City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee met June 15.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
Council Members in Attendance:
Mayor Pro Tem Harper-Madison
Gregorio Casar, Chair
Paige Ellis
Vanessa Fuentes
CALL TO ORDER
The Council Housing and Planning Committee convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 via Videoconference.
Chair Casar called the Committee meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
Citizen Communication
None.
Approval of Minutes
1. Approve the minutes of the May 3, 2021 meeting of the Housing and Planning Committee.
The minutes were approved on the 15th day of June 2021 on Council Member Ellis’s motion to approve and Mayor Pro Tem Harper-Madison’s second on a 3-0 vote (Council Members Renteria and Kitchen were absent from the dais).
Briefing
2. Briefing on Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) program and eviction prevention measures.
Nefertitti Jackmon, Displacement Prevention Manager, Housing and Planning Department, provided a presentation on Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) program and eviction prevention measures and answered questions from Council Members.
3. Briefing on the impact of the Rental Housing Development Assistance (RHDA) and Ownership Housing Development Assistance (OHDA) Programs on housing production.
James May, Community Development Manager, Housing and Planning Department, provided a presentation on the impact of the Rental Housing Development Assistance and Ownership Housing Development Assistance programs on housing production and answered questions from Council Members.
4. Briefing on Austin housing market and affordability.
Jeni Williams, Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Austin Board of Realtors, and Emily Chenevert, Chief Executive Officer, Austin Board of Realtors, provided a presentation on the Austin housing market and affordability and answered questions from Council Members.
Future Items
5. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.
No items were identified to discuss at a future meeting.
ADJOURN
Chair Casar adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p.m. without objection.
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