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Approve the 2019 Affordable Housing Inventory List pursuant to requirements of Chapter 166.0451, Florida Statutes, adopt Resolution 19-10.
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SUMMARY:
The 2006 Legislature amended Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, adding Section 166.0451 entitled "Disposition of municipal property for affordable housing." The state statute includes that the governing body of each municipality must review the proposed affordable housing inventory list at a public hearing and may revise the list at the conclusion of the hearing. Following the public hearing, the local governing body must adopt a resolution that includes an inventory list of such property deemed appropriate for affordable housing development.
Section (1) of the statutory amendment requires that every three years each municipality prepare an inventory list of all real property within its jurisdiction to which the municipality holds fee simple title that is appropriate for use as affordable housing. Therefore, the 2019 Affordable Housing Inventory List includes the address and legal description of each property and specifies whether the property is vacant or improved.
The previous list was approved by City Council in 2016 and was updated in 2017 to include a total of nine properties. Resolution 19-10, as drafted, proposes twenty parcels to which it has title as appropriate for use as affordable housing. The increase in properties on the 2019 Affordable Housing Inventory List is primarily due to recent increased foreclosure activity by the City.