Indicators and actions

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  • H 1: Housing and Transportation Index (H+T) Costs
  • H 2: Number of Existing and Planned Affordable Housing Units within 1/2-Mile Walkshed of a Transit Station or Stop with Frequent Service
  • H 3: Percent of Cost Burdened Households (Households Paying 30% or more of Gross Income on Housing)
  • H 4: Percent of Long-term Affordable Units
  • H 5: Quality of Schools in Priority Growth Areas
  • H 6: Income Segregation
  • H 7: Number of Permanently Affordable Units for Seniors
  • H 8: Ratio of Multifamily and Attached Units to Single Family Units
  • H 9: Number of Walkable Neighborhoods (WalkScore over 50)
  • H 10: Availability of Units in Walkable Neighborhoods
  • H 11: Number/proportion of more affordable housing unit types (ADUs, QUADS, MICRO-UNITS, etc.)
  • H 12: Percent of Occupied Households with Severe Physical Deficiencies as Defined by Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Action Description Air Quality Economic Vitality Equity Resilience Water Resources
H A1 Develop the use of incentive programs such as ICRIP and others to incent the development of affordable housing.
H A2 Develop creative approaches to increasing flexibility for the allocation of housing resources to increase leverage of resources through partnerships.
H A3 Develop revisions to the Unified Development Code (UDC) to increase the ability to develop a variety of housing types.
H A4 Implement public financing tools, such as tax increment, that can be used to incentivize and/or fund the development of affordable housing.
H A5 Create a senior age-in-place strategy.
H A6 Develop a program to encourage and reduce barriers for universal design in housing rehabilitation.
H A7 Continue targeted use of housing resources.
H A8 Create an incentive program for the development of housing units affordable to households earning below 80% of AMI.
H A9 Create an incentive program for the development of housing units affordable to households earning under 120% of AMI.
H A10 Create a program to provide incentives to employers who create employer-assisted housing programs.
H A11 Designate the City Housing Counseling Program and the Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio as primary resources for residents.
H A12 Develop a relocation assistance program.
H A13 Plan and host an annual housing summit.
H A14 Conduct an internal systematic assessment of City of San Antonio ordinances and policies to better understand their impact on displacement and neighborhood change.
H A15 Develop inclusionary housing policies for residential development.
H A16 Develop a plan and timeline for the issuance of a housing bond.
H A17 Pursue ongoing sources of funds to be utilized by the San Antonio Housing Trust and nonprofit housing providers.
H A18 Create a community land trust.
H A19 Explore the creation of a neighborhood empowerment zone and other tools to provide targeted property tax relief for long-time residents.
H A20 Develop a specific measure of displacement, based on objective criteria, to inform public discussion and planning efforts.
H A21 Develop a specific measure of income segregation and/or mixed income neighborhoods based on objective criteria, to inform public discussion and planning efforts.
H A22 Develop a better measure of walkable neighborhoods to inform public discussion and planning efforts.
H A23 Develop a Healthy Housing Index incorporating data regarding substandard housing issues that affect public health outcomes (i.e. asthma, lead toxicity, etc.).
H A24 Incorporate Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) strategies that achieve HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AAFH) Rule into appropriate Comprehensive Planning Program efforts (Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 plans).