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2024 HUD Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) Grant
Department of Housing and Community Development
Director Rosalyn Clemens (x3647)
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and expend the 2025 HUD Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant in the amount of $4,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address significant barriers to affordable housing production and preservation; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo Department of Housing and Community Development has applied for and been awarded a $4,000,000 2025 HUD Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) Grant to address two significant barriers to affordable housing production and preservation in the City of Toledo: an outdated zoning code; and a weak market for new or preserved housing.
The PRO Housing Grant will support a comprehensive update of the Toledo Planning and Zoning Code and development standards; reduction of costs for new affordable housing production by developing and approving housing design templates to be made available to housing developers; appraisal gap financing to incentivize housing production in targeted weak market neighborhoods; and associated staffing and administration costs.
The PRO Housing Grant activities will implement key affordable housing policy recommendations and comprehensive land use planning goals of the following major stakeholder driven initiatives already completed:
1. Toledo Together, a Guiding Vision & 10 Year Action Plan for Housing (2021), Toledo's first comprehensive housing strategy.
2. Forward Toledo (2024), a comprehensive land use plan guiding Toledo's development and planning for the next decade and beyond.
3. 2020-2025 City of Toledo Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI),developed by The Fair Housing...
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