City of Albuquerque - File #: O-19-62

• File #: O-19-62
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/6/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/17/2019
• Enactment date: 7/10/2019
• Enactment #: O-2019-016
• Title: Amending Chapter 14, Article 9, ROA 1994 As Amended, The Workforce Housing Opportunity Act (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/10/2019	City Clerk	Published
7/2/2019	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
6/27/2019	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
6/17/2019	City Council	Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass (Immediate Action)
6/17/2019	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/10/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council for Immediate Action	Pass
6/10/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
5/6/2019	City Council	Introduced and Referred
5/6/2019	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL

COUNCIL BILL NO. O-19-62 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton

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Amending Chapter 14, Article 9, ROA 1994 As Amended, The Workforce Housing Opportunity Act (Benton)
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AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 9, ROA 1994 AS AMENDED, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ACT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. That Chapter 14, Article 9, ROA 1994 is hereby amended and replaced as follows:
? 14-9-1 SHORT TITLE.
Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-8 of this article may be cited as the Workforce Housing Opportunity Act.
? 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 supporte...