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Sec. 22.611. Powers and Duties of the Commission.
 
   The Commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor, the City Council and the General Manager on housing matters, including rent control, and may conduct public meetings and hearings to obtain information and comment on housing issues of interest and concern to the City.
 
   In addition, the Commission shall:
 
   1.   advise the Mayor and City Council with respect to the City’s affordable housing needs;
 
   2.   provide a public forum for the discussion of City affordable housing issues;
 
   3.   conduct public hearings on HUD mandated housing plans.
 
   4.   perform an affordable housing needs assessment;
 
   5.   generate and update a housing database with the assistance of the City’s housing agencies;
 
   6.   recommend to the Mayor and the City Council a City housing policy and specific housing goals to meet the City’s affordable housing needs at least every two years;
 
   7.   annually review City agencies’ and departments’ housing plans and budgets to ensure that they are in conformance with City housing policy established by the Mayor and Council;
 
   8.   annually evaluate the City’s affordable housing efforts to determine the success of the agencies and departments in achieving the City’s housing goals set by the Mayor and City Council, and to address the amount of unmet need;
 
   9.   make recommendations to the Mayor and Council for agencies and departments to expand their affordable housing production;
 
   10.   review the agencies and departments housing programs and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council for affordable housing program implementation;
 
   11.   monitor the impact of City housing policy and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council for modifications to such policy where necessary to achieve the City’s affordable housing goals;
 
   12.   encourage public/private partnerships to expand the role of the private sector in the production of affordable housing;
 
   13.   undertake assignments for the development of housing policy recommendations and new housing studies, as directed by the City Council;
 
   14.   make recommendations to improve coordination of the City’s housing programs and policies;
 
   15.   review the policies and guidelines recommended by the Rent Adjustment Commission to insure that such policies support the City’s overall housing policy goals of maintaining and preserving affordable housing and recommend to the Rent Adjustment Commission additional implementation strategies which may assist in meeting the City’s affordable housing policy; and
 
   16.   encourage non-profit housing development as a means to meet the affordable housing needs of the City.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Added by Ord. No. 166,009, Eff. 8-2-90.
Amended by: Subsec. 3, 14, 15 amended, 16 added, Ord. No. 167,666, Eff. 4-11-92; Subsec. 5, Ord. No. 176,283, Eff. 12-25-04, Oper. 9-22-04.