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How the Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice

Compares to Councilman Darrell Clarke’s Bill # 071005

(Introduced on 11/15/2007 and cosponsored by Council members Blackwell and DiCicco

Element

PCHJ model bill

Bill # 071005

Target Income

Targets resources for families earning less than 50% of Area Median Income (AMI), or $36,000 for a family of four.

 

Targets resources for families earning 60 – 125% of Area Median Income (AMI). This is $43,000 - $90,000 for a family of four

Compliance options

Developers have three choices:

-        Build on-site (10%)

-        Build off-site (20%, building must be in same elementary school catchment zone)

-        Put money into an in-lieu fund

o       $20,000 for each market-rate condo

o       $5,000 for each market-rate townhouse

Developers have two choices:

-        Build on-site (10%)

o       ˝ for people making 60% of AMI

o       ˝ for people making 100% of AMI

-        Put money into an in-lieu fund

o       Dollar amount is based on cost of complying with on-site option

Restrictions on uses of in-lieu fund

Articulates permissible uses of the fund, including:

(1) Basic Systems Home Repair Grants;

(2) Homelessness prevention;

(3) Development of affordable rental units;

(4) Development of affordable ownership units;

(5) Acquisition of land or buildings to support affordable housing development;

(6) Rehabilitation of vacant housing;

(7) Rental subsidies

(8) Adaptive modification

 

Additionally, 1/3 of money must be spent in each of the following income categories:

·        < 10% of AMI

·        11 – 30% of AMI

·        31 – 50% of AMI

None. The money goes into the City Treasury and the Office of Housing and Community Development has full discretion on uses of the money.