PART 7: BOARD OF APPEALS FOR ZONING SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS [RESERVED]

Editor's Note: § 14-8-7 Board of Appeals for Zoning Special Exceptions was updated, incorporated into, and replaced by the Integrated Development Ordinance, Council Bill O-17-49, Ord. 14-16, et seq., approved 11-13-17. See now ROA § 14-16-6, et seq.

ARTICLE 9: WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Section

Part 1: Workforce Housing Opportunity Act

   14-9-1   Short title

   14-9-2   Findings

   14-9-3   Applicability

   14-9-4   Definitions

   14-9-5   Creation and administration of the Workforce Housing Trust Fund

   14-9-6   Program elements

   14-9-7   Notification of tenants

   14-9-7.5   Rules and regulations

Part 2: Affordable Housing Opportunity Ordinance

   14-9-8   Short title

   14-9-9   Findings

   14-9-10   Purpose

   14-9-11   General definitions

   14-9-12   Authorization of city contributions

   14-9-13   General requirements

   14-9-14   Requirements and rules

   14-9-15   Discrimination prohibited

Cross-reference:

   Family Housing Developments, see Ch. 14, Art. 17

PART 1: WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ACT

§ 14-9-1 SHORT TITLE.

   Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-7.5 of this article may be cited as the Workforce Housing Opportunity Act.

(Ord. 30-2006; Am. Ord. 2015-001; Am. Ord. 2019-016)

§ 14-9-2 FINDINGS.

   (A)   The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan's goal is to increase the supply of affordable housing and ameliorate the problems of homelessness and displacement; and

   (B)   The city's Five Year Consolidated Plan 2018 - 2022 shows that 20,370 renter households are severely cost-burdened and 12,300 homeowner households are severely cost-burdened; and

   (C)   There are currently 5,500 households on the Section 8 lottery pool of the Albuquerque Housing Authority; and

   (D)   On any given night in Albuquerque, at least 1,320 people are sleeping outside or in shelters, including families with children, veterans and people with disabilities and their path to independent living depends upon permanent, affordable housing; and

   (E)   Working families having safe, decent and affordably priced housing in stable neighborhoods is advantageous for personal success in school and work and is therefore a prerequisite for the economic success of our community; and

   (F)   The Workforce Housing Trust Fund created in accordance with the city's Workforce Housing Opportunity Act, and the state's Affordable Housing Act and Rules, has created over 900 units of affordable housing over the period of 2007 to present, generated over four times the city contribution in private investments and supported near 1,500 construction jobs; and

   (G)   In order to maintain production of workforce housing to meet the needs of working families an adequate and stable source of funding is required.

(Ord. 30-2006; Am. Ord. 2015-001; Am. Ord. 2019-016)