HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 24-1810INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 24-1810
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 5, 2024
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rrn SUBJECT: HOMELESSNESS UPDATE
In response to various requests from the City Council's February 13 workshop on homelessness, staff
intends to provide the Council with pertinent Informal Reports (IRs), Mayor and Council Communications
(M&Cs), and committee briefings on the following schedule:
March 5 City Council Work Session
IR on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster recovery action plan as a potential
funding source for the development of permanent supportive housing
March 19 City Council Meeting
1. M&C authorizing a $1.1 million pilot project to reduce homelessness
2. M&C and ordinance prohibiting source -of -income discrimination (a) against military veterans and
(b) on incentivized projects that include housing
Legislative Affairs Committee Meeting (Date to be Determined)
Briefing on federal housing legislation
April 2 City Council Work Session
1. IR on how peer cities have used general obligation bonds to develop affordable housing
2. IR on how peer cities have reduced eviction rates
3. IR on family homelessness
4. IR on federal housing legislation
April 9 Neighborhood Quality and Revitalization Committee Meeting
Briefing about options for incentivizing affordable housing set -asides
April 9 City Council Meeting
M&C expediting affordable housing projects and waiving certain development fees
Should you have any questions about these items, please contact Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa
at 817-392-6122.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS