (e.g., too few bathrooms, yard too small). Housing condition. As displayed in Figure III-12, 26 percent of survey respondents said there were necessary repairs needed for their home. However, only 4 percent of respondents that reported needing home repairs said those repairs were significant enough to make their home unlivable. In other words, most home repairs were cosmetic in nature or were not tn-gent {e.g., replace roof, new paint). Figure 111-12. Housing Condition, City of Meridian, 2017 Note: n- 327 and n=BA. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2017. Are there any necessary repairs thnt you (homeowner) or your landlord {renter) have not made to your lrom ho (74' Foreclosure. Very few of the city's homeowner survey respondents are strongly concerned about losing their home to foreclosure. In fact, nearly 90 percent of horrteowners said their concerned varied between "not at all concerned and "somewhat concerned." Three percent of homeowner survey respondents reported being "extremely concet•rted" about their home going into foreclosure. Are ^ny o(Ihese necessory repairs so signi(icont that they make your home unlivohle? Yes (44'0) Na (9b4`o) Figure Ill-13. Concern of Foreclosure, City of Meridian, 2071 txtrernel y 9 ' 2 9~k concerned s 7.745 7 1.746 Concerned 6 ~ i 3.3% s ''• zz~w 4 7.545 Somewhat 3 9 246 concerned 2 I /.4°/u 1 ,75.146 Not at all 0 concerned 0% 20°i6 4046 6045 80% 1D0% BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING Note: n=272. Sourcci Meridian Resident Survey, 2071. SECTION III, RAGE 8 Housing and community development needs. Survey respondents were asked to rate the level of 7~ced for services within the following categories: ^ Community facilities; ^ Neighborhood services; ^ Infrastructttrc; ^ Businesses and jobs; and ^ Special needs; ^ Housing. ^ Community services; "I'he results of this exercise arc described in this section. Community facilities. As demonstrated in Figt7re TTY-14, park and recreational f<~cilities, comrnunity centers artd youth centers were most lilccly to be identified by residents as being a moderate to high need in Meridian. Figure III-14. Community Facility Needs, City of Meridian, 2011 Libraries n.z% 6,~9a 9.4¢t, ,.•g,,,' 13.z7s 16.196 ~ I: . Fire Stations and Equipment 1o.3w 6.6'M 2796 •iG e'. tu.e~6 Iz.39a _ ,•-.1• , 3.<% comrnunity Centers s 796 5.~4b~ ~ t ;7T;S;: 17.296 I•t296 ~:; . Health Care Facilities It.z96 6.69b ~.7s9a - f 14.396 n.996 3.7% .r ParkandRecreationaLFacilities B.A96 s,746:•:'$_{:~~ajl! ~ 13.294 16.9¢4 `j:;;.5'` 3.696 Child Care Centers It.)% 3.f19b to.746 r u.7% 1o.o96 ~ 0.796 3.74;. ~ 18.196 17.-096 Youth Centers s_79a ~.'I,~~(' ~~~•. I i;t;tc; 3.~i45 SeniorCerners 11S^e 9.)'78 Ivj:'• 11.296 13.646 ,. +' 0% 20% 7#0% 60% 0 t I 2 ~.~ 3 0 4 ~ 5 Lowest Need No[e: n=297 ro 304. Source Meridian Resident Survey, 207 t. 6 7 ~ f 8 ~ 9 Nighest Need BBC RESEARCH LI CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 9 Infrastructure. Sidewalk improvements were identiFied as the community's highest infrastructure need by survey respondents. Figure Ill-15. Infrastructure Needs, City of Meridian, 2011 ADA Improvements I rt,39b et.l!; tov.~ Sidewalklmprovements s.7Ri 7,180 s.6ti~ - ,--r-~.;, ttsv~ tz.e9o Street Lighting a ~ e.lr: > ati i'u,; is r i s9a i t k!5 Street/Alley lmprovemnn£ toa96 a.aw zr9n ., 7.140 u Waler(Sewer Improvement u.esc 8.94 rS.9Vb 9.490 Drainage Improvement ~ lt. 746 9.796 0% 209'n 4096 0 1 i Z [_j 3 ® 4 Cowest Need Note: n=285 to 288. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2071. 8.790 9.74a --T°---°-- -T- 6095 8096 t009b 5 6 7 [~ 8 ® 9 Highest Need Special needs. Sixteen percent of survey respondents identified services for neglected and abused children as the highest need among the city's special needs population. Figure III-76. Needs of Persons with Special Needs, City of Meridian, 2011 Family Self-SUfficiencyServices 9.zw. s.r^67.990 iil~r•~_ ,cj~•`; n.l:e 1o.39a ~ ip,ir'. 7. too _ Neglected/Abused Children - CenterandServices 4.094 a,33ar,<.,, ~r7;v•, irsv:, is.19a re c> HIVIAIDS Centers and Services 1a s96 9.498 13.3% (: 9.746 Homeless Shelters/Services t i 190 s.rn6 s;39t...~F; `> - t 3s96 9.940 _+•iGr, Substance Abuse Services I 10.796 Domestic Violence Services ~ io.t~6 Accessibility Improvements ~ u.t96 CentersJServiceslor Disabled ~ 77.990 095 0 Lowest Need No[e: n=278 to 287. Source: Meridian fesident Survey, 2011. c t.a~w e_9~6 8095 10096 ~ ~, ~ 8 ® g Highest Need BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 10 2056 4D9b 6096 1 [ 2 r j 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 6 Community services. Twenty percent of survey respondents identified public transportation services as Meridian's highest community service need. Figure 111-17. Community Services Needs, City of Meridian, 2077 Legal $eNICeS Mental Health Services Health Services Anti-Crime Program Public Transportation Service Child Care Service Youth Activities $enlOr ACItVItIeS 2.9 96 13.7W 6.594 tl.39b 10.890 10894 ' 11,Gno J.39'0 8,596 - 13.194 1G.6W xwe s-396 7-191 - N.29G 17.69b i•i%.:• 2 191, G.79b A-L9e 14196 16.09p '{!t'`'- i'• 3. S% B.o94 d~M_~ -'•. _. 11.994 Id.47b ~c Srr',:. 3.6 % 10994 S.D76 8.2N 11.546 11.-194 ;:i; d' 1.494 s.z~6 - 4.294 ~. Y;'7€ 14.190 17.790 ' ii•_:,~`+~ 3,fi?0 4.3° 4,G% 5.796 -.. .. 14.2T6 11.094 I ri ~::~ __1 5 S S 095 0 Losvesf Need Note: n=278 to 284. Sourcc: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. 2095 4095 6095 7 ~ 2 ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 5 8095 10095 6 7 [_f 8 ® 9 Hiyhest Need Neighborhood services. Residents identified the cleanup of abandoned buildings and lots as the most important neighborhood services need. in the community. Figure III-78. Neighborhood Services Needs, City of Meridian, 207 7 Cleanup of Abandoned Lots and Buildings Parking Facilities Code Enforcemen Graffiti Remova Trash and Debris Removal Tree Planting 10.6% hr95.IT14-~~., n-G9b Izrn„ r;,, _ 2.5 96 1 G.U!'0 6.590 6.?9i '.l-. . ~ ` - 9.996 9.696 ~~~ 11.696 8.540 G.L l6 ~ ~ _ - ~f~T.'~j;:J ~ 8.5'W 10.2'Y ~. i~°'~~.;~ ' Is,194 lo,a9a 2.II~w ~;.,-, 9.99b a.x~° - 11.4'%b 9.I".0 8.596 - lf..;:,;? 12.i% 11.090 •i-.. ~ I :{tr 19.690 G.4^6 7.19'. }-'r.'.'~ - i~-.~_r I1-0% 9.640 ~ i. r t 1 095 2D95 4D9'o 609'0 D 1 ~ 2 ~] 3 ~ A ~ S Lowest: Need Noce: n=281 [0 284. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING 8095 10096 6 7 ~~ 8 ~ 9 lliyhest Need SECTION III, PAGE 11 Businesses and jobs. TlZirty percent of s>_nvcy respondents identified job creation and retention as the top economic development need in Meridian. Job creation and retention received the largest proportion of "top need" responses across all categories. Figure 111-19. Businesses and jobs Needs, City of iNeridian, 2011 Commercial/Industrial Rehabi!'datior Business Mentorinc Fa4ade Improvements Employment Training Job Creation/Retention Small business Loans Start-Up 6usinessAssistance i6ow 13s:n 09'0 209u 40% GO% 0 1 2 ~i 3 ® d ~ 5 Lowest Need Note: n=272 to 284. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 2011. 6 7 ~ ~ 8 ~ 9 Highest Need BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SEGTION 111, PAGE 1?_ Housing. Most respondents consider housing activities a "modest" need of the community. Energy elTicient improvements received the largest proportion of "High need" responses (13%}, followed by honlcownership assistance (11%) and housing for foster youth (1 l %). Figure III-20. Housing Needs, City of Meridian, 20i 7 Housing for Foster Youth s.n~ s.tse n.aa~ to.9a; j d~;~;. Energy Efficient Improvements 3.3x6 ro.ev6 s.zv6 t3.S% is?a6 ~ : •~ Lead-Based Paint Testing/Abatement rs.7ae 7.Tt6 s. Falr Housing Services u.zae 1 sv6 11. Mousing for Large Families v.z^c tz.a^e Senior Housing tosa6 c.sa6 to.s'V Housing for Disabled to.e46 s.evb sea at Affordable Rental Housing 1z.746 a.oaa 7.3=0 rz.ras 4sva Homeownership Assistance n_aah am6e.F~ . . azo:4. I tzss6 tztva ;:--r; Rental Housing Rehabilitation t7 Lao c3% v.vte Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation tt say s.mw aoae - ~ - AccessibilityJADAlmprovements ns^e. r..•tsb li,nro .; 095 2096 4096 6095 0 1 2 [ i,j 3 ® 4 ~ 5 Lowest Need Note: n=267 to 276. Source: Meridian Resident Survey, ZOl t. 11 say 9.69b ^ 1n.Yi6 6.7"a - 8096 100% 6 7 ~ 5 8 ® 9 Highest NeeA BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION III, RAGE 13 Summary of housing and community development needs. Figure 111-21 summarizes the average response ranking for all activities across all seven housing and. community development categories. Job creation anti retention was the top necci icicntifrecL by residents, followed by youth activities and public transportation services. Figure lit-27. Summary of Housing and Community Development Needs, City of Meridian, 20i 7 ~' „ ~ Chlld Care Centers 4.1 ~ 7 Park and Recreational Facilitlcs SS E = V o u Health Care Fazliities Community Censer: .t.G 5.4 '~ Elie Statinns and Equlpmenl 4.9 Libraries 4.9 v Drainage Improvement _ I4-p ,~,, Water/Sewer lntprovemen[ 14.1 Y Street/Alley Improvement !4.4 •' Street Lighting .I SJ m Sidewalk Improvements ~_ j 5.3 ADA Improvements !d.1 CentersjSere'ices (or Us+a}rled - •L4 ~ Acressihility lnipmvements •}.p ~ Dnmeitic Violence Services q.R Z Substance Ahuse Services '. 4.7 ;? Homeless Shelters/Services '~. 4.J u HIV/AIp5Cerners andServires s,i ~ Nrgler.ted(Abused Children Center and Servires _ S.5 Family Sell-Suhicienry Services ~ 5,i7 Senior AcllvRics 4.6 « Youth Activities c a 7 V Child Care Services 4,i E ~ Public Transportation Services 5 c h Anti-Crime Pragmms - ~,5.2 U Health Services d,8 Mental Health Services 4,$ Legal Services 4.0 ~ 0 Tree Planting s Tresli and Debris Rcmwal _ ~ ~ a Graflitl Removal s ~ Cade Entnrcement_ ~ sn Parking FaclOties Z Cleanstp of Abandoned Lots and Rulldinys Start-Up 6uslness Assistance SrnaR $usinrts Loans y Job Crca[ionJRc[enPion 5 Employment Training _ m Fa4ade Improvements Business Mentoring _ Commerdal(Industdal Rehabilitation AccessibilitylA6A Improvemen~ Owner-OaupleJ Huusiiry Rehabllrtatlon Rental Housing Reha6illlatlon hlameownership Assistance ~ Alfordable Rental Housing Housbsy for Disabled - 5enira Houslny Lead Ra:ad S.1 S.1 5,2 6,5 S.C, 4-1 4.T 4.7 4.I 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 Source: Meridian Resident Survey, 201 ~. BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 14 Stakeholder Survey and Focus Group Fifteen stakeholders participated in the online stakeholder survey, and an additional. l l stakeholders participated in a stakeholder focus group or key person interview.G Organizations participating in the public input process represent individuals from a number of protected classes including seniors, immigrants, low income residents, persons with disabilities, persons and families who arc homeless, persons with I-TIVlAII75, persons with substance abuse/addition, victims of domestic violence, youth refugees, and veterans. Stakeholder survey and focus group results arc summarizcc{ below. Comments on resident survey findings. Focus group participants were asked to comment on the f ndings from the resident survey. Stalccholdcrs felt that residents overestimated the need for youth services. rl'he Meridian School District recently implemented a "pay to participate" policy for extracurricular activities. This new policy may have influenced residents' sutwey responses. Stakeholders felt that residents underestimated the need for affordable health services, as local affordable health care providers have seen an increase in demand for services. Stakeholders also felt that residents underestimated the need for affordable housing opportunities in Meridian, particularly given Meridian's relatively high median rental rate. Resident's identified "energy efficient improvements" as Meridian's greatest housing need; stakeholders believe this is indicative of residents' need to lower their housing costs. Greatest needs. Stakeholders identified downtown redevelopment, affordable housing, homeless and at-risk of homeless services and transportation services as the city's greatest housing and coxtirnuniry needs. Downtown redevelopment. Stakeholders would like to see continued investment in Meridian's downtown area. Stakeholders would like to see the area improved for the LMT households that live close to downtown, and stakeholders would also like to see more job creation and retention in the downtown area. 'T'here are currently few businesses in the downtown area. One stakeholder participating in the focus group stated that "I live in Boise only two miles from downtown Meridian and T have no reason to Conte to downtown Meridian." Affordable housing. Stalcelaolders would like to see the city increase its inventory of affordable rental housing. Stakeholders recognize that federal and state funding is limited, but they encourage the city to be creative in finding ways to encourage affordable housing in Meridian. Services for persons at-risk of homelessness. Stakeholders said that the recent national economic downturn has impacted Meridian households. Stakeholders have seen an increase in demand for services, and that these services are often necessary for families to remain in their homes (e.g., food batik, medical services). G Stakeholders were allowed to participate in the online survey and participate in the focus group or Ivey persai interviews. As such, there may he some overlap. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION III, PAGE 1S SECTION IV. Five-year Strategic Plan SECTION IV. Five-year Strategic Plan This document serves as the Strategic PIan for the City of Meridian's 2012-2010 Five-year Consolidated PIan. This document is organized as follows: 1) The first section contains the required language for I IUD Consolidated flans. 2) The remainder of the c[ocumene contains the priority needs, strategies and objectives organized by: > General Strategies and Geographic Allocation; > Housing; > Public Housing; > Homelessness; > Non-I-Iomeless Special Needs Populations; > Community Development; and > Other strategies: Reducing Barriers to Housing, Addressing Leacl Based Paint Hazards, Antipoverty Strategy, Institutional Structure and Resources. Mission: This Strategic PIan is part of the five-year City of Meridian Consolidated Plan and Action P}an, covering program years 2012-201.6. The City receives the Community Development Bloch Grant (CDBG) directly fi-otn the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City is required to complete a Consolidated Plan, Five-year Strategic Plan and Annual Action Plan prior to receiving the block grant funding. These c[ocuments describe the housing and community development needs in the city and outline how the city proposes to use the HUD block grant to fulfill the needs. The City of Meridian has elected to use afive-year Consolidated Planning period. The City's program year start date is October 1; the end date. is September 30. Consultation, Institutional Structure and Coordination 91.200{b) Identify agencies, groups, and organizations that participated ira :the pr~~cess. The City of Meridian conducted an extensive outreach effort to ensure full participation from the community in the development of the Ca~solidated Plan. The public input effort included a resident survey, social services stakeholdersurvey and a focus group with social service stakeholders that work directly with Meridian's lowest income households. Below each item (General, Homeless Strategy, Metropolitan Planning, HOPWA, Public Housing), the organizations and agencies that participated in the Consolidated Plan process are listed. BBC RES[ARCII SF CONSULTING SECTION IV. RAGE 1 General §97.100 (a){7 ). Consult with public• artdptzvate agencies thatprovide health services, social and f zir housing services (including those focusing ort services to children, elderly persons, persons with disabilitr'es, persons with KNIf1IDS and their fitmilies, homeless persons) during the preparation of the plan. A full list of organizations consulted doting the consolidated plan process is listed in Figure IV-I . Figure IV-7. Organizations Consulted During Five-Year Consolidated Plan Process Ada County Boys and Girls Club Boise City/Ado County Housing Authority Chiet JosepSi Elementary School City of Meridian City Clerk City n(Merid'lan Planning Deparfinenl EI Ada Community Action Partnersfiip Friends In Action Idaho Leagal Aid Services Idaho Office for Refugees Intermountain Fair Housing Council Linder Elementary Sehonl Meridian Community Center Meridian flementay School Meridian Food [3ank Meridian High School Meridian Library Meridian Middle School Meridian Senior Center Terry Reilly Health Services United Way of Treasure Valley Source: City of Meridian and 6BC Research & Consulting. City of Meridian website City of Meridian electronic newsletter City of Meridian Facebook page City of Meridian Twitter page HOA email distribution Ilsts Press release to local newspapers Public s+-hrol sm~il IisL Homeless strategy §97.700 (a)(2}. C.'onsult with public and private agencies that parovide assisted hvusirzg; health services, Arad social services to determine what resources are available to address the needs of any persons that are chronically homeless. I~artieipants: Boise City/Ado County Continuum of Carc Coordinating "1 cam, `l"erry Reilly Health Services, Meridian School Districe McKinney-Vento Homeless Coordinator Metropolitan planning §97.700 (a)(5}. Gonrult with adjacent arnits ofgenerallocalgovernment, r'ncluding localgovernmentagencies with metropolitan-wide planning responsibilities, particularly for prablerns and solutioru thatgo beyond a single jurisdiction, i.e. transportation, workforce developrraent, economic developrnent, etc. f'artieipants: Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS), Idaho Department of Labor, Boise Valley Economic Partnership, Idaho Office for Refugees, Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA), Mercy Housing, Meridian Development Corporation, City of Meridian Planning Department, Meridian School District, Northwest Real Estate Capital Corporation, Neighborhood Housing Services, City of Boise, City of Nampa and the Idaho Departtncnt of I-lcalth and WcIfare BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 2 HOPWA §97.7 00 (b). Largest city ira EMSA consult broadly to develop metropolitan-wide strategy for addressing needs of persons with HIV/AIDS and their fzrnilies. NIA; The Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) is a HUD Formula Program which uses a stanttorily-mandated method to allocate fund to eligible cities on behalf of their metropolitaa~ areas and to eligible States to address the specific needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The City of Meridian is not an eligible applicant. Public housing §97.100 (e). Consult zvith the local public Housing agency concer~zingpublic housing needs, planned prog~rarns, and activities. The Boise City Ada County Housing Authority was consulted throughout the Consolidated Plan development process. The following table summarizes the organizations the Ciry of Meridian consulted with during the dcvdopmcnt of the 2012-201C> Consolidated Plan. Figure IV-2. Consolidated flan Consultation Suuree: City of Mrridian and 6BC Research & Consulting. 24CFR Rerluirentent Yes No 91.1O0(a){1) f-lousing Services ® ^ Social Services ® ^ Fair Housing Services ® ^ Health Services ® ^ Homeless Services ~ ^ 97.i 00(a)(2)* Chronically Homeless ® ^ 91.100(x)(3)** Lead-based Paint ® ^ 91.100(x)(4)*** Adjacent Government ® ^ State (IVon-housing) ® ^ County (Metro. City) ® ^ 91.100(x)(5) Metro. Planning Agencies ® ^ ----------------------- 91.100(c) ------------------------------------ PFIA flan ------------- ® ----------- ^ Did the grantee indicate that r't consulted with other organizations that provide housing and supportive services to special needs populations (including elderly persons, persons with disabilitie ,persons with H11//AIDS, homeless persons? Yes. Did the grantee ronsult with Public Housing Agencies during Consolidated Plan development? Yes, the Boise City Ada County Housing Authority was consulted. Did the grantee consult with state/local health arzd child welfare agencies on lead based paint issues? Ycs, the State of Idaho Departcncnt of I-Iealth and Welfare was consulted. BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING $FCTION IV, PAGE 3 Citizen Participation 97.200 (b) Based on the jurisdiction's current citizen participation plan, provide a surramary of the citizen participation process acsed in the development of the Consolidated Plan. Include a description of actions taken to encourage participation of all its residents, including the follozur.'rag.• > Low and moderate income residents where housing and comrraunitydeveloprrlentfuods .may be spent,' > Minorities and non-English spealzing persons, as well as persons avith disabilr.'ties; > Local and regional institutions and other organizations (including businesses, developers, commacrcity arad faith-based organizations); > Residents of pachlic and assisted housing developments and recipients of tenant- based assistance>• arad > Residents of targeted revitalization areas. This section discusses input from citizens, stakeholders and service providers regarding the development of the Five-year Consolidated flan. Public input was gathered in the following ways: A resident survey was distribuxed online and on paper between November 16`'` and December 15`'' of 2011-330 residents participants in the survey; ~ An online stakeholder survey was pro;noted by city staff and iaBC in fall 201 ] -15 housing and social service professionals responded; and ~ A focus group and in-depth interviews with service providers and housing developers were conducted in fall and winter 2011-11 individuals participated. The resident survey was an important piece of the citizen participation process. As such, the city implemented an extensive survey distribution process to ensure all residents, including the city's lowest income residents, were aware of the resident survey. A variety of organizations and mediums were used to publicize and disG'ibute the resident survey. `I"hey are summarized in Figure llI-1. BBC RESEARCH SI CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE ~ Figure IV-3. Survey Distribution, City of Meridian, 2017 source: BBC Research & ConsuEting and City of Meridian. Ada County Boys and Girls Club Boise CitylAda County I-lousing Authority Chief ~aseph Elementary School City of Meridian City Clerk City of Meridian Planning Department EI Ada Community Action Partnership Friends in Action Idaho Legal Aid Services Idaho Office for Refugees Intermountain Fair Housing Council Linder Elementary School Meridian Community Center Meridian Elementary School Meridian food Bank Meridian hligh School Meridian Library Meridian Middle School Meridian Senior Center Terry Reilly Health Services United Way of Treasure Valley Ci[y of Meridian website City of Meridian electronicnewsletter Cify of Meridian facebook page City of Meridian Twitter page HOA email distribution lists Press release. to local newspapers Puhlic school email Hst Utility bills Section III of the Consolidated Plan provides more information on the citizen participation plan. It also provides detailed results of the resident survey and social service stakeholder outreach. Provide a description of the process used to allow citizens to review and submit comrraents nn the proposed cvnsvlidated plan, including how the plan (vr a sunarnary of the plan) was published for review; the dater, tirraes and lvcativrzs of a public hearing, or hearings; when and how notice wits provided to citizens of the hearing(s); the dates of the 30 day citizen comment period, an<1 if technical assistance was provided to groups developing jirvposals frir funding assistance under the cvrtsvlidated plan and how this assistance w<zs provided. The city conducted outreach prior to drafting the Consolidated Plan to determine needs in the community and the potential to align resources to meet those needs. The resident survey was administered between November 16`'' and December 15''' of 20I I. Tl~e survey asked residents to identify the level of need for a variety of CDl3G-eligible activities falling within the following categories: community facilities, infi-astructurc, special needs, corxtmunity services, neighborhood services, businesses and jobs and housing. A total of 330 residents participated in the survey. On March 7, 20I2, the draft of the Consolidated Plan Priorities was presented to the Meridian City Council for consideration and comment. The City Council Meeting was conducted at the Meridian City Hall at 7 p.m. The public was notified of this public comment opportunity through official public notices in the local newspapers and through notice on the City's CDI3G website and the City's monthly newsletter which is distributed electronically to the residents who subscribe to that service. f'he complete draft of the Consolidated Plan Priorities was provided on the City's CDI3C~ website. Citizens were invited to provide input via phone, standard mail, e-mail, or in person at the City Council meeting. B$C RESC-ARCFI ~T CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 5 On March 15> 2012, the City hosted a CDBG workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m, at Meridian City Hal] for all past, current, and potentially interested sub-recipients and/or community members or partners to discuss the draft Consolidated Plan Priorities and the process for the 2012 CDBG Program Year. Invitations were sent via e-mail to all available City of Meridian CDBG contacts. Participants of the workshop were encouraged to provide comments and feedbacJc on the draft Consolidated Plan Priorities. On May l 5> 20I2, the Meridian City Council conducted apre-draft public hearing for the Consolidated Plan (2012-2016) and the Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2012. 'This hearing took place at the Meridian Cit}> Hall at 7 p.m., and was advertised through official public notices in the local newspapers and through notice on the City's CDBG website. In addition, the City CDBG staff sent out an e-mail notice to all City CDBG contacts of the hearing and provided a web Iinlc to the pre-draft documents. Copies of the pre-draft documents were made available at the Meridian Library and Meridian City HaII. On June 19, 201.2, the Meridian City Council conducted a public hearing and officially opened the 30-day public comment period on the Consolidated Pian {2012-201 C). This hearing tools place at the Meridian Ciry HaII at 7 p.m., and was advertised through official public notices in the local newspapers and through notice on the City's CDBG website. In addition, the City CDBG staff sent out an e-mail notice to all City CDBG contacts of the hearing and provided a web link to the complete Consolidated Plan document. Copies of the complete Consolidated Plan document were made available at the Meridian Library and Meridian City Hall. On July 24, 2012, the Meridian City Council conducted the final public hearing and closed the minimum 30-day public comment period. 't'his public hearing took place at the Meridian City Hall at 7 p.m. Efforts made to broaden citizen participation. The city made a strong effort to encourage citizen participation in the development of the Consolidated Plan. The resident survey was publicized in utility bills mailed out ro all residents of Meridian. An email blast was sent to all parents in schools located within the city. City staff distributed flyers with a link to the online survey throughout the city including City Hall and the Meridian Food Bank. The city used its social media outlets to promote the survey (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, electronic newsletter}. Finally, the survey was heavily promoted to social service providers, and the city encouraged providers to distribute the survey to its clients. Provide a surramary of'cit/zen comrraents or views reeeivetl ort the plan ~cnd explain any comments not accepted and reasons why these comments were not acc~~ted. Please refer to Section 111 for a summary of comments received From stakeholders grad citizens during the development of the Plan, as well as an analysis of citizen survey. Written and verbal. coznmerats regarding the plan, including those received during the 30-day public comment period and at public hearings, are included in Appendix A. During the 30-day public comment period, all comments received in person, by mail, and email were considered in the development of the Consolidated Plan. BBC RESEARCH St CONSUL'I~ING SECTION IV, PAGE 6 Institutional Structure 97.215 {k) Provide a concise summary of the institutional structure through which the jurisdiction wr.'Cl carry out its consolidated plan, including private industry, non profzt organizations, comrreunity and fizith-based organizations, and public institutions. Administration. The city's Department of Community Development Planning Division is responsible for the developmenrand monitoring of the Consolidated Plan, the Annual Action Plans, the year-end CAPEK, the 1D1S reporting process, and monitoring. Staff will be responsible for citizen participation and fair housing outreach and itnpletxxentation activities. Staff will coordinate on an ongoing basis with the Mayor's Office, City Council, Ciry Clerk, Public Worlcs, Parks and Recreation, and Public Safety Departments to address the identified priority community needs. Public, non-profit service providers. Staff will implement the Annual Action Plan elements with the support of community partners. Projects and activities will be a collaborative effort with other city Departments, public entities, non-profits, social service providers, health care agencies and private sector entities. Private sector. Staff will implement the Annual Action Plan elements with the support of some private sector partners. Projects and activities will be a collaborative effort with other city Departments, public entities, non-profits, social service providers, health care agencies and private sector entities. Provide an assessment of the strengths and gaps in the delivery system. The city believes the current institutional structure to be a competent and capable mechanism to administer the CDBC~ funds. Should gaps in the service be identified, the city will work to remedy those shortcomings in an effort to insure smooth operations within both the administration and service delivery components of the program. It should be noted that when conducting the outreach activities to encourage citizen participation for the Consolidated flan developrncnt, new entities, organizations and service providers were identified wl~o expressed an interest in better serving Meridian residents. The city will Conti nue to engage these organizations to ensure all of Meridian's residents are served. Describe efforts to enhance coordination wit6iprivate industry, businesses, developers, andsocialservice agertc•ies, partirularly with regard to the development of the jurisdiction's economic development strategy. (>1.2r5(l}}. The city intends to enhance coordination with private industry, businesses and developers For the purpose of advancing the economic development strategy primarily through its relationship and involvement with the Meridian Development Corporation, the city's Urban Renewal Agency. In addition the City has its own Economic Development Administrator who focuses solely on the econot~ric development goals of the City. BBC RESEARCH bz CQNSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 7 Coordination 91.215 (I) Describe the efforts to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and goverrameratal health, mental health, and service agencies. Boise CitylAda County Housing Authority (BCACI-IA) resources are critical for helping house Meridian's lowest income residents. While there are no public housing units in Meridian, an estimated 185 Section 8 vouchers are currently used in Meridian. 'The BCACHA was contacted during the Consolidated Planning process to help the city beeter understand the BCACHA's resources and needs. The city will continue to stay engaged with the BCACHA. The city also engaged affordable housing developers during the Consolidated Plan process. The city is dedicated to .increasing its affordable housing inventory in Meridian to ensure residents of all income levels can find housing in Meridian. City staff will continue to stay engaged with the affordable housing community to ensure the city provides important tools and resources to these developers. The city recognizes the importance of staying abreast of programs and resources available from governmental health, mental health and service agencies. As such, the city will continue to explore ways to connect to these communities. Describe effoy°ts in addressing the needs of persons that arc chronically hnrneless with respect to the preparation of the homeless stycttegy. Please see the Homeless Strategy on page 27. Describe the means of cooperation and coordination among the state and any units ofgenc>ral local government in the metropolitan area in the implerraentatiora of the plan. The following units of state and general Iocal government contributed to the development of the plan through interview, focus groups and survey participation: The .Boise City Ada County Housing Authority; the State of Idaho Health and Welfare Department; planning and community development staff of the cities of Nampa and Boise; the Idaho Housing and Finance Association; and the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS). Describe the jaarisdiction's efforts to coofdinate its housing strategy with local and regional tr-arasportation planning strategies to erasure to the extent prarticable that residents of aaffordable housing heave access to public transportation. City staff are mindful of the importance of public; transportation in ensuring low income residents are connected to job opportunities in Meridian and the region. As such, the city is very active in a number of local and regional transportation planning strategies. City staffactively participate in the Meridian 'T'ransportation 1:aslc Force, the Ada County Highway District (ACRD) Capital lmprovcment Citizen Advisory committee, the COMPASS Regional Technical Advisory Committee and the Meridian. Traffic Safety Task Force. The city identified limited public transportation opportunities as a fair housing impediment in its 2012-2010 Analysis of lmpeditnents to Pair Housing Choice report (AI). The city is committed to exploring opportunities to expand and improve its existing public transportation network. BBC RESEARCH SZ CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 8 Housing Needs 91.205 Describe the estimated housing needs projected for the next fzve year period far the fallowing categories n f persons.• extremely law-income, low-income, moderate-income, and middle-income families, rentezs and owners, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, including persons with HI U/AIDS arzd their families, single persons, large ~amilies, residents, victims of domestic violence, families on the public housing and .section 8 tenant-based waiting list, and discuss speci)ric housing problems, including: cost-bzzr~lerz> severe cost- burden, substandard housing, grad overcrowdisag (especially large families). Five-year project#ed housing needs. The estimatcd Irottsing needs are projcacd for the next five- yearperiod For the following categories of persons: ^ Extremely and very low income renters. The gaps analysis completed for the housing market analysis found a current need for 960 rental units for the nearly 1,500 renter households earning less than $20,000 per year. If the city maintains current population growth, very Iow income renters experience the same population. growth. as the city overall, and no new units are developed to assist this group, this need will increase to 1,152 in 2015. ^ Low income renters. According to duantitative research, there is a small gap (1 J 7 units) for the city's low income renter households. If the city maintains current population growth, low income renters experience the same population growth as the city overall, and no netiv units are developed to assist this group, this need will increase to 140 units in 2015. ^ Moderate. income renters. No affordability gap currently; no future gap estimated. ^ Middle income renters. No affordability gap currently; rxr future gap estimated. ^ Extremely low and low income owners. An estimated 2,089 homeowners were cost burdened in 20].0. I3y 2015, this could exceed 2,5(l(?; if the city maintains its ctu'rent population growth. ^ Moderate income owners. No affordability gap currently; no future gap estimated. ^ Middle income owners. No affordability gap currently; no future gap estimated. ^ Elderly persons. The housing needs table completed for the plan indicates that there is a gap of 43~ units to serve the city's frail elderly population. ~ If population growth trends continue through 2015, this number may increase to 521. ^ Persons with disabilities. For developmentally disabled, housing needs are. estimated to increase from 387 in 2010 to X64 in 2015. Housing the mentally ill is a growing concern for service providers and currently, an estimated 228 individuals that are severely mentally ill have housing needs. I3y 2015, this need is estimated to increase to 274. Physically disabled individuals with housing needs are estimatcd to increase from 387 in 2010 to X64 in 2015. Frail elderly includes seniors who cannot live independently or need assistance with activities of daily living due to mobility limiearions and/or a disability. BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 9 Persons with HIV/AIDS and their families. Housing needs are expected to increase from 69 in 2010 to 75 in 2015. ^ Families. New data on the specific housing needs of resident by family type are not available for 2010. To the extent that these populations have housing needs in the next five years, they are capnu•ed in the needs projections by income categories above. ^ Victims of domestic violence. In 20l 0 there were an estimated 225 victims of domestic violence with housing needs. By 2015, this number may increase to 270, if the city maintains its current population growth. Public housing and Section 8 residents. There are no public housing units in Meridian. The Section 8 waiting list for the Boise City Ada County Housing Authority contained an estimated 5,300 individuals. The Housing Authority does not decipher between Boise City and Ada County vouchers, which means it is difficult to determine the number of Meridian residents on the waitlist. Meridian residents currently account for 40 percent of Ada County's active vouchers; assuming Meridian residents account far the same propa•tion of the Section 8 waitlist, as many as 480 households may currently be on the Section 8 waitlist. The Noise City Ada County Housing Authority recently closed its Section 8 waitlist, It is unknown whether the} will re-open the waitlist in the future. As such, no future gap is estimated. BBC RESEARCH ~i CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE i0 Figure IV-4. Table 2A -Priority Housing Needs/Investment Plan 2072-2076 ~~!Rlii~'i; i~ilei~}~iley;In Li >idi;~~j~ill!1r;.{_1i(a ll(3.,i, Renter Srnall Related Large Related Elderly Owner Smal! Related Elderly All Other Non-Homeless/ Elderly Special Needs Fraii Elderly Severe Mental Illness Physical Disability Developmental Disability Alcohol/Drug Abuse HIV/AIDS Victims of Domestic Violence iUdi,);i,,'; Iti~ri,r.t•Gr i.,:i i,l`lirll_'P; Ahr~~.l,r~: IIr:N„.ir 0-30% Low 290 75% 31-50% Low 374 85% 51-80% Low 129 35'% 0-30R/o Medium 54 100% 31-50% Medium 41 83% 51-80% Low 65 75% 0-30% Low 52 44% 31-50% Medium 116 1004% 51-80% Medium 92 46% 0-30°h Mcdiurn 151 88% 31-5040 Medium 178 1004'0 51-80% Low 118 35% 0-30% Medium 180 81% 31-50% Medium 194 75% 51-80% Low 772 63% 0-30% Medium 65 1000/, 31-50% Mcdiurn 95 69% 51-80% Medium 288 69% 0-300/, Medium 1'72 62% 31-50% Low 97 21.% 51-80% Medium 150 264'0 0-30% Low G5 754'0 31-50~/o Low 161 72% 51-80% Low 247 774'0 0-80% Medium 1,237 0-80% Medium 434 0-80% Low 7_7.9 0-800r~t Medium 387 0-804'o Medium 1,029 0-80% Medium 1,257 0-80% Low 6 0-80% l_ow 242 Note: Need was estimated based on population growth between 200D and 2010. The city grew 115°~b in the last 10 years. Source: Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strateyy (CHAS) data set, U.S. Census Bureav, American Community Survey. BBC RESEARCH S~ CONSULTING SEGTION IV, PAGE 11 Figure IV-5. Table 2A-Priority Housing Activities Acquisition of existing rental units Production of new rental units Rehalilitation of existing rental units Rental assistance Acquisition of existing owner units Production of new owner units Rehabilitation of existing owner units Homeownership assistance HOME Acquisition of existing rental units Production of new rental units Rehabilitation of existing rental units Rental assistance Acquisition of existing owner units Production of new owner units Rehabilitation of existir~y owner units Homeownership assistance HOPWA Rental assistance Short term rent/mortgage utility payments Facility based housing development Facility based housing operations Supportive services Other Source: City of Meridian Community Development. 7 1 2 1 2 1 N/A N/A N/A Cost burden and overcrowding. Please sec pages 23 and 24 of Section II of this report for a discussion of cost burden and overcrowding in the Meridian housing market. Standard and substandard conditions. Please sec pages 23 and 24 of Section lI of this report for a discussion of housing in substandard condition and the number of households occupying such housing. BBC RESEARCH & CONSUl~I~ING SECTION IV, PAGE 12 Disproportionate racial and ethnic housing problems. To the extent t~iat any racial or ethnic group has a disproportionately greater need far any income aztegory in cornparison to the needs of that category as a whole, the jurisdiction must complete an assessment of that specif c need. Tor this~urpose, disproportionatelygreater need exists when the percentage ofpersoras irz a category of~rteed who are mcmhers r f a particular racial or ethnic group is at least ten percentage points higher than the percentage of persons in the category as a whole. According to the Comprehensive HousingAffordabiliry Strategy (CHAS) data the following groups have a disproportionate need: ^ Hispanic households. ^ All other renter households earning Icss than .30 percent of MFI; ^ All other renter households earning between 51 and 80 percent of MFI; and ^ All other owner households earning between 31 and 50 percent of MPI Other raciallethnic groups may have disproportionate needs however; data currently available are instrfficicnt to identify and estimate needs for these groups.' klomeless Needs 97.207 S (c) In the Housing and Community Profile (Section II) a description of the nature and extent of .homelessness, individuals and families at risk. of homelessness, and homeless subpopulations begins on page 8. A description of homelessness by racial/ethnic group is also included. 'I'he figures below summaries the characteristics of persons who are homeless in Meridian. These estimates are based on the State of Idaho annual Point-in "I"ime (PIT} Count of homeless individuals. The most recently published PIT, conducted on January 25, 2012, reports l.~omeless tabulations for seven regions across the state. Region 7 includes only Ada County. To estimate hoznelessncss in Meridian it is assumed that the number of homeless individuals in Meridian represents the same proportion of Ada County residents that are Meridian residents. In other words, approximately 19 percent of Ada County residents live in Ivlericlian, therefore approximately 19 percent of the Region 7 homeless population (Ada Cowry) is assumed to be located in Meridian. It should be noted that the most recent State of Idaho PIT count and Continuum of Carc doctunents do not contain estimates ofUnuiet Needs/Gaps or persons with Ii1V/AIDS who are homeless. It should also be noted that Meridian does not have any homeless shelters, and all homeless Meridian residents that are sheltered by a homeless provider live outside the community. a The mast recent CHAS data tabu(aced by HUD is from 2000. Iu this year, theperceotage of non-J lispanic minority groups was so small that no CHAS data u~as pub]ished for these groups. "1"he 2010 Census will provide updated Cl3AS data, which will likely include non- BBC RC•S[ARCH ix CONSULTING SECTION IV, WAGE 13 Racial and ethnic homelessness. rigure IV-6a provides a description of the proportional racial and ethnic characteristics of the homeless population in Meridian. i=igure IV-6a. Homeless Population by Race and Ethnicity, City of Meridian, 207 2 '. ~i[ i~- :! IUl~L~il~if. ~% IPil ~.il ~k'7lil J f,}I American Indian or Alaska Native 5.0 i.n 6,0 3.8%, Asian 1.0 0.0 7.0 0.6% Biack or African American 4.8 0.0 6.0 3.8°.5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.6% White 114.0 7.6 122.0 76.7°,5 Two or more races 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0% Hispanic/f.atino 11.0 0.0 11.0 G.9BG Note: Homeless resident. were allowed to dwse more than one racial or ethnic category. Data by race and ethnlrlty do not add to homeless count. Source State of Idaho 2012 Point-In-1 irne Count There is a higher proportion of American IndianlAlaska Native and African American/Black homeless residents in Meridian compared to the city overall. For example, less than I percent of the city's residents identify themselves as Ilmerican Indian/111aslca Native, compared to 4 percent of the city's homeless population. Charaetewistics of homelessness. Figure Il-Cb displays subpopulation demographics and disabling characteristics of the city's homeless population. Again, the same methodology is used to estimate from the PIT count the proportions[ characteristics of homeless in the City of Meridians (estimated to be ] 9 percent.) Figure IV-6b. iisabling Characteristics of Homeless Population, City of Meridian, 2072 source: State of Idaho 2012 Point-in-Time Count. 1=1~~i;,.I~;ai~l~ial L•C;~It{! isGh~ veterans 26 Victims of Domestic Violence 19 Substance Abuse 33 Serious Mental Illness 22 Serious Physical Illness/Disability 16 Other/ Prefer Not to Disclose 11 The most common disabling characteristics arc suk>stance abuse and serious mental illness. For many of these residents, their Jomeless status will not end until they are connected with necessary mental health and rehabilitation services. BBC RESEARCH ~F CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 14 1Von-homeless Special Needs 97.205 (d) including HOPWA The figure below displays the estimated population ofnon-homeless special needs groups within Meridian needing sclviccs. 'I`hc needs of these populations will continue to be addressed. through the allocation of CDI3G public service dollars during the Five-year Consolidated Planning period. Figure IV-7. Table 18-Special Needs (Non-Homeless) Populations Source: [3D[ Research & Consulting. >- az Non-Homeless Special Needs Including ~ v ro HOPWA °' z ~~ ua 52. Flderl 1,737 0 S3. Frail Elderly 434 n a v 54. Persons w/ Severe Mental Illness 229 U v 55. bevelopmentally Disabled 387 ~~ z a, 56. Physically Disabled 1,029 0 57. Alcohol/Ocher Drug Addicted 1,257 0 ~ 58- Persons w/ HIV/AIDS & their Families 6 0 59. Public Housing Residents from local PHA Total 4,579 0 ~ 60. Elderly I,4f~7 0 v 61. Frail Elderly G66 0 v ~ b7_. Persons w/ Severe Mental Illness 779 D 63. Developmentally bisabled 986 0 v 64. Physically Disabled S4a n ~ 65. Alcohol/Other Drug Addicted 5,914 0 0 66. Persons w/ HIV/AIDS & their families 28 0 a 67. Public Housing Residents from local PNA v' Total 10,633 D Other than the Section 8 voucher program,. there are no public housing options or resources in .Meridian to address the housing needs of residents with special needs. Special needs residents can access regional housing options within the nearby communities of Boise and Nampa. Lead-based Paint 97.205 (e) Housing built before 1978 is considered to have some risk of lead-based paint, but housing built prior to 1940 is considered to have the highest risk. After 1940, paint tnantlfacturers volutltarily began to reduce the amount of lead they added to their paint. As a result, painted surfaces in homes built before 19/(I arc lilccly to have higher levels of lead than homes built between 1940 and 1978. Lcad- based paint was banned from residential use in 1978. It is difficult to determine the precise number of households at risk of lead-based paint poisoning. However, people living in substandard units or alder housing, and who are low income, are Snare likely to he exposed to lead-based paint than higher income households living in newer or rehabilitated older housing. Less than 1 percent (199 housing units) of Meridian's housing stack was built before 19!0, when lead-based paint was mast Gammon. An additional 2 percent (519 housing units} were built between 1940 and 1960, when lead-based paint was still used, but the amount of lead in the paint was being reduced. Finally, 1,969 Meridian housing units (7%) were built between 1960 and 1979, just as lead- bascdpaint was being pliascd out and eventually was banned. Therefore, the majority of the housing stock in the city (approximately 25,300 units) was built after lead-based paint was prevalent in residential housing. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION ]V, PAGE 15 If (as I-IUD estimates) 90 percent of the pre-11441 units in Meridian arc at risk of containing lead- based paint, 80 percent of the units built between 1.9/0 and I960 are at risk, and 62 percent of units built between 1960 and 1979 are at risk than 1,$15 Meridian housing urlits may contain lead paint. The estimated number of households with lead-based. paint hazard is displayed in Figure IV-S. Figure IV-8. Estimated Households with Lead-Based Paint Risk, City of Meridian, 2070 Source I IUCI "Guidelines for the Evaluation.and Control of Lead-Based Palnt Naza rds in Housing", ?010 American Community Survey. hlrli~~l~i=i. I.~iiifrrnit=t~f I:-~iifr,F'.it:;a ;t->.i,t~hni~lilr•3 ~~ja,:.irGitr~i Iz:i,:~.~;t~~.p{~ 1~4rli~l:r-i•a;- ~ I1ifl~t~~~;,~,: ~+~111~ Iot~iG: 1~1,1r1:~ I~mYii.,lt.1;7~1;~ 1939 and Earlier 199 909b 179 1940 to 1960 519 80Ro 415 1960 to 1979 1,969 6295 1,271 Total 2,687 1,815 '1`he map in Figure IV-9 displays the number of housing units that may be at risk of lead-based paint hazards. All of the housing traits identified on the map were built in the years before lead-based paint was hamled fi•om usage and arc low to moderate income households (earning Cess than SO percent of MPI). As demonstrated in the map, the greatest risk of lead-based paint is found in the city's do~>:mtown area. Figure IV-9. Estimated Number of Households with Lead-Based Paint Risk by Block Group Source: Claritas 20i 0, E3DC Research & Consulliny. BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SEC>'ION IV, RAGE 16 Z7eseribe the jurisdiction's plan to evaluate and reduce lead based paint hazards artd describe how lead based paint hazards will be integrated into housing policies and programs, and how the plrcn for the reduction of lead-based jiaint hazards is related to the extent oflead-joisoning and hazards. The state agency responsible for dealing with health hazards related to lead-based paint is the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Within this agency are the Division of Health, Bureau of Environmental I-Iealth and Services, the Division of Medicaid Programs and Resource Managernent, and the Regional Health Departments. Region IV District Health located in Boise provides medical clinic services. They publish and distribute a fact sheet about lead-based paint. It reeonunends that those living in a home built prior to 1978 (where the paint is in poor condition and/or where there has been remodeling) should consult a physician about having their children tested. A simple blood. test is the only way to know if a child has lead poisoning. The Meridian Community Development Department works with homeowners, landlords, developers, contractors, and builders in generating building permits. Staff will provide information on lead-based. paint hazards, precautions and symptoms for building permit applications on dwellings built prior to 1978. Questions and concerns related to lead-based paint testing assessments will be referred to the Idaho Indoor Air Quality Program. The City has posted information and resources regarding lead-based paint on the City's Community Development Block Grant webpage at www.meridiancitv.or~/cdbQ Housing Market Analysis 97.210 The significant characteristics of the housing market in terms of supply, demand, condition, and the cost of housing, the housing stock available to serve peg:sons with special needs and their families is described in the Community and Housing Profile (5cction II). The current conditions of the housing market were considered along with public anci stalceltolder comments on needs in crafting the strategic plan and annual ohjcctivcs. Public and Assisted Housing 97.270 (b) In cooperation with the public housing agency or agencies located. within its boundaries, describe the needs of public housing, including: ^ The number of public housing units in the jurisdiction; ^ The physical condition of such units; ^ The restoration and revitalization needs of public housing projects within the jurisdiction; ^ The number of families on public housing and tenant-based waiting lists; and ^ Results from the Section 504 needs assessment of public housing projects located within its boundaries {i.e. assessment of needs of tenants and applicants on waiting list for accessible units as required by 24 CFR 8.25). BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 17 ]nventory and waitlist. The BCACHA administers 1,794 Section 8 vouchers in Ada County. Most BCACHA vouchers are used within the Ciry of Boise (64%). The remaining 36 percent of vouchers are spread throughout the remaining portions ofAda County, including Meridian. 'i'hc BCACHA currently administers 185 vouchers to residents of Meridian. As of May 20I I, there were 5,331 households on the Section 8 waitlist. It is likely that as many as 550 households are acrrcntly waiting for a Section 8 voucher.3 The BCHACHA estimates that households on the waitlist will wait four to ftve years for a voucher. 'I"he BCACHA does not have any> public housing units in Meridian. Assisted units. There arc 50 assisted units in Meridian developed from federal subsidies. All units are contained in one huilding, the James Court Apartments, located in central Meridian. "f`he affordability requirement of this facility is set to expire in 2018. Figure IV-i0. Units with Subsidized Rent, City of Meridian, 20i i Source: 11,5. Department of Housing £i Urhan Development. f~hysical condition and revitalization needs. Meridian is not aware of any condition problems or revitalization needs for the James Count Apartment complex. There are no public housing units in Meridian. Public housing authority. As of May 2011, there were 5„331 households on the BCACHA Section 8 waitlist. It is hkcly that as many as 550 Meridian households are currently waiting far a Section 8 voucher.` '1'he BCHACHA estimates that households on the waitlist will wait four to five yeais for a voucher. The BCACHA closed its Section 8 waitlist on April 2), 201.1 citing "large demand for rental assistance in the community, a limited amount of funding and federal hudget cuts." Programs, activities, and strategic initiatives. The following strategies will guide public housing and associated programs in the upcoming five years. ^ Identify infrastructure and locations and gain site control within the BCACHA service area which will support housing developments for the elderly and disabled. ^ Build a collaborative and cooperative partnership with identif-ed city & county officials to provide complementary and overlapping services for low income, and the elderly and disabled. ^ Implement partnership opportunities for collaboration among community stakeholders to provide additional services to participants/prospective homeowners. "l'he BCACHA does not diCCerentiate between Ciry of Boise and Ada County applicants on the waitlist. Meridian residents account For 30 percent oFall voucherrecipicnts, and arc assumed to account for 1 D percent. of all waidisted households. 'I'hc BCACHA does not di(ierentiate between City of Boise and Ada County applicants on the waitlist. Meridian residents account for 10 percent of all voucher recipieiits, and are assumed to account for ]0 percent ofall waidisted households. BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 18 Homeless Inventory 97.201 (c) Existing homeless faeilities.'1'here are na homeless shelters in Meridian. Meridian residents that experience homelessness lilzely utilize homeless shelter Facilities in Boise. Figure IV-1 1 displays the name and number of beds in homeless facilities located in Boise. Figure IV-77. Homeless Housing Inventory Boise Rescue Mission/River of Lifet,r Emergency Shelter City Light Hame Emergency Sheller Boise Rescue Missionl3rd EioorTransitional Transitional Housing Serenity Womens Shelter Transitional Housing Dorothy Day Place Transitional Housing Chorpus Christi House Day Shelter Hays Shelter hiome Emergency Shelter Inter(aitli Sanctuary Emergency Sheller Salvation Army Safe Center Emergency Shelter 2A1 Men, Women and Children 105 Women and Children 34 Men Women 7 Women Individuals 20 Youth (9-17 years ofd) 13$ f-amilie<. and Individuals S?. Families and Individuals Total Beds S97 Note: {7) In April, 2010, 19 of the beds at River ottife were dedicated for Veterans. Source: City of Boise, BBC Research and Consulting. Cozlsisteztt with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Special Needs Assistance Program Homeless Reporting Guidelines, the City of Meridian tracks housing inventory for persons experiencing hoznclessness primarily through the I iomcless Management Information System {HMIS). Permanent housing beds specifically c{esignated for chronically homeless are determined through an annual housing inventa~y. According. to the most recent Boise City/Ada County Continuum of Care 1-lousing Inventory t;hart completed in June 2011, all permanent housing supportive programs report having some designated chronically homeless beds. Out of the region's 205 year-round beds, 110 or 5~ percent are designated for chronically homeless. Idaho Housing and Finance Association is the State of Idaho's Homeless Managemelt Information System lead for the two Continuum of Cares (CoC) in Idaho. The CoCs include the Boise City/Ada Cotu~ty Continuum of Care and the balance of the State. HMIS tracks permanent housing beds thaC are readily available and targeted to house chronically homeless persons, including individuals and households with children. Data reported into HMIS is used to generate the annual housing inventory chart. Existing homeless services. The following programs arc designed to move homeless individuals and facnities from homelessness to independent living. Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act -Supportive Housing Program. The Supportive Housing Program (SHP) is designed to provide housing and services that will allow homeless persons to Iive as independently as possible. Grants under the SHP are awarded through an annual national competition. The City of Boise is the lead agency for the Boise City Ada County Continuum of Care (which Meridian participates in) and prepares the application nn behalf of the region. SHP programs offer transitional and permanent housing programs to local homeless families, and chronically BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 19 homeless individuals. The Boise City/Ada County Housing Authority has historically operated programs financed with Sl-iP funding. Shelter plus care program (S+C). L'he Shelter Plus Care Program provides tenant-based and/or chronic substance abuse issues). The program is designed to provide housing and supportive services to participants on a long-term basis. `l"he services for the program are funded by other Federal, State, or local resources, as well as private sources. Special Need Facilities and Services 91..210 {d) Describe, to the extent information. is available, the facilities and services that assist persons who are not homeless but require supportive housing, andprograms for ensuringpersons returning from mentaland physical health institcations receive appropriate supportive housing. `1'he city has received CllBG for five years. Throughout the first five years of the program, the City has provided funding to the Meridian Food Bank. The Food Bank has used CDBG funds to purchase food and deliver food directly to Meridian residents in need. The City also funded health sa•eenings through the Meridian Senior Center in coordination with alocal hospital. The Meridian Boys and Girls Club has used CDBG funding to transport low-income students Fi-om area schools to the Meridian Club for after-school programs; in addition, the Club has utilized CDBG firnding to provide scholarships For students to use the fee-based educational programs provided by the Club. The city will continue to foster partnerships with these organizations to continue these important activities. 'I"he city is part of the larger Boise-Nampa MSA, and residents of Meridian have the choice of accessing services outside the city. There are a ntvnber of organizations in the region providing important services for individuals at risk of homelessness, including the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities and the El-Ada Communication Action Partnership. Barriers to Affordable Housing: 91.210 {e) Describe the strategy to remove or ameliorate negative effects r fpublic policies that serve as barriers to affordable housirag, except that, if a State requires a unit ofgeneral local government to submit a regaalatory barrier assessment that is substantially egacivalent to the information required under this part, as .determined by HUD, the unit ofgeneral local government may sas6mit that assessment to I-IUD and it shall he considered to have complied with this requirernent. ThroughouC the first fve years of the City's CDBBG program, the City has partnered with BCACHA. and Neighborhood 1-lousing Services to provide down payment assistance to low-moderate income Meridian residents wishing to purchase a home in Meridian. This has been an important. and successful way for the city to increase access to housing for its low to moderate income residents. The city's Analysis of lmpediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) was completed in conjunction with this Con Plan. The plan identified a lack of affordable housing as an impedianent to fur housing. The following pt•esents the language presented in the Al. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING SECTION 1V, PAGE 20 IMPEDIMENT NO. 1. Lack of affordable housing. The city has a limited inventory of affordable units for its size. Affordable housing development has recently been limited to acquisition and rehabilitation of single family units in the downtown area. As such, low and moderate income residents may have a hard time finding an affordable unit, particularly ouxside the downtown area. Stakeholders participating in the public outreach efforts all suggested that a lack of affordable housing was a harrier to fair housing in Meridian. Why is this a barrier? Lack of affordable housing can Iead to income, racial and ethnic segregation and may disproportionately restrict housing choices for certain protected classes. This may occur because racial and ethnic minorities have lower incomes or because persons with disabilities require specific housing accommodations and need affordable housing due to limitations an employment. Action item 1.1. -Preserve existing affordable housing units in the city. The city has a limited affordable housing stock. The city should aggressively attempt to preserve existing affordable units in the city by working with current property owners to ensure that existing affordable housing contracts do not expire. Tiiis would include identifying affordable housing owners in the city and understanding their needs for retaining the affordability component of their property. Action item 1.2. - Convene an affordable housing task force to investigate ways to develop new affordable housing. The city should convene an affordable housing task force to identify ways to encourage affordable housing development in Meridian. T'he task force should include community development staff, developers, representatives of the finance and banking industry and representatives from the city's economic development organizations. The task force could also include existing affordable housing property owners. The primary task of the committee would be Co identify tools used by other neighboring and regional communities to encourage affordable housing development, and determine what may work in Meridian. Some of these tools, which were identified by local affordable hauling developers during the public input process, include the folla~ving: ^ Property tax abatements on affordahle projects (this task will require input from Ada County); ^ Relaxed design guidelines for affordable projects (rehabilitation and new construction); ^ Expedited review and permitting process for affordable housing projects to alleviate additional. carrying costs; and ^ Development fee waivers (e.g., building permits, infrastructure costs, utility hook ups). The Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHI~A) is responsible for administering the Low Income Housing Tax {I.IH'I"C) program in Idaho. Local communities are required to contribute 5 percent of the cost of the project to he eligible far LII-ITCs projects in their comnnrnity. As such, Meridian should identify ways to generate. funds for this local match if a potential affordable project is proposed in their community. The city should investigate the fiscal tools other Idaho communities have implemented to generate this local contribution. BBC RESEARCH 5T CONSUL-PING SECTION IV, PAGE 21 General priority Needs Analysis and Strategies 97.27 S (a) Ire this narrative, describe the reasorzr, for setting priorities for allocating investment among di f~erent activities and needs, as identified in tables* prescribed by HUI7.92.215(a)(I) See Table lA, Table IB, Table 2A, and Table 2B above far identification of priorities and informatian on haw resources will be allocated among the priorities.. Basis for allocating investments geographically within the jurisdiction. Figure IV-l2 displays the city's LMI areas. Figure IV-72 Geographic Distribution of Low Income Households, City of Meridian, 2010 Note: Households earning less than $25,000 per year used as a proxy for low income. Source: 2010 Claritas. The City of Meridian hosts an annual CDBG Workshop in which past, current and potential future sub-recipients can learn mare about the city's CDBG program and how they might participate and/or submit fuflding applications. After the workshop, potential sub-recipients are encouraged to fill-aut an application form for their proposed project. All eligible proposals that are submitted are considered for funding within the contexC of the broad goals and objectives established in the Strategic flan. Funding recommendations under the 207 2 Action Plan were made in response to the application process that is largely driven by the capacity of social service providers that provide services in Meridian. Consideration was given to the overall readiness of the project, efficiency of the program, populations identified to be served and the degree to which the project or program addressed the priorities and objectives defined in the Strategic Plan. Projects are scored and ranked in five categories I) goals and outcomes, 2) need, 3) plan and implementation, /) capacity, and 5) leverage. Li sum, the city's basis for allocating investments has not and lilccly will not be geographically delineated within the cit5r's boundaries. Funding is determined upon meeting national objectives, qualifying eligible activities, and the competitive application process described above. $$C RESEARCIi c~z CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 22 Neighborhood 12evitaiization Strategy Areas (NRSAj, Ifapplicable, identify the census tracts for NRSAs and/or any local targeted areas. At this time the Meridian does not have any HUD designated Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas (NRSA). If appropriate, the jurisdiction should estimate the percentage of funds the jurisdiction plans to dedicate to Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas and/or any local targeted. areas. Not applicable for the City of Meridian. Obstacles to mee#ing underserved needs. The primary obstacle to meeting underserved needs is limited funding. State anti federal funding has declined in recent years, making it snore difficult to fiord the city's growing nccds. The other obstacle to meeting underserved needs is simply identifying those needs in the community. The city has grown and changed dramatically in the last 10 to 20 years that it has been Jiff cult to keep a pulse on the needs in the community. And, data is not always available to understand the magnitude of needs in the community. Specific Objectives/Affordable Housing (Priority Housing Needs) 97.275 (b) Priority needs. The priority needs are listed in the HUD needs tables beginning on page 10. "I'he priorities for the 2012-2010 Consolidated Plan were assigned based on the following: I) Results of the housing market analysis conducted as part of the C;onsolidatcd Plan. 2) input from stakeholders and residents who participated in the Consolidated Plan process. 3) Activities that the city has funded in the past that met the nccds of our residents. Strategies and Objectives Strategy No. 1 (Affordab[e Housing}; Improve access to affordable housing opportunities for Meridian residents. Objective ?.?: Address the need for affordable decent housing by supporting a down payment assistance program for qualifying Households. > HUD Specific Objective Categoi-I~: Availability/Affordability of Decent Housing (DH-2) > 5-year Consolidated Plan Outcome: 7 households If the jurisdiction intends to use HOML' funds for tenant-based rental assistance, speci~y local may°ket conditions that. led to the choice of that option. The city does not anticipate receiving HOME funds. BBC RESEARCH 5i CONSULTING SECTION IV, ('AGE 23 Public Housing Strategy 97.215 (c) The BCACHA partners with governmental entities, social service agencies, non-profit agencies, and the faith-based community to create a safety net that is alile to address more than just the housing needs of low and moderate income residents. "I'he BCACHA has initiated several strategies with these partnering entities to empower residents and program participants in achieving the goal of sclf- sufficiency. Stewart B. McKinney supportive housing programs. The Supportive Housing Programs (SHP) arc designed to provide housing and services that will allow homeless persons to live as inciependent[y as possible. Grants under the SHP are awarded through HUD's national competition for McKinney Vento I-Iomelcss funds held annually under the Boise City/Ada County Continuum of Care. SHP programs offer Transitional and Permanent housing programs to local homeless families, and chronically homeless individuals. Shelter plus care program (S+C). The Shelter Plus Care Program provides tenant-based rental assistance. The program is designed to provide housing and supportive services to participants on a long-term basis. The services for the program are funded by McKinney Vento Homeless funds, other Federal, State, or local resources, as well as private sources. Transitional housing for victims of domestic violence. The Transitional Housing program is a Department of Justice federally funded grant designed to provide temporary housing for families and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking. The program also provides services to participants which may include case management, mental health counseling, transportation, and support groups. These services are provided under a contract by a local service provider. Public housing and Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers. 1'he Boise Ciry/Ada County Housing Authority (13CAC1=-IA) owns, manages and maintains 160 public housing units for low- income households. C)f those, 160 are for elderly/disabled and the remaining are family units. In addition, I3CACHA owns and manages an 80 unit HUD-multi-family Section 8 New Construction complexes also serves the elderly/disabled, and three affordable housing complexes (l01 units). BCACHA also operates the Section 8 Voucher Program serving approximately 1851ow-income households in Meridian. The program allows clients to choose any unit that meets the program requirements within Ada County. rCenants pay a portion of the rent, based on their income, and BCACHA provides a rental assistance payment directly to private landlords participating in the program. Addressing revitalization needs. BCACHA conducts a new needs assessment every year that includes a detailed survey of all public housing residents to pinpoint deficiencies and plan for corrections. T'he results are included in the BCACI-iA's rolling Five-Year Capitol Fund Plan. As part of the current five-year plan (from fiscal year 2010 through 201/), the scheduled improvements at Capitol and Franklin Pla:cas include new energy efficient windor~rs and door sliders, new energy efficient heating and ventilating units {half ways, and stau• casings), replace shower stalls, landscape improvement, reseal exterior brick, seal & strip parking lots, replace carpet, new patio doors in accessible units to meet ADA requirements, TPO roofing, upgrade fire alarm system and conduct energy audit. BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGC- 24 Troubled PHA. Not applicable. Priority Homeless Needs and Homeless Strategy As a member of the Continuum of Care, Meridian staff will be able to develop rcladonships and understand the support network of the area's homeless and many service providers. 'They will work closely with each of the following housing providers listed in the charts to assist in meeting the needs of the homeless and at risk of becoming homeless. In coordination with other members of the Continuum of Care, the City of Meridian will support the efforts of the Continuum in implementing the IO-year Plan to E.nd Chronic Homelessness, called In-rproving Access to Mainstream Resources for the Chronically Homeless, the following goals will be addressed: ^ New permanent housing beds for chronically homeless persons (to be achieved. with the development of Recovery Village); ^ Increase the percentage of homeless persons staying in permanent housing by increasing access to supportive services and removing harriers to staying in permanent housing; ^ Increase the percentage of homeless persons moving from transitional housing into permanent housing by increasing the permanent housing stock and increasing access to supportive services such as substance abuse, detc}xi6cation, and treatment; ^ Increase the percentage of homeless persons becoming employed; and ^ Ensure that the Continuum of Care has a functioning Homeless Management Information System. Chronic homelessness. Meridian is partnering with Boise City to support the objective to assure that safe, decent, and affordable transitional and permanent housing facilities are available for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless. The following goals reflect the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. Together they will support the creation and operation of a sound human service delivery system-recognizing the importance of providing holistic versus episodic care and encourage personal responsibility. Homeless prevention. Developing a successful stratc}ry to break the cycle of homelessness and prevent future homelessness requires accurate, unduplicated, reliable darn on the numbers and needs of homeless individuals and families. Point-in-time data is crucial to determining immediate unmet needs for services, shelter, and housing options and is helpful in identifying in-depth system weakr--esses such as the need for shelter/housing options to meet the needs of treatment or service- resistant individuals or families who present special challenges. I-Iowevcr, for truly effective planning, annualized, unduplicated data, including the numbers and ncals of those turned away by providers, must be considered as well. This is particularly important in the development of prevention strategics. The Boise City/Ada County Continuum of Care conducts an annual point-in-tune count of the homeless population. This involves simultaneously counting of individuals/families both on the streets and in shelter facilities, BBC RESEARC{-I ix CONSULTWG SECTION IV, PAGE 25 In order to utilize population data to effectively address structural and individual factors creating and perpetuating homelessness, further classification and categorization i re+~uired. Amore deliberate, effective plan is possible if it focuses on distinct subpopulations as well as on categories of individuals that cut across these distinct subgroups. This is especially true since, in reality, there are separate programs and continuums of services and housing options for each subgroup. Providers have also developed separate programs for categories of individuals that cross subgroups. L~ addition ro the hamekss, others clients ate represented as well: victims of domestic abuse, persons witlr mental and/or physical illness, veterans, raciaUethnic minorities, persons with druglalcollo! abuse issues and those facing unemployment are served. F,mergency shelters and transitional housing is needed by these populations to provide st~~bilization while they work with social service agencies to access housing. The three major subgroups of the I3oise CitylAda County homeless population are: J.) substance abusers (alcohol and drugs); 2} persons with serious mental illness and/or dual diagnoses of mental illness complicated by substance abuse; and 3) families with children. The major categories of homeless people that are inchrdeci in these subgroups are veterans, persons with HIVlAIDS, and victims of domestic violence. While social service agencies work to get more people into long-term housing, people need a safe and secure shelter. Without access to an emergency shelter, persons facing homelessness are mare likely to become the victim of a crime, in danger of inclement weather, or susceptible to disease. These threats create a long lasting burden on the larger community, stressing safety and medical systems, which are not designed to serve such populations. The overall well being of the community is impacted when some of its members are "left out in the cold." Interfaith Sanctuary's 1/xecutive Committee, consisting of representation .from El Ada Community Action Partnership, Supportive Housing/innovative Parmership, Corpus Christi House, The Interfaith Alliance, Catholic Charities of Idaho, and the Komar Catholic Diocese of Raise, has met on a continuous basis to plan and implement a viable. shelter system for Boise. Currently, the Board of Directors is meeting to develop funding streams,. locate and obtain a site for permanent operations, and create anon-profit plan for operations. A wide range of agencies and groups have become included in-the process. Other steel tern such as the Rescue Mission, Booth Memorial Home, and Corpus Christi House, have developed working relations with Interfaith Sanctuary. Area medical facilities and police coordinate services, relying on the Sanctuary to receive people who arc homeless that have come into contact with their facilities. Social service and governmental agencies such as SHIP, El-Ada, and the Veterans Administration provide services in conjunction with Interfaith Sanctuary. Faith organizations, representing much of the larger community, have contributed money, resources, and volunteers to support the L2terfaith Sanctuary project. Discharge coordination policy. Meridian does not receive any of these funds directly. BCACHA does administer Section 8 vouchers to City residents. The following service providers implement a cohesive policy which the City endorses. BBC RESEARCH SL CONSULTING SECTION IV, RAGE 26 Foster care. Idaho has a comprehensive State Plan for youth transitioning From foster care to self= suffciency ttncler the Idaho Clrafee Foster Care Independence Program. The services are a compilation of intervention strategies for eligible youth that involve eammunity partners, family members, foster parents and case managers. The plan involves youth in foster care ages 15-18 with. continuing services until age 21. Goals of the program are to prevent homelessness, incarceration, pregnancy, high risk behaviors and increase education and employment. In Idaho, children that are returning to their families from the foster care program have a discharge plan created through the court system that is unique to each family. The State's discharge plan for youth aging out of the faster care pragranl includes these standards: ^ The Ansell-Casey life Skills Assessment is administered to assess the youth's needs. The assessment includes participation from family members, foster parents, child welfare professionals and anyone who has luiowlec{ge of the youth's ability to live independently. ^ Each youth age 15 and older must have a written case plan For permanence. Case plans are currently designed to address the youth's physical and emotional health, cultural relevance; self- sufficicncyand life skills, community connections, birth family relationships, safety, legal. involvement, education, employment, and housing. ^ The State of Idaho's independent living program will provide funds for housing purposes that include rent payments, security deposits, and assistance with utilities, foodstuffs, goodslsupplies and housing related expenses. ^ The State of Idaho has partnered with the Casey Family Programs who will provide two full-time positions to assist the state in providing older youth wha have left the foster care program. Health care. There are formal administrative rules that govern discharge planning for hospitals. At St. I,trke's, in Boise, patients arc served under their patient care policy and develap a discharge plan while admitted to the hospital. Patients have the right to choose to follow or refuse the discharge plan. Socirtl workers are notified of any patient wha identifies himself/herself as homeless. The patient then meets with a social worker to discuss housing options and community resources. These arc the steps that the hospital follows: ^ Izadividual patient care plans are developed that address the needs of the patient irtduding .housing, medical care, family and individual goals, and meeting the socio-psychological needs of the patient. ^ Patients are assigned to a social worker and meet with them while the patient is at the hospital to formalize a care plan. ^ The hospital makes every effort to secure safe permanent or emergency housing-for the patient upon discharge; however, it is the choice of the patient to follow those plans. ^ Should a patient need immediate follow up care, the hospitals have the ability to house a patient on their premises until care and tests arc completed. BBC RESEARCfI Si CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 27 Menta{health. The State of Idaho has formal administrative rules related to discharge Pram state mental health facilities. There is a formal liaison bettiveen State Hospitals and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Region IV, the region to which the Boise City/Ada County Continuum of Care belongs. All Region IV participants have an appointment set for psychiatry before they are released, and if needed, have living arrangements made through a local extended-stay inn. These are the measures taken to create a discharge plan: While a patient is admitted to the hospital they meet with a social worker to discuss plans upon discharge. ^ Patients are connected to outside resources that allow them to access mainstream services and housing opportunities. ^ The hospitals make every effort to discharge patietlts to be in the most supportive environment possible. Corrections. Idaho Department of Corrections has a strict policy for how individuals are paroled. It is the policy of the state to not discharge parolees without an appropriate residence. A parolee must have a viable address to be released. To ensure the best possible situation for individuals exiting corrections, the state works closely with Supportive Housing and Innovative Partnerships to assist the prisoners who suffer from substance abuse and need a more intensive transition into the community. The current discharge policy from Corrections includes these measures: ^ Case workers assist the prisoner in setting up a plan for release which includes housing, how to access work or supportive services, treatment for drug and alcohol problems, mental health, sex offender or other, and different types of educational resources. For those exiting to parole the state i able to provide some f nancial assistance through. the Transitional Fttnding Program to allow a parolee time to implement their parole plan. ^ The plan is thoroughlyinvestigated to ensure housing is suitable and safe. ^ At the Local level, the jail makes available needed referrals to community resources and how to access the resources upon release. ^ Inmates are offered a variety of programs to prepare them to reenter the community. The current local jail programs are: Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SA'I'1'), Active Behavioral Change {ABC), General l;ducation Development (GED), and inmates have the option to participate in the Transitional Aftercare Program (TAP). The jai] will he adding the Matrix Model, a parenting class, and f nancial management class to the opportunities available to inmates. BBC RESEARCt'I Si CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 28 Specific Objectives/Homeless (91.275) Priority Non-Homeless Needs 91.215 (e) Strategy No. Z (Suitable Living Environment): Support services, .programs and projects for the city's LMI residents, including persons with special needs and residents at-risk of homelessness. ^ Objective 2.1: Support public service activities that seine the city's LMI residents. HUD Specific Objective Category: S year Gbrasolidated Plan outcome: Availability/Accessibility of Suitable Living Environment (SI,-l) 10,000 residents ^ Objective 2.2: Invest in public facility improvements that serve persons with special needs and low income residents, as well as public facility improvements located in the city's LMI areas. .l-IUD ,Specific Objective C,'ategory: Sustainability of Suitable hiving F,nvironmcnt (SL-3) 5 year Consolidated Plan Outcome: I00 residents Special Needs Objectives 91.215 (e) See the priority non-homeless needs, priorities and objectives above for priority needs regarding the non-homeless specia[ needs. Priority Community Development Needs 91.275 (f) Strategy No. 3 (Economic Opportunities): Improve economic opportunities in the city's LMI areas. ^ Objective 3.1: Support public service activities that provide etnploymcnt training or job creationlretention for the city's I,MI residents. HLID Specific Objective Category: Availabilitylllccessibility ofEconomic Opportunity (L,O-7 ) 5 year Consolidated Plan Outcome: 2 businesses ^ Objective 3.2: Invest in public facility improvements or activities in the downtown area that address one or more of the conditions which contributed to the deterioration of the area. HLID Specific Objective G'ategory: Availability/Accessibility of L,conomic Opportunity (EO-1) 5 year Consolidated Plan Outcome: 1 business or public facility. Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas 91.215 (g) If the jurisdiction bas one or mo~•e approved Neighborhood Revitalr.'zation Strategy ~Ireas, the jurisdiction must provide, with the subrnissiora of a new G'orasolidated I'lan> either: the prior HUI?-approved strategy, or strategies, auith a statement that there has been no change in the strategy (in which case, HUD approval for the existing strategy r.'s not needed a second tr.'me) or submit a new or amended neighbnrhaod revitalization strategy, or strategies, for which separate HUD approval would be required). N/A BBC RESEARCH ~ CONSULTING SECTfON IV, PAGE 29 Antipoverty 5tra#egy 91.215 (j) Ira 2006, Boise City compiles[ an antipoverty strategy which included the MSA as a component of its consolidated plan. This MSA area includes residents oFAda County, and the Cities of Garden City, Meridian, Kuna, Star and Eagle. In discussions with Boise Ciry staff and the other communities included in the MSA, it vas decided to utilize the current antipoverty strategy developed by Boise. Only a few adjustments have been made to reflect Meridian specific information. This strategy is included herein to meet HUD's Consolidated Plan guidelines. The Census 2010 American Community Survey reported 4,789 individuals (6.4%} living in poverty in Meridian. The primary use of Community Development Bloch Grant funds (70%) will go to help people rise out of poverty, rather than merely easing their situation temporarily. Although essential short-term direct aid such as emergency food and shelter maybe provided, the thrust of the antipoverty strategy is to address poverty's root causes and assist people in becoming self-sufficient in the long-term. 'l'wa key components of helping people. attain self-sufficiency are employment and housing. Examples of programs that directly influence people's ability to escape poverty include job education, micro-enterprise training and assistance, enrichment, development, and job placezrient services as well as housing advocacy, homelessness prevention, expiring use prevention anc[ rental and homeownership assistance. Projects that indirectly affect poverty include those that upgrade the community, and provide transportation and child care services that help people access employment and services. CDBG and HOME firr-tds are often used as matching funds for other grants that also contribute to reducing the number of poverty level families. Thus, the power of these federal dollars is leveraged to the fullest extent possible. Kecogniring that limited funds should be focused where the need is greatest, Meridian will give preference to projects that directly benefit low- and moderate-income residents or serve low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. This stratclry will ensure that scarce resources are directed to best serve those who have the greatest need, including those areas with the greatest concentrations of poverty. A number of other public, private, and partnership resources are available to assist the city in the reduction of poverty rates in Meridian. These programs include II-IPA's Family Self-Sufficiene;y program, the United States Department of I-Tcaltlt and Hutnan Services' Head Start program, the Boise Cityl/1da County Continuum of Care, El-Ada Community Action Partnership; the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAl'AI); Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Welfare and Division of Health, Bureau of Community and Environmental I-Iealth; Mayor's Faith Ambassadors Council; Meridian Senior Center; Boise City/Ado County Housing Authority (BCACHA); Idaho Commission on Aging; anc[ Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity. Antipoverty funding. Last year, Ada County residents and businesses received $207 million From the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare programs that help people in need. 'T"he disbursement of state and federal tax dollars amounts to $638 for every man, woman and child residing in Ada County. 'T'his includes citizens who may not receive a single direct service from the Department. The statewide average is $839 per capita. BBC RESEARCH SI CONSULTING SECTION IV, PACE 30 'The Department distributed over one billion dollars in 2006 to Idaho communities. These funds came from Medicaid, additional payments to hospitals, Food Stamps, Idaho Child Care Program, Women, Infants and Children nutritional program, foster care and a variety of other assistance programs. The Department's Medicaid Division spent $173 million an health care for residents of Ada County, a $ 9 million increase over the previous year. Total Medicaid spending in Ada County was $220 million because many people from otl-rex counties travel to Boise For medical care. Last year, Ada County hospitals received $2.8 million in Disproportionate Share. That money caa~ be used for any hospital purpose, so it has the potential of providing service for any patient, not just Medicaid clients. The money is in addition to payment For regular services to Medicaid clients. Five hospitals in Ada County, including St. Luke's and St. Alphonsus, received $64 million for inpatient and outpatient care bringing the total Medicaid investment in Ada Cowity hospitals to $67 million. Ada County residents received $1.5.5 million in Food Stamps> spending $13:9 million with grocers in the county to help feed their families. Antipoverty initiatives. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Welfare administers self-reliance programs serving low-income individuals and families. Field-based personnel in offices around the state process applications for sezvices that help Families in crisis situations. Those services also assist families in becoming more self-reliant. The Division manages state and federal programs including Child Support, Food Stamps, Child Care, Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI), and Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (AABll). Welfare programs provide critical aid for families while requiring participants to strive foz-employment and self-reliance. '1"he Division does not zn.anage the Medicaid program but does determine Medicaid eligibility. Other programs, managed through contracts with local organizations, include Food Commodities, Energy Assistance, Telephone Assistance, and Weatherization Assistance. The Division of Welfare promotes stable, healthy families through program access and support services. Self-reliance services. The Division provides services irz the following categories: ^ Benefit Program services provide food, medical, child care, and cash assistance. Applications are available in Geld offices around the state, by phone, mail, and the Internet. These sezvices have strict eligibility requirements and inchrde: > Faod assistance (Food Stamps); > Child care assistance (Idaho Child Care Program}; > Medical assistance under a variety programs for children, adults with low income, pregnant women, disabled individuals, nursing home care, and help with health insurance costs or Medicare prerniums; and > Cash assi tancc (TAFI, AABD). BBC RESEARCr{ ±~ CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 33 ^ Child Support services, helping families by: > Locating an absent patent, conducting paternity testing, or creating a new ar enforcing an existing child support order; > Mandating child support participation for individuals receiving Pood Stamps, Medicaid, or TAFI. 'I`his requirement is an effort to encourage participant self--reliance and increase household income while receiving benefit program services; ancf > Providing help to other states to enforce and collect child support far parents living in Idaho. These interstate services account for about one-fifth of Idaho's cases. ^ Contracted services in local communities include: > Locating an absent parent, conducting paternity testing, or creating a new or enforcing an existing child support order; > Nutrition-related services and food commodities; > IAw-income home energy assistance; Telephone assistance; > Child care provider education; and > Weatherization. Benefit programs. `I`he Division of Welfare manages benefit payments in four major programs: Food Stamps, Child Care, Met{ic~tl, and Cash Assistance (through Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho-TAFI, and Aid to the Aged, Blind, anti Disabled}. The Food Stamp Program helps low-income families maintain good health and nutrition. Federally funded, it is managed by the state, and helps families buy the food they need using an Electronic Benefits'1`ransfer card, which works like a debit card. Participation is sensitive to changes in the economy. During the economic downturn fi•on~ 2001 to 2004, participation increased 53 percent. In June 2005, statewide enrollment peaked at 94,950, up slightly from )2,903 in June 2004. Enrollment has leveled off, but participation remains high. The leveling off of the Food Starnp growth rate indicates the economy is rebauncling, bur the working poor remain in low-paying jobs. Recipients fall into two groups: working poor families and families with adults who are elderly or disabled. As of June 2005, 69 percent of recipient families included adults working or socking work. The average monthly benefit in 2005 was $229 per family. The remaining 3I percent of Food Stamp households are families where all adults are elderly or disabled. Forty-eight percent of all individuals receiving Food Stamps in Idaho arc children. The average monthly earnings for households containing three to four family members are $1,020. The Idaha Child Care Program. (ICCP) helps low-income families pay for child care while parents work or attend educational or training programs. 1CCP subsidies are an essential support that helps families becornesolf-reliant and maintain employment. Of families. participating: 88.7% are employed; 9.5 percent are in training or going to college; and 9.3 percent attend college and work. Vinery-two percent of families served have three or fewer children, and most of these families have monthly incomes at or below $ ].,500. Many families receiving ICCP benefits contribute to their child care expenses through a co-payment with the state. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING SECTION fV, PAGE 32 The Division of Welfare determines financial and personal eligibility for individuals who apply for Medicaid Services. The Division of Medicaid determines health care services or coverage that an individual may receive, depending on the Medicaid program. approved or the type of care a pct:son regrtires. Each year, more than 72,000 applications arc processed statewide f<>r Medicaid and completed for re-determination of caritinuing eligibility far 171,000 Medicaid beneficiaries. In a typical year, more than 220,000 people access health coverage through Medicaid programs, which includes more than 125,000 children. Temporary Assistance far Families in Idaho ('I"AFI) provides temporary cash assistance fa- needy families with cluldren, while encouraging personal and family responsibility. Families who receive TAFI cash assistance are required to participate in work preparation activities so they can become financially independent. A typical TAFI participant is a single mom with one or two children under age eight. Each family receives a maximum of X309 monthly, regardless of family size. An adult usually is eligible far .only 24 months of TAF I cash assistance in a lifetime. Families receiving TAFI also are eligible to receive vouchers for assistance to obtain short-term training to become employed or sustain employment. A typical TAFI family is on assistance for only four months. Approximately 67% of individuals receiving'I`AFl are children whose parents are unable to care for them, typically because of drug problems or incarceration. Often, grandparents care for children who may receive TAFI without regard for grandparent income. This cash assistance payment improves the opportunity for children to stay with their extended families while their parents are unable to care for them. There is no work participation for these TAFI cases. Child support services. The Child Support Program promotes the physical and economic health of families by enstrring parents are financially responsible for their children. The program helps locate non-custodial (absent) parents and enforces their obligations to provide financial and medical suppart for their children. Contracted services. Contract services include: ^ Enhanced Work Services (FWS) works with self-reliance participants to help them gain, sustain, or upgrade employment opportunities. Adults receiving services through 'TAFI (Cash Assistance), Food St~unps, non-custodial parents in child support cases, and those at risk of coming onto TAFI are candidates for EWS. ^ Job Education Training QET) contracts suppart participant efforts in securing employment, job retention, wage enhancement, and short-term job education/training (12 months or less). Participants are referred from E~`VS contractors or ma}T volunteer through the contractor, if they meet TAFI eligibi]iry. F,ligible participants, after intense assessrncnts, enhance their employability through education and skills training. ^ Child Support Customer Service (CSCS) delivers professional and proficient child suppart receipting, case management, financial analysis audits, and customer service call center services for Idaho Child Support. BBC RESEARCIi SF CONSULTING SECTION iU, PAGE 33 ^ Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) revitalises low-income communities, helps eliminate the causes ofpoverry, and enables families and individuals to became self-reliant. Within Meridian, services are delivered through the EI-Ada Community Action Agency that provides emergency anti supportive services, employment readiness training, individual and family development counseling, food, shelter, and transportation assistance. ^ `I`he Emergency I~'ood Assistance Program (TEFAP) helps supplement the diets of Idaho's low- income cixizens. USDA. prn•chases surplus food commodities from American food producers and distributes them to states. EI-Ada Community Action Agency distributes these commodities through local food banks and soup kitchens. ^ Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAl') pays a portion oflow-income household heating bills and provides energy conservation education through the EI-Ada. Community Action Agency. Payment is made to heating suppliers and vendors. ^ Service Assistance Program assists low-income households by paying a portion of their expense for telephone installation and/or monthly service fees. Benefits are funded by 1) telepho»e companies through fees included in the monthly invoices of Idaho telephone service customers. ^ Weatherization Assistance Program helps low-income families conserve energy, save money, and improve their living conditions. Idaho's weatherization program is funded by utilities, the U.S. ^ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Petroleum Violation Escrow, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Antipoverty Five-year Strategy. Meridian will target available federal, state, and. local resources to accomplish the following non-housing community development objectives: I. Establish effective liaisons with neighborhoods, adjacent municipalities, county, state, and Federal agencies to ensure the community is influential in affecting policies impacting residents. 2. Develop and implement quantitative and qualitative outcome measurements to assure that publicly funded. programs and/or services meet the Highest possible standards of progressiveness, innovation, quality of care, effectiveness and accountability. 3. Encourage publicly funded human service providers/programs to examine entrepreneurial opportunities in an effort to reduce/eliminate their dependence on continued public funding and to promote the long term viability of the organization. /. Encourage and expand collaborative relationships with the academic community which provide .for student internships and/or practicum experiences and promote the efficient transfer of technology. 5. Encourage improved educational, training and employment opportunities for residents. BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 34 6. Encourage the development of affordable quality child-care accessible to Iower income households, and 7. Expand supervised, educational and recreational after-school activities for at risk school age children. Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) N/A BBC RESEARCII ST CONSULTING SECTION IV, PAGE 35 APPENDIX A. City of Meridian Citizen Participation. Plan APPENDIX A. City of Meridian Citizen Participation Plan The Consolidated Plan is a U.S. Dcpartzncnt of I-Iousing and Urban Development {HUD) requirement for a city to receive federal housing and community development funding. The Consolidated Plan report examines the housing and community development needs of a city, sets priorities for HUD grant monies to which a city is entitled, identifies the city's performance in meeting its goals, and establishes an action plan for meeting current and future needs. 1',ach Consolidated Plan is also required to have a strategy for citizen participation in the Consolidated Plan process. I3ctwcen November 2011 and July 2012, the City of Meridian prepared a draft. of its Five Year Consolidated Plan covering program years 2032-2016 and its 203.2 Action Plan. This document outlines the city's process and plan for soliciting and receiving citizen input during the preparation review period of the draft Consolidated Plan as well as in the. event that. amendments are made to the Plan. Included in this is the city's approved Citizen Participation Plan for all aspects of the Consolidated Plan process including: the Five Year Strategic Plan, the Action flan, amendments to the Consolidated Plan, and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Purpose of Citizen Participation Flan The City of Meridian recognizes the importance of public participation in both defining and understanding current housing and community development needs, and prioritizing resources to address those needs. The city's Citizen Participation Plan is designed to encourage citizens to participate in the development of the Consolidated Plan, annual Action Plans, any substantial amendments to the Plan, and the annual performance report. The Citizen Participation Plan is intended to encourage citizens of all ages, genders, economic levels, races, ethnicities and special needs equal access to beconze involved in the Plan each year. This Citizen Participation Plan was written in accordance with Sections 91.100 and 91.105 of HUD's Consolidated Plan regulations. In order to ensure maximum participation in the Consolidated Plan process among all populations and needs groups, and in order to ensure that their issues and concerns are adequately addressed, the City of Meridian will follow the standards set forth in its adopted Citizen Participation Plan during development of its Consolidated Plan, annual Action Plans and Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAP)/R), and for any substantial amendments to the Plan. The participation process will be developed and monitored by the Planning llivision of the City of Merid'ian's Community Development Department. Glossary of Relevant Terms Action Plan. The yearly portion of the Consolidated Plan that identifies the specif c activities and projects to be undertaken by the city with CDI3G funds during that program year. CAPER. The Consolidated Annual Performance and )/valuation Report as required by HUD regulations, which reports the city's completion of projects and activities as outlined within the Action and Consolidated Plans and the expenditure of Community Development I31ock Grant (CllBG). BBC RESEARCFI ~i CONSULTING APPENDIX A, PAGE i CDBG. The Community Development Block Grant Program, as established under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 197, as amended, Public Law 93-383 and the funding received under such program, which assists communities to address housing and community development needs, primarily for Jow and moderate income residents. Consolidated Plan. A three to five year plan of a city's housing and community development needs, resources, priorities, and proposed activities co he undertaken for the CDBG programs (a.k.a., Housing and Cominuniry Development Plan). Relevant Areas and Programs. The City of Meridian 2012-20I6 Consolidated Plan covers the geographic area within the city limits of Meridian. The City of Meridian is entitled to receive CDBG funding from I-IUD during the program years between 20l 2 and 2016. Public Comment Consolidated Plan and annual Action Pions. Prior to the adoption of a Consolidated PIan and annual Action. Plans, the city will make available to interested parties the draft Plan for a comment period of no less than 30 days and will conduct a public hearing at the conclusion of the comment period. '1"he 30 day comment period and the public hearing for the Consolidated Plan and the annual Action Plans will be noticed in the local newspapers, the I/alley Times and the Idaho Statesman, and by posting the notice on the city's Web site. The public notice shall be published at least two weeks in advance of the public hearing and shall include information regarding tha subject of the hearing and the date, time, and locatiol~ of the public hearing as well as a notice of opportunity to provide written or oral comment. The draft Consolidated Plan will contain the amount of assistance the city expects to receive through the HUD CDBG grants and the top level strategic goals that will guide funding over the frve planning periods. The annual Action Plan will show haw the city plans to allocate the funds for that particular program year. Prior to the 30-day comment period on the draft Action Plan, City staff shall provide a Illepartment Report to the Council regarding submitted funding applications and the relative scares and ranking of these applications. The report should include an analysis of how the applications are proposed to be prioritized in relation to the adapted Consolidated Plan. The Plans will be available electronically on the city's Web site. Hard copies will be available for review at city off ces and will be provided to the public at a specific request. The Council will consider any comments or views of individuals or groups received in writing or orally during the flan }process and at the public hearing to be held at the end of the 30-day public camment period. The Council shall at its regular or a special public meeting, review the proposed Consolidated Plan or annual Action Plan and the summaries regarding the incorporation of citizen comments or views provided, and shall vote an a resolution to adopt the final Consolidated Plan or annual Action Plan. The-city will provide a written response to all written citizen complaints related to the Plans within 15 working days of receiving the complaints. Copies of the complaints, along with the city's response will be sent to HUD if they occur outside of the Consolidated Planning process and, as such, do not appear in the Consolidated Plan. APPENDIX A, PAGE 2 BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING GAPER. A public notice of the CAPER availability and the date, time and location of the public hearing will be published in the local tiewspapcrs, Valley Times and the Iclahv Statesman, and by posting the notice on the city's Web site at least two weeks in advance of the public hearing. After the notice is published, citizens will have a period of not less than 15 days to comment on the CAPER, and the city will conduct a public hearing on the CAPER at the conclusion of the comment period. The city will consider any comments or views of citizens received in writing. A summary of these comments or views, and a sumrnaty of any comments or views shall be attached to the CAPLR. "T`hc Council shall at its regular or a special public meeting, review the CAPER and the summaries regarding the incorporation of citizen comments or views provided, and. shall vote on a resolution to adapt the final CAPER. Substantial Amendments Occasionally, public comments or a change in circumstances warrant an amendment to the Consolidated Plan and/or an ~uinual Action Plan. The criteria for whether to amend is referred to by I IUD as Substantial Amendment Criteria. The following conditions are considered to 6e "SubstantialAmendntent Criteria:" Any change in the described method of distributing program funds. > Elenxents of a "method of distribution" are: - Changing the funding of a particulaa activity which increases or decreases the amount spent by 25 percent of the total funding amount. -- Making a change in the allocation priorities. - Carrying out an activity using CDBG funds or program income not previously described in the action plan or the consolidated plan. 2. An administrative decision to reallocate all the fitnds allocated to an activity in the Action Plan to other activities of equal or lesser priority need level, unless the decision is a result of > A federal government rescission of appropriated funds, or appropriations ate so much less than anticipated thae the city makes an admiiiistrativedeeision not to fund one or more activities; and/or > The governor declares a state of emergency and reallocates federal funds to address the emergency. Citizen participation in the event of a substantial amendment. In the event of a substantial amendment to the Consolidated Plan or annual Action flan, the city will publish a notice of the recommended changes and the date, time, and location of the public hearing in the I/~zlley Times and the Idaho Statesman newspapers and on the city's Web site at least two weeks in advance of the public hearing. The City will provide a 30-day public comment period in advance of the public hearing on the proposed stebstantial amendment. The Council shall at its regular or a special public meeting, review the proposed substantial amendment and the summaries regarding the incorporation of citizen comments or views provided, and shall vote on a resolution to adopt the substantial amendment. following the Council's passage of the resolution adapting the substantial amendment, the City will norify HUll of the amendment and shall submit a copy of each substantial amendment to I-iUD as such occurs. BBC RESEARCH Si CONSULTING APPENDIX A, PAGE 3 Consideration of public comments on the substantially amended plan. In the event of substantial amendments to the Consolidated I']an or Aeeion Plan, the City Council will consider any comments on the substantially amended Plan From individuals orgroups. Comments must be received in writing or orally at public hearings. A summary of the written and public hearing comcrrents an the substantial amendments will be included in the final Plan. Also inchcded in the final Plan will be a summary of all comments not accepted and their reasons for c{ismissal. Changes in federal funding level. Any changes in federal funding levels after the draft Consolidated flan or Action Plan's comment period has expired and the resulting effect on the distribution of funds will not be considered an amendment or a substantial amendment. Public access to records The city will provide all interested parties with access to information and records related to the city's Consolidated Plan, annual Action Plans, CAPER and the city's use of funds under all programs covered by the Consolidated Plan during the preceding five years. All materials, announcements, and notices of the hearing will include information about how persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons may request accommodations in order to review the proposed plan and provide written or oral comments. Upon request, or in the case ofpublic hearings where a significant number of non-English speaking residents can. reasonably be expected to participate, the City will provide both written interpretation(s) of the proposed consolidated or action plan one (1) week prior to the public hearing or within 48 hours of a request; and/or oral interpretation at the public hearing. Consultation with Organizations and City Agencies When preparing the Consolidated Plan and the annual Action Plans, the city will actively consult with public anci private agencies that provide housing, health, and social services in order to ensure that the interests and needs of all groups arc being adequately addressed.. This consultation wilE occur through interviews conducted with such organizations {including those that provide services to special needs populations), and incorporation of data and reports produced by such organizations into the Consolidated Plan and the annual Action Plans. APPENDIX A, PAGE 4 BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING APPENDIX B. Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan APPENDIX B. Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan All HUD-assisted programs and projects are subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA}, set forth at 42 U.S.C. § 4601, as well as llepartment of Transportation regulations set forth at 49 CI~R part 24. The Cit}r further recognizes that it is subject to applicable provisions of the Housing and C:ommuniry Development A.ct of 1974, set forth. at 42 U.S.C. § 530i(d}, as set forth in 24 CFR §§ 42.301 et seq. 'T'herefore, it shall be the declared policy of the City of Meridian to establish and follow the plan described below to minirnire the adverse. impacts on persons of low and moderate income resulting from acquisition and relocation activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Displacement Strategy The Ciry shall assure that it has taken all reasonable steps to minimize the displacement of families, individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and farms as a result of CD13G-assisted activities. Further, consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, the Ciry may take any or all of the fallowing steps, as appropriate under the circumstances, to minimize the displacement of persons from their homes: ^ Stage any rehabilitation of assisted housing to allow tenants to remain during and after rehabilitation, rehabilitation of empty units to allow the shifting of tenants during rehabilitation of occupied units; ^ Establish facilities to house persons who must be relocated temporarily during rehabilitation; ^ Provide counseling to assist homeowners and renters to understand the range of assistance options available, utilizing existing housing counseling programs to the greatest extent possible; ^ Give priority in assisted housing units in the neighborhood to area residents facing displacement; ^ Target Section 8 existing program certificates to households being displaced, and recruit area landlords to participate in the program; ^ Provide counseling and referral services t~ assist displaced homeowners and renters find alternative housing in the affected neighborhood; ^ Worlc with area landlords and real estate brokers to locate vacancies for households facing displacement; ^ Evaluate housing codes and rehabilitation standards in reinvestment areas to prevent their placing undue financial burden on long-established owners or tenants. of multi-family buildings; andJor ^ Adopt public policies to identify and mitigate displacement resulting from. intensive public investment in neighborhoods. BBC RESEARCH St CONSULTING APAENDfX 6, PAGE i Replacement of Dwelling Units The City will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable LMI dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as LMI housing as a direct result of activities assisted with CDBCY funds on a one- for one basis, unless a written waiver has been received. All replacement housing will be provided tivithin three years of the commencement oEthe demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion. Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, the City will make public and submit to HUD the following information, in writing: 1.. A description of the proposed activity 2. The location on a map and number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted Co a use other than as low/moderate income dwelling units, as direct result of the assisted activities 3. A time schedule for the commencement and. completion of demolition or conversion 4. The location on a map and the number of dwelling units by size {number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units. if such data. is not available ar.the time of the general submission, the City will identify the general location on an area map and the approximate number of dwelling units by size, and provide information identifying the specific location and number of dwelling units by size as soon as it is available 5. "T'he source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of the replacement dwelling units C. Per 24 CrR g 42..375{b){5), the basis of concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain glow-moderate income dwelling unit for at least ten {l0) years from the date of initial occupancy 7. Information demonstrating that any proposed replacement of dwelling units with smaller dwelling units (e.g. a 2-bedroom twit with two 1-bedroom units) is consistent with the housing needs. oflow-income households in the jurisdiction Relocation Assistance The City will provide relocation assistance, as described in 24 CPR g 42.350, to each. LMT household displaced by the demolition of housing or by the conversion of a }.MI dwelling to another use as a direct result of CDBCr-assisted activities. PAGE 2, APPENDIX B BBC RESEARCH ST CONSULTING