ROADMAP PLANNER FOR 3 YEARS CODE

To promote and enhance existing neighborhoods through 2024, the GOPC suggests that we find ways to shorten the tax foreclosure timeline, boost the Clark County Land Bank’s delinquent tax and assessment collection fund income from 2.5 to 5 percent, and establish housing and neighborhood resources in the southwest quadrant. The GOPC advises us that we can help to protect vulnerable residents by expanding emergency shelter capacities and furthering homeowner education of tax relief programs. We are also looking at the long-term strategies that the plan recommends.

ROADMAP PLANNER FOR 3 YEARS CODE

Other short-term initiatives that the GOPC recommended include: an increase in health and code compliance and establishment of a rental license program implementation of a risk-tolerant loan fund for developers, builders and housing rehabilitation enterprises and, more output from non-profit developers. This program facilitates accountability for property owners who have fallen behind in code compliance. The establishment of a vacant property registry and receivership program, for example, have already been launched. In the short term, the strategic plan outlines specific initiatives, some of which we’ve already enacted.

This strategic plan gives us a roadmap for addressing the housing opportunities in Springfield using a four-pronged strategy that seeks to: protect vulnerable residents enhance existing housing stock produce additional affordable housing and, reduce barriers to housing development and renovation. Recently, the GOPC released “Quality Housing for All: A Four-Year Strategic Plan for Springfield,” a multi-year strategic plan for housing in our community.

Roadmap planner for 3 years