Bill No. 22-31 Resolution Approving and Adopting NW Side Plan

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Housing Housing A range of housing strategies will help ensure the Near West Side Neighborhood as a successful,diverse,mixed-income area. Market Challenges Missing Middle For much of the Near West Side neighborhood, A mix of housing types and price points can the cost of constructing new housing is greater mean that housing is available for people of all than the appraised value of the property once means.One way to support this mix is through T it is completed.This financial gap is a barrier to missing middle"housing.Missing middle r the financing and construction of new housing, housing is a range of house-scale buildings with especially market-rate units,in the area. multiple units—compatible in scale and form with detached single-family houses—Located i ■ Several tactics can be employed to help close in a walkable neighborhood.This housing is the gap.Multi-unit housing can usually be built called"missing"because zoning regulations had at a Lower cost per unit than detached houses. made it difficult or impossible to build over the ; j Additionally,pre-approved building plans for Last half-century and"middle"because it sits in - residential structures,a detached accessory the middle of a spectrum between detached � - dwelling unit revolving loan fund,grants to single-family houses and mid-rise to high-rise replace sewer and water laterals,tow-cost land apartment buildings,in terms of form,scale, through land banks,and building adjacent to number of units,and often,affordability. stronger market areas are among the potential ways to make new construction of attainable Often seen in South Bend in the form of Evstinq'Missing Middle'type homes on Colfax Avcnu, housing units possible. duplexes,townhouses,and small apartment buildings,missing middle housing was part of the historic development of the Near West Side Housing Repair and Direct Housing Neighborhood.Many of these types can still QuaLity Provision offer opportunities for ownership and for the amenities that can be found in detached houses Housing repair assistance can allow Housing providers,both for-profit and nonprofit, or in Large apartment buildings.The South neighborhood residents to stay in their homes can use tax credits,government grants,and Bend Zoning Ordinance has been reformed to as they age.Code Enforcement can ensure that other financing to rehabilitate or build new promote missing middle housing,but changes houses and their yards are kept in acceptable housing units for Lower-income households. to the zoning map for the neighborhood can condition;in particular,the City's Rental Safety South Bend Housing Authority can continue further encourage these units. Verification Program Code can assure a level of implementing its plans to renovate or redevelop quality for rental housing units. its housing units within the neighborhood. Daft Near West Side Neighborhood Plan 30 June 15 2022