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8 This survey was a helpful outline of all the things we're not doing to support affordable housing right now. While I advocate internally and externally, there are no local plans or policies that specifically call for locating affordable housing and transit together.
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Figure 1. States and cities represented by transit agencies' survey responses.
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10 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies In defining low income for fare and service decisions, responses included using AMI, a percent of the federal poverty level, or individuals receiving government relief. Some agencies report using partner agency definitions.
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Survey Findings 11 2.3 Engagement with Affordable Housing Residents Connecting with those living in affordable housing to engage them on transportation issues can be important to ensure that disadvantaged job seekers and lower-income workers have their needs considered in transit planning, service, and fare policy. Transportation barriers create challenges for these workers in urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods who may not have access to an automobile to reach job opportunities or other essential destinations.
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12 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies 2.4 Engagement and Coordination with Housing Stakeholders Coordination with public housing authorities (PHAs) and other affordable housing organizations was reported by 80% of agencies, using a large distribution of strategies, as shown in Table 3.
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Survey Findings 13 funding with affordable housing opportunities in TOD projects and to work toward a strategic approach to aligning transit and affordable housing investments. Partnerships are also used in land use planning efforts and grant funding applications that support TOD.
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14 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies Several different examples from among the responses on how transit agencies are partnering with affordable housing advocates are provided and summarized in Appendix C. These include the following: • Engagement as part of transit system redesign efforts to improve the network, including access to those neighborhoods and opportunities.
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Survey Findings 15 Many respondents do not have specific programs in place to address riders who are homeless. Sixteen agencies report taking action to combat this issue.
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16 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies Does your agency have specific production or preservation targets or goals for affordable housing (e.g. to create an additional 1,000 units of affordable housing on transit-adjacent properties over the next 10 years, or to preserve at least 50% of currently affordable housing units within a quarter-mile of light rail stations)
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Survey Findings 17 Transit agencies are split on prioritizing affordable housing in their processes to dispose of surplus properties for redevelopment. Only 10 transit agencies report specific affordable housing targets, which can be either a portfolio percentage or a hard number of units to build over a specified period.
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