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File Number: 16-01113 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
DIRECTING THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN
COMMITTEE ("HCLC") TO STUDY THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN
THE CITY, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN; REQUESTING THE HCLC TO MAKE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION BI-ANNUALLY; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE TO THE HCLC
FOR SAID PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No, 00-867 adopted on September 28, 2000, the City
Commission approved the establishment of a Housing and Commercial Loan Committee ("HCLC")
with authority to approve/disapprove certain housing and commercial loans and/or grants, serving as
the affordable housing advisory committee required by the Florida State Housing Initiatives
Partnership program, providing oversight and ongoing recommendations on affordable housing issues,
and performing other duties and responsibilities relative to affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, a study by the New York University Furman Center, a copy of which is provided as
Attachment "A", attached and incorporated, shows that the City of Miami ("City") is the least affordable,
to the median renter, of the eleven (11) metropolitan areas studied; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to study fully the affordable and workforce housing crisis in the City
and to produce policy recommendations for review and adoption by the City Commission to help
alleviate the housing crisis; and
WHEREAS, the need to review and research all aspects to alleviate housing costs including,
but not limited to, the City's Transfer of Development Rights program, the City's Affordable Housing
Trust, the City's Public Benefits Trust, Community Land Trusts, Inclusionary Zoning, Micro -Units,
Modular Housing, State of Florida requirements for housing cost stabilization, and any other incentives
to develop affordable and workforce housing in the City is immediately necessary; and
WHEREAS, the HCLC is tasked with studying the housing affordability crisis in the City and to
make policy recommendations to the City Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA;
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The HCLC is directed{1} to review and research all policy possibilities to alleviate
housing costs within the City including, but not limited to, the City's Transfer of Development Rights
program, the City's Affordable Housing Trust, the City's Public Benefits Trust, Community Land Trusts,
Inclusionary Zoning, Micro -Units, Modular Housing, and Florida Statute requirements for housing
stabilization, and any other incentives to develop affordable and workforce housing in the City.
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Section 3. The HCLC is tasked {1} with studying the housing affordability crisis in the City and
bi-annually making policy recommendations to the City Commission.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized {1 } to provide all necessary assistance to the
Housing and Commercial Loan Committee for said purposes.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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VI` TORIA ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with ail requirements that may be imposed
by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and Code
provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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