CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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Mounting need for low income and affordable housing
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Areas most conducive to building new affordable housing are the older
parts of town
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Affordable land prices, physical & human infrastructure present, more
walkable, better access to new jobs that are being created
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Planned revitalization produces mixed income, mixed use
neighborhoods and brings new residents, maintenance, retail, and
service jobs within walking distance
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Redevelopment must be strategic. Unplanned revitalization results in
gentrification, and economic expulsion of even more low income people
from housing, exacerbating homelessness.
CURRENT HOUSING VALUE MAP
BARRIERS TO CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
• Assembling land in large enough tracts to make redevelopment
economically feasible
• Infrastructure and development costs
• Presence of a large homeless population that discourages both
investment and home buyers
PRIME REVITALIZATION AREAS
Areas most likely to see affordable housing revitalization efforts
close to transportation, services & jobs.
• Staples Corridor between Six-Points and Government Plaza
• Leopard/Agnes Corridors
• Westside
• Ayers Corridor
*These areas of the central city have the most potential for creating affordable
housing that is close to transportation, services and jobs.
WORKFORCE NEEDS
• Corpus Christi has a growing shortage of labor and skilled trades
in construction
• An estimated 12,000-15,000 construction workers will be
needed by 2015
• Housing construction will be in addition to this
• Current status more important then record
BARRIERS TO ADDING LABOR TO WORKFORCE
• Lack of able bodies
• Lack of skills
• Lack of training and apprenticeship programs
• Lack of clean drug & felony free record
• Lack of transportation
• Lack of housing
• High Homeless
Population
• Housing Shortage
INTERCONNECTED ISSUES
• Worker Shortage
• Transportation Needs
SOLUTIONS TO INTERCONNECTED ISSUES
1. Better coordination and delivery of homeless services
2. City policy changes
3. Address Transportation/Connectivity Issues
4. Build more Affordable and Low Income Housing
5. Increase Construction Workforce
1. STRATEGY: BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY
• Differentiate service streams for families/single adults
• Enhance/support homeless prevention/intervention
• Coordinated MH, SA & workforce rehabilitation
• Identify/subsidize transitional and temporary/rapid re-entry
housing
1. STRATEGY: SERVICE PROVISION COORDINATION
• Single adult rehabilitation services all in one location, shared
operation and services, MH, SA, & workforce prep
• Single Adult Transition Halfway House – Training or employment
• Entry at Rehab facility only for single adults
• Entry at any family facility for family services
• All providers use a shared data base and service coordination
system