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discussion about affordability who helps

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how we have a housing shortage across

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spum both on the lower end of the market

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and the higher end of the market so it's

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a holistic approach that you take to

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so we'll get a little bit more into this

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as we give three Senators thank

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you thank you Jean and thank you for

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your leadership on all the plan and

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getting this work going um so our agenda

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tonight is going to be robust of course

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and we're going to try not to just

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present at you but as you saw in the

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flyer this is a community dialogue and

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what we mean by that is we want to share

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information but we also want to gather

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information and have you guys talking to

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each other and to us to prioritize what

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are horable housing needs strategies

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challenges what you want to get out of

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these sessions moving forward because we

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also saw the series this is our first

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and I want to acknowledge president uh

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Bas here from the council who I didn't

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see come

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in you guys want to say anything or

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welcome

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welcome thank you for coming um so our

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agenda today is we're gonna have a

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couple of presentations with David and

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Sarah Lori and I will talk a little bit

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about the declaring housing as a human

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right as resolution that's currently

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going through our legislative Council

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process and then we're going to break up

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into small groups and we'll be able to

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talk and report back and we'll talk

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about next steps um this was also I'll

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say uh published or it's a special

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meeting of the legislative Council uh

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Human Services committee we don't have

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for so we don't have to uh we're not

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going to have that rules or that process

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here today because we don't have just

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wanted to acknowledge that and why that

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was why would not

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that here to actually have a meeting um

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to the next slide so as we get started

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and before I head it over to David I

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think we you heard a little bit from the

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mayor about the importance of affordable

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housing to the administration and to the

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legislative Council and if you've been

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following any of the legislative Council

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and administration meetings over the

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past couple of years you've

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tolight what we're be talking about

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today one is years ago we updated

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thein and really

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had a while and because of the

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that was I'm sure you all

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don't but we have our issu and

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soed to

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was it go somewhere in the middle

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and um that's one

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thing updated our flight bed on State St

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inre for

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FL AR uh the council allocated $1

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million to the home respon system and

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mayor talk a little bit about our hand

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and what we're doing and the H of that

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money is that it's a threeyear process

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at the end we're really hoping that

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we've created a framework that will be

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able to sustain long term and we have a

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better relationship with the expert

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usort um recently we did a rent with the

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town center and we did a rental registry

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ordinance um and we're developing a

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process team team are developing a

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process now to uh register all of our

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rental properties so we understand

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what's out there who the owners are how

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rental unit really have an understanding

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of our rental market without that you

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just W really know what's out there as

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and to develop a proactive inection

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program so that we can make sure that

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all of the units are high quality all of

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inity and then the last thing I just

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wanted to mention is this week the um

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legislative Council committee pass out

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resolution declaring hous rank will go

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through that and what that means a

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little bit later but that'll come back

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to Council on the 23rd no 21st um it's

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for the full committee um and that is

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really just to bring together that we as

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community uh declare that we all

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residents should have access to Quality

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accessible affordable housing in the

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neighborhoods in which they choose so

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this is some of the work that we've done

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you the next slide but I'll say we're

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not there there's so many challenges

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still and we hand have a very

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complicated housing market and so some

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of the David's going to talk about some

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of these but some of the challenges that

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we're faced with like the country our

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housing costs are rising and incomes are

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not folowing that um and so we got

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approximately 47% of our renters and 32%

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of our homeowners are rent Burgin

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meaning they're paying more than 30% of

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their income towards their rent um which

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is a sort of a National Standard and

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anything more than that you're really

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making hard choices

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do I have food do I have transportation

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do do I get that medical procedure I

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need or do I pay my rent um those are

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choices that no nobody should have to

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make we also have a shortage of

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affordable housing here in Hampton and

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as Eugene mentioned at the lowest end

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and the highest end um at the lowest end

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there's about 1,500 short uh a shortage

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of 1,500 units but I one other thing I

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think is really important as that is

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that a lot of our stock is also older

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which means that not only is there a

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shortage but some of the housing that we

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do have we've got to look at the quality

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of that housing and is it safe is it

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habitable and how do we help ensure that

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it's quality so that people are living

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in units that are high quality and so

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that's something we should be keep

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thinking

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about homelessness in general across the

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country is on the rise as well as in

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Connecticut and and Sarah will talk

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um and I wanted to mention in addition

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to having homelessness be on the rise

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we're seeing across the country and in

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Connecticut that some municipalities not

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Hampton but some municipalities are

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moving towards more punitive measures to

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dealing with homelessness like fines for

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arresting people for tearing down

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encampments and just exasperating the

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issue because those policies they cause

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more harm generally than they do good

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and so that is something that we here

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want to make sure we we're talking

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about another challenge in Campton as

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it's across the country is historical

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race uh racism and red lining um we all

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know that that is linked uh to housing

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100% and so things like access to

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housing neighborhood

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segregation um disparities and

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homelessness and addictions really all

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of that impacts people of color more

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than it does other populations so that

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that in addition to sort of these things

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across the country we're also dealing

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with issues like uh addressing our new

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Hall foundations we've all just got many

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people just got the revaluations and

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we're all worried about that as well and

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so these are issues well maybe not um

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traditionally in communities when we

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talk about housing but they are in our

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community so we have to make sure we're

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acknowledging and addressing those isses

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as well so I just wanted to like

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highlight some of our challenges as well

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to keep that um top of

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mind all right so I'm gonna be done in

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like one minute so just this is what

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we'll discuss tonight uh Eugene went

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over this but hopefully you'll learn a

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little bit about what is affordable

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housing why is it so difficult to find

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and develop affordable housing um and

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what we mean when we say housing is a

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human right and what the res solution is

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and then how we can support our

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neighbors experiencing homelessness and

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how we can support support pable housing

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development in our community you'll see

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on your table that there are a card not

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cards as we're talking today if you have

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ideas shop them down if you have

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questions chop them down um we'll have

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some time for Q&A going back and forth

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but we want to make sure we have your

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ideas going forward so if there's no

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cards there if you need more we got T up

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front and then when we do break out

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information as well so that is our

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introduction of framing hopefully that

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gives us a sense of where we're headed

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tonight um does that give folks a sense

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of where we're headed

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tonight a little bit okay um with that

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I'm gonna hand it over to David who is

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going to kick us off and sort of an

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overview of our affordable housing plan

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um and the work we've done to get there

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to be here uh I'm pretty impressed

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pretty good turnout for little he uh and

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I'm not sure the other 14 pounds of

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could have measured up the way you guys

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have uh so I'm gonna uh tell you a

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little bit about my job and what I do

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and how I do it and then we're going to

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go through what I like to think of is

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housing

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101 uh which may uh be something that

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you know already but my guess is that

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you may a few things and few insights

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and we'll take some

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questions as as Sarah said I'm David I

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am scad's housing consultant scrad south

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regional House Council of governments is

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uh the 15 towns in and around New Haven

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including hamen very diverse set of

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towns some quite rural some very very

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Urban settings some Suburban settings

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each town has its own housing issues own

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housing market demography

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is different its typography is different

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politics is different it housing stock

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is different so each town has to come up

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with its own solution and that's why uh

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my job is to help each town and help

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them with their particular needs and the

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resources that they need at scrad uh we

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have I've been there for five years

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we've done a number of meetings on key

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issues they're all recorded the

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materials are collected it's a library

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that's available uh mayor and all of you

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uh so you can uh take advantage of that

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uh we uh have done a number of tours of

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homeless uh service facilities uh mixed

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income housing we've created videos we

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have a video of mixed income housing

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four different locations in the region

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we uh just completed a video uh on the

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83g statute again that's just been

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posted that's available to everybody and

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we are creating a video now just done

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did the filming uh of who lives

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affordable housing because as you know

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uh in a lot of towns there's resistance

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to the creation of mixed income and

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affordable housing because I think the

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people living in those units drug

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dealers and gang leaders and have wild

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parties and you know we know that's not

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true uh and so we interviewed eight of

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them and uh we will have that on the

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video and showing not only how beautiful

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their apartments are uh but also the

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development St in and try to disabuse

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people of the stereotypes that they

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believe in sometimes are make them

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resistant to housing creation so I'm

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going to go through this now uh as I say

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uh uh just to kind of understand the the

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key factors and methods that need okay

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um the right approach and this is the

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right approach as you can see Town

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resents come together that's really

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important okay this is something that

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you have to do together I like to say

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always I never tell any Town what to do

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that's not my place I generally I don't

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know enough about the town to do it uh

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but I will tell you what other towns are

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doing and I think that's important uh

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because you can pick up some hints some

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tools some methods some strategies uh

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that other towns are employing so we'll

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try to go through some of that uh H what housing is and is it's vital uh if

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you provide uh a home that is

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appropriate to a family's needs and is

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Affordable uh that can provide

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opportunity to that uh household and

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those children in

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uh and let's just go back to

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them uh and and and it provides comes to

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the uh the people you need in the

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community when I was in partnership with

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strong communities uh we used to say uh

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strong communities all kinds of people

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and all kinds of people need all kinds

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of hous need real range of units not

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only for the different types of people

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but as I think all of you know and some

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of you are as old as I am the old uh

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over the course of your life you need a

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different type of unit when you get out

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of college you're sharing with three

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friends and after a while you get tired

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of their beer cans on the floor right so

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you want your own place and then maybe

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you meet somebody you want to spend a a

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partner with and you move in with them

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and then maybe you get married and then

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maybe you have kids and then maybe you

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have more kids and then you need more

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space and then you get old and you don't

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want to shovel snow anymore or R Lees

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and so you need a different kind of

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place and then you get really old you

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need a place for services

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think about it we probably seven places

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during the of

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heal

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thats what what isn't housing isn't

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difficult

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understand you need to have the supply

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to be the demand for the prices go

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up so so Sarah talked about you being

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1500 units so short of you don't

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necessarily have to create 1500 units of

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housing you need to create enough

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housing so Supply then meets the demand

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and the price comes

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down okay so 10 people want um tlor

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Swift tickets and you only have eight

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tickets they're going to bid up the

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price all you have to do is create find

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two more tickets and now you have enough

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Supply

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youand so that's it's also not

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controversial pres will come together

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and learn talk and answer each other's

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questions and understand each other

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thanks um so like I said I think most

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people in most communities that I've

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seen are open-minded they're willing to

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listen uh it's not wrong with them to

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have say you hear about uh people who uh

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say not

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backyard or here's another acronym my

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banana build absolutely nothing

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anywhere people don't want to he see

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anything um think about I don't get down

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on people get a at first because when

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you think about it all of us largest

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check most of us ever

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write is that check we buy our house

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right and everything's tied up in that

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house Family Security children's

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education their retirement it's not

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exactly

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irrational to worry about who's moving

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in down the block right now you may be

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wrong about that you may think that it's

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going to lower your property vales and

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research shows it does it's bring a to

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school children SW down School en

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research examp that's not true it's

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going to bring Crime or it's to bring a

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lot of or it's going to

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ugly but it's not crazy to worry about

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that that guy has to come to reading

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Express his

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concerns most people will listen if they

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first hear think they've been

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heard so that's why it's great that

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you're together and it will be great

402
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that you

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continue to have conversations smaller

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larger have break out let everybody

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Express

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um like I said people people live in a

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town because they love the town I don't

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know how many of you how many of you

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took behavioral psychology in college

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okay so what you learn if you recall is

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uh that I'm motivator for people a fear

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of

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loss they want whoose their friends or

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their family or the quality of life in

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their

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town and so the idea of who's moving

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in and who are they going to be and

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what's it going to look like going to

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change

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I love that I

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live you got deal with

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that

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that's so like I say you want to be

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inclusive you want to build something

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together uh and and the first step is to

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learn and you've done this with your

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portal hous you have a Lear with your

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has and what it needs and maybe not most

429
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important but as important you put it

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you know the the realtors in the crowd

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know the location location location well

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you know that's really true you know if

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you can find places in town and and a

434
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lot of towns in the region are doing

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this guilford's doing it Madison's doing

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it uh uh Branford is doing it Grand

437
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trying to figure out where can we put it

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that would be advantageous

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and that will not change the town in the

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way

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people so that's normally on Commercial

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strips uh along bus lines in the town

443
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center near the rail station places

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where a little more density is tolerable

445
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palatable with the structure

446
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handle um and you want to promote Choice

447
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as I say and you want to deflate mths

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and we'll get to that a little more in

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minut

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and then decide on goals you what's your

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goal you get a lower cost bur to the

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town that's a good goal everybody says

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we need to know exactly how many units

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need you know what you'll

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know that you have enough and people are

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not burden by their housing bus

457
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not their familiar with that term you're

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burdened by your housing bus if you're

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spending more than 30% when I got my

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first Department probably your folks

461
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told me the same thing my folks said

462
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don't spend more than 25% of your

463
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monthly income on rent because you need

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75% left for food clothing and

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transportation Health Care maybe once in

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a while right uh HS to

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30% because people need money left over

468
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for other necessities but we have too

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many people in this

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state and in this town and in a lot of

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towns that are bured by their housing CL

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and that's really really bad for them

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but it's also bad for local Merchants

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they local merant and it's really bad

475
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for the state because as you recall uh

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the state collects sales tax revenue

477
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people are not buying stuff they're not

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paying sales

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tax so housing is really important

480
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really B for everyone and it's something

481
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we have want and of course you know you

482
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want to lower barriers 2,000 and allow

483
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people to come into your your town is

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projected by the way to increase uh uh

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population significantly between 2020

486
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and 2040 by that still about 12%

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something like

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that so that's why for

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those you don't have enough supply for

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those people up

491
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price you can probably have more

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households more people want to be able

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to uh um what to remember well uh when I

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was in the partnership with strong

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communities we came up with the idea

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that how housing is the foundation of

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opportunity because if you can live in a

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community that has high resource

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schools you can have education success

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and that doesn't just mean honors

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classes and at classes maybe you want to

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have art and Music Theater because not

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every kid is good CS you want to have

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schools that offer

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range family have

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into

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community that that has schools that

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provide resources for different kinds of

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kids that's great so that's why you want

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affordable units in a lot of counts so

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people rich people should be the only

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people who have

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choices where to live uh Environmental

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Quality you want to Avid

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SP they make use of public transit and

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infrastructure that's always there it's

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related to transportation services have

518
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people around the train station more

519
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,080
people will take the train and then

520
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around the train station we get a play a

521
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dry cleaner and a place get a suddenly

522
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your town will become

523
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Destin

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they uh access to healthare you want

525
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,639
housing your transit or your places week

526
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and access jobs training shopping and

527
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Recreation uh but understand you know

528
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there will be differen in opinion and

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they will remain everybody have

530
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next uh why do towns create more housing

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op well in a state where about 98% of

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the local Revenue comes from the

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property

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tax devop the property because unproved

535
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,559
property is not going to bring you a lot

536
00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:17,799
of property tax revenue uh you want

537
00:33:17,799 --> 00:33:19,600
workers for local employers I am

538
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,360
spending a lot of time these days

539
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,519
talking the economic development

540
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Commissions in different counts because

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what you begin to understand what

542
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,399
employers towns understand is they

543
00:33:32,399 --> 00:33:35,519
operate most of them on pretty tight

544
00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:40,039
margins they can't afford to raise wages

545
00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:42,080
to track workers from other towns so in

546
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,039
order for them to fill jobs they need

547
00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:46,480
labor pool in their

548
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,960
town so employers now are figuring out

549
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,480
oh we got to get

550
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,080
behind people want housing in this time

551
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,559
we have I'm happy to tell you right

552
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whenever I get right

553
00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:07,440
because it's in their interest have

554
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,520
workers used to be some guy drive from

555
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,440
five TOS over to take a job down now he

556
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,679
can get the job in his he does need to

557
00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:17,280
do we're finding the employers Governor

558
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,599
says 90,000 job State well you know

559
00:34:20,599 --> 00:34:27,829
divide that by 169b and bu pound

560
00:34:27,839 --> 00:34:30,079
workers uh Shoppers Appliance for

561
00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:33,119
businesses reduce pressure on C Services

562
00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,079
pleas you know I was in a welcome town

563
00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:37,919
the other day I won't name it uh their

564
00:34:37,919 --> 00:34:40,520
food pantry is going want they don't

565
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,839
realize that they have low income people

566
00:34:42,839 --> 00:34:47,909
in their

567
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,879
town uh you know your Police Services

568
00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:53,320
people are going to have their hands you

569
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,240
can't provide housing people are

570
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,870
sleeping on

571
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,400
uh and like I said meeting the changing

572
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,440
needs of count residents

573
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,040
thanks uh what are the changing needs

574
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,720
elderly people like I say need the

575
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:12,079
downs and guess what if they can't move

576
00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:13,839
out of the home that they're living in

577
00:35:13,839 --> 00:35:15,720
this is no place for them to move to and

578
00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:16,920
remember they want to do it in their

579
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,040
town because they spend 40 or 50 years

580
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,520
in their friends and their family and

581
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,720
the church and the dock or in this town

582
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,720
if they can't move out that single

583
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,839
family home does go on the market and

584
00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:29,720
now you have a shortage of single family

585
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,920
homes again the supply is not feeding

586
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,680
with man a h increase single family

587
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,280
price and that's what we see all over

588
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,960
the state uh you want Boomers to

589
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,440
downside you want adult children to come

590
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,720
home to the count grow up and a lot of

591
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,839
parents love their kids and they just

592
00:35:46,839 --> 00:35:48,160
they don't want to see them on Easter

593
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,160
and Christmas they want to see them

594
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,680
Sunday down during the week at the

595
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,280
concert or the little weekend uh and

596
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,200
like I say to allow key workers you have

597
00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,760
other options

598
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,520
please uh so Connecticut's current

599
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,400
housing situation just so you're aware

600
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,359
we have the seventh highest median

601
00:36:08,359 --> 00:36:11,800
monthly housing prices in

602
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:16,720
State uh in Connecticut 66% about 23 own

603
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:20,720
34% rent a little different SC Town 61

604
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:24,160
and 39 and it's actually fluctuates I

605
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,280
think the latest I saw was this but it's

606
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:28,800
been about

607
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,480
6040 ship and rent

608
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,440
um Genie coefficient what is that that

609
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,960
is a statistical measure of wealth

610
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,880
disparity okay so you know the old joke

611
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,680
they tell about statistics and how you

612
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,920
can lie with them so they say that a guy

613
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,680
who's got his head in an oven and his

614
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:55,359
feed in a bucket of water is on average

615
00:36:55,359 --> 00:36:57,400
comfor well you can't just go with that

616
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,640
right

617
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,480
we have a very wealthy State we are

618
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,240
second generally after New York in terms

619
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:05,920
of overall

620
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,400
cap but we have huge wealth dispari so

621
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,599
we are

622
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:14,480
second that's measure wealth disparity

623
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,240
so what does that mean that means we got

624
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:17,720
a lot of Reach

625
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:21,440
people have a lot of Lo people and what

626
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,960
are retrieval drive up the price of all

627
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,640
goods and services including housing

628
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,599
they can afford Tech we'll get to those

629
00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:32,880
statistics in a minute so that's why

630
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,920
housing very expensive in the state and

631
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,960
why a lot of people are by their housing

632
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,920
bu 600,000 workers don't ear the housing

633
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,960
rage what is that Statewide that's $

634
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,400
3454 cents that's what you have to earn

635
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:46,560
an

636
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,079
hour in order to afford a typical two

637
00:37:49,079 --> 00:37:52,040
bedroom apartment stay that translates

638
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,839
as you can see to about $71,000 year

639
00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:59,119
that used to be a lot of money any

640
00:37:59,119 --> 00:38:00,240
in this

641
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,839
specific

642
00:38:02,839 --> 00:38:06,040
U Metropolitan statistical area it's a

643
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:09,680
little lower it's about $32 a change so

644
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,119
that translates to about

645
00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:15,680
$667,000 a year $67,000 a year is not

646
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,560
earned by a lot of occupations in the

647
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,800
state that guy or that woman who works

648
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,800
in a little machine shop making the

649
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,960
crucial part for a helicopter atori or

650
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,960
at electric vote Mak

651
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,040
$67,000 we those people in the state

652
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,200
they need place to live your EMTs your

653
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,400
Preschool

654
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,280
teachers some of your beginning cops I

655
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,000
mean just go down the list there are a

656
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,119
lot of occations in the state that

657
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:47,880
aren't paying that

658
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,359
exence uh like I said demand and Supply

659
00:38:51,359 --> 00:38:54,640
uh Sarah uh uh uh referred to this

660
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,839
earlier here's what's happened since the

661
00:38:56,839 --> 00:38:58,839
beginning of the pandemic

662
00:38:58,839 --> 00:39:03,200
2019 uh home prices have risen now over

663
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,200
60% in the last year theyve done 60 cl

664
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:07,160
to

665
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,240
70% what that's done is taken people who

666
00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:14,240
are low and moderate end of income

667
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,560
spectrum and push them into the rental

668
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,440
market because they couldn't compete

669
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,960
because as you know homes were selling

670
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,680
for cash without an inspection so those

671
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,800
people couldn't compete they offer you

672
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,440
know 10 20 $50,000 more the ab priz to

673
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,880
get out did so that pushed people into

674
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:37,160
the rental market which drove up demand

675
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,720
there the demand exceeded the supply so

676
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:43,280
rental prices went up 20% and a s

677
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,190
pointed out led to

678
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,440
evictions that drove almost as up as you

679
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,319
hear better knows a lot more than me

680
00:39:53,319 --> 00:39:55,280
from

681
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,960
Sarah homelessness went

682
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,040
uh two years ago 133% then last year 3%

683
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,920
then this past year another

684
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,560
13% I got a call from H the service

685
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,640
providers that that that Sarah works

686
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,599
with saying in the scra region we need

687
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:13,160
another warming shelter can we do

688
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,520
something in the western part of near

689
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,440
Branford and Eastern part Branford in

690
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,640
East Haven and we work with work with a

691
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,720
few people and we got a homeless a cold

692
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,760
weather this is real and the ri effect

693
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,680
is real so the shortage of housing units

694
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,960
is a big big problem we have to create

695
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,119
more uh the median sales price for a

696
00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:40,880
home in Connecticut is uh 440,000 of 10%

697
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,280
last year and then uh just the other day

698
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:47,640
the med listing uh was about

699
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,400
$360,000 both realtor and vill so what

700
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,440
does that mean the old Fanny May measure

701
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:56,000
used to be uh you need to earn about a

702
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,720
third of the selling price in order to

703
00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:59,760
afford the house so

704
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,760
$360,000

705
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,720
$120,000 it's a lot of money for a lot

706
00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:06,119
of people to be able to own house now

707
00:41:06,119 --> 00:41:10,119
they have the rent rent will

708
00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:12,480
next why don't we have the housing stock

709
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,440
we need basically uh this maybe more

710
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,359
than you want to know you know this

711
00:41:17,359 --> 00:41:20,280
about two-thirds of towns in the state

712
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,400
have created 40% or more of their

713
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,079
housing since 1970 what does that mean

714
00:41:25,079 --> 00:41:29,119
that means when I was young man in the

715
00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:32,160
early 70s and I wanted to buy a

716
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,680
home count said great and they build

717
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,920
foot bab

718
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,920
generation and a guy would come in and

719
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,119
he'd buy a 40 acre cornfield in a town

720
00:41:42,119 --> 00:41:44,160
and tell the town I want to put 40

721
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,560
Colonials each of those Acres or one per

722
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:51,000
acre and uh s great and the goty built

723
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,839
them in 18 months and he sold him about

724
00:41:52,839 --> 00:41:55,560
six months and everybody was happy and

725
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,480
that was great for about 40 years of

726
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,240
2010 when the stars lined up because in

727
00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:05,720
2010 we had a huge number of Baby Bo

728
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,119
beginning to retire and their Millennial

729
00:42:08,119 --> 00:42:10,720
children were getting out of college and

730
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,240
they both needed the same kind of M

731
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,480
family unit was one of the downsizes and

732
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,200
the Millennials not only didn't have a

733
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,760
lifestyle where they wanted a single

734
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:24,119
family home but they also had enormous

735
00:42:24,119 --> 00:42:26,119
debt Connecticut is about

736
00:42:26,119 --> 00:42:31,200
13 education that about $36,800 and

737
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,040
believe me if you've been to private

738
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,680
school or any kind of graduate school

739
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,920
it's north of them and so those

740
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,000
Millennials even if they could get a

741
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,079
mortgage didn't want to take on any more

742
00:42:43,079 --> 00:42:47,040
de so suddenly you had

743
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,040
Millennials and their parents all one

744
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,240
from the same kind of

745
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:55,559
unit which most of towns getting Happ

746
00:42:55,559 --> 00:42:57,800
and that is the beginning of the housing

747
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,720
crisis not only in the state but

748
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:04,800
Nationwide okay so as a result we got

749
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,800
almost three quarters of town had 70%

750
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,680
single family this town's a little

751
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,960
better only about 60% really in better

752
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,240
shap than most

753
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,640
towns not

754
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,520
enough so now you have a lot of suburbs

755
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,240
in the state looking to make changes and

756
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:25,400
looking to find location where they can

757
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,640
build

758
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:32,559
extend they can 10 15 20% set

759
00:43:32,559 --> 00:43:35,160
aside

760
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,800
next

761
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,520
uh so a little bit more about housing

762
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,040
the average household budget 32% is

763
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,800
spent on housing another

764
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,880
19% on Transportation but if you can

765
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,920
live within a half mile of mass transit

766
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,079
that 19% go down to 9% there 10

767
00:43:55,079 --> 00:43:57,920
percentage points in housing they can

768
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,599
buy more clothing they can buy more food

769
00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:02,280
they can buy a movie ticket once in a

770
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,160
while so if you can build housing your

771
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,440
Transit that's a really good thing um

772
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,240
energy costs used to be between 6 and 12

773
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,240
electric costs are up high so it's

774
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:14,240
probably a little higher than that uh

775
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:17,200
then of course if you have trout here

776
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:21,280
means that can be Clips uh even your

777
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,079
housing C that's why the governor spent

778
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:25,680
good part up to the State of the State

779
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,319
PS talk about uh helping on Child Care

780
00:44:29,319 --> 00:44:33,680
uh 28 municipalities uh where uh 10% or

781
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,839
more of the the housing stock is income

782
00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:39,240
restricted but that means 141 have less

783
00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:42,400
than 10% and that's a problem uh you

784
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,319
guys know about Alice United Way of

785
00:44:44,319 --> 00:44:46,520
Connecticut does its Alice study some of

786
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,599
you know Alice is an acronym that stands

787
00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:51,839
for asset limited income constraint

788
00:44:51,839 --> 00:44:54,200
employ what we used to call I think

789
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,520
delicately the Working Poor

790
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:58,520
these are

791
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,000
people who go about their business they

792
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,680
go to work they feed their kids they do

793
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,240
the best they can uh they're invisible

794
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:13,720
because they don't ask for a lot uh but

795
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:16,640
Mom's hours get cut at the Walmart where

796
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,520
the carburetor goes or the water heater

797
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:22,079
goes and suddenly they can't make it and

798
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:24,880
they wind up at Food Pantry first and

799
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,839
then they wind up uh at a shelter

800
00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:30,240
okay uh there are a lot of those people

801
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:34,760
in in uh uh the state uh 140 towns have

802
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:38,920
at least 20% pal households andon has

803
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,480
more andon has about

804
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,520
37% okay like I said these people are

805
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:49,319
invisible largely but they are there so

806
00:45:49,319 --> 00:45:51,079
don't

807
00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:53,599
uh you think that just because you don't

808
00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,400
see that on bread line that they're not

809
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,400
having time nice

810
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:03,119
one uh so what factors should you

811
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:05,640
consider uh you got to bring prices down

812
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,440
you do with more Supply uh and you

813
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,920
provide subsidy where you can subsidy is

814
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,240
not something that I'm sure mayor would

815
00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:15,280
tell you towns are not flush and they

816
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,400
can't be handing out uh cash to

817
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,040
developers but towns can do allow more

818
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,880
density the more density you allow uh

819
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,520
the easier it is to develop your out the

820
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,200
de if you can uh reduce the parking

821
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:34,000
requirement for a developer uh every square foot that he doesn't have

822
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,599
to devote uh to a car he can devote to a

823
00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:40,480
housing unit uh there are other ways uh

824
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,520
that that counts can help the Dos U

825
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,520
their materials labor land and now

826
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,000
Insurance costs are way high I read I

827
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,400
ran into a development in juster the

828
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,079
real the other day there's been a lot of

829
00:46:52,079 --> 00:46:54,160
development in the state helping his

830
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,960
insurance costs are up between 20 25%

831
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,280
this

832
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,200
year we all know about home insurance

833
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,839
have SE huge tragedy in

834
00:47:03,839 --> 00:47:06,920
California so uh developers are having a

835
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:09,200
hard time we have to do the best we can

836
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,680
um density is tolerable and advantageous

837
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:16,200
like is said uh in many places uh but

838
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,040
affability is not as valuable in some

839
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:19,640
places you know honestly I talk to Ral

840
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,319
towns and say you can it's great if you

841
00:47:21,319 --> 00:47:23,359
build affordable units in your town but

842
00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:26,520
if that poor resident has to buy uh an

843
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,280
old slumper for $500 again it's 8 miles

844
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,720
to the gallon and breaks down every two

845
00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:33,200
weeks I'm not sure we've done them a

846
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,400
favor it's really better to create

847
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,599
affordability close to jobs and training

848
00:47:38,599 --> 00:47:42,160
and transportation and shopping uh so

849
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,720
and and you know High resource schools

850
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:47,319
um uh and we can also reduce squ and

851
00:47:47,319 --> 00:47:49,040
auto emission as an enhancement as

852
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:52,119
Transit by uh thinking about that next

853
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:55,960
one um and like I say it's all about you

854
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,200
guys nobody should dictate to you guys

855
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,359
should come together and do this scrad

856
00:48:00,359 --> 00:48:03,400
is uh facilitating Community

857
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,720
conversations all over the region we

858
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:08,760
have people who will bring together

859
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,040
everyone and let that guy who's a little

860
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:12,640
nervous about who's going to move into

861
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,680
his community come and express himself

862
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,559
get his questions answered okay let

863
00:48:18,559 --> 00:48:20,119
people come

864
00:48:20,119 --> 00:48:23,520
together other Build Together towns are

865
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,680
creating housing committees some towns

866
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,400
say I we want to create affordable

867
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:28,880
housing committee you know what I say

868
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:30,240
don't call it an affordable housing

869
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,119
committee call it a housing committee

870
00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:36,000
because what you want to do is stress

871
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,520
universality we all have housing needs

872
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,280
this shouldn't just be about should be

873
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,240
principally about low inome people who

874
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:47,559
by the housing bus but a lot of people

875
00:48:47,559 --> 00:48:50,119
need housing I learned from my son who

876
00:48:50,119 --> 00:48:52,599
some of you know that the way FDR got

877
00:48:52,599 --> 00:48:54,839
social security pass is guess what he

878
00:48:54,839 --> 00:48:57,280
made it for everybody

879
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,559
if he had just made it for low income

880
00:48:59,559 --> 00:49:02,520
people might not have passed to Congress

881
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,440
so your town wants to think about

882
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,520
everyone's hous because as they say they

883
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:10,200
change that's we way to get everybody

884
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:11,160
into

885
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,200
conversation and like I said we're

886
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,480
creating videos uh surveys webinars we

887
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,200
can share all that stuff next like

888
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,960
this uh you got to combat

889
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,240
stereotype misconception um everybody

890
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,119
says you build multif family hous you're

891
00:49:28,119 --> 00:49:30,480
going to get a million school kids well

892
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:34,030
that's

893
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,520
marar rord university did the research

894
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,720
almost 20 years ago and it's been worn

895
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:42,240
out Time After Time by development after

896
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,079
development think about it the

897
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:49,440
one-bedroom unit R found gets

898
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:53,559
0.04 public school age children or four

899
00:49:53,559 --> 00:49:55,920
public school age children for every1

900
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:57,319
bedroom unit

901
00:49:57,319 --> 00:50:00,000
build CU who what parent is going to

902
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,960
live in a one-bedroom unit with a child

903
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:04,480
just doesn't Happ I've seen that one

904
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,040
time 24 years of doing this work

905
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,240
two-bedroom unit

906
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:13,359
0.27 or in other words one in every four

907
00:50:13,359 --> 00:50:16,599
two-bedroom units and again it's

908
00:50:16,599 --> 00:50:18,799
intuitive two-bedroom unit is going to

909
00:50:18,799 --> 00:50:20,839
be two single sharing or Grandma who

910
00:50:20,839 --> 00:50:22,440
wants a second bedroom for the grandkids

911
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:24,280
when they come on the weekend or a young

912
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,040
couple that wants a second bedroom as an

913
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:27,359
office and then for their friends when

914
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:28,920
they come visit and one out of four

915
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:31,000
times be a parent with child three

916
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:34,520
better get 1.38 start to get more but

917
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,920
believe me in development after

918
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,640
development you just don't get many

919
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:42,880
school kids don't let people tell you

920
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,799
that property values MIT did a study in

921
00:50:46,799 --> 00:50:51,640
2008 bourban Institute did a study in

922
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,920
2022 beautifully designed multif family

923
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,040
housing which is now not lower

924
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,160
neighboring property values the research

925
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,319
shows it and you can ask pretty much

926
00:51:02,319 --> 00:51:05,880
every assessor in state doesn't happen

927
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,960
don't believe that quality of life

928
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:12,520
doesn't bring people who live income

929
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:16,839
restricted people work unfortunately

930
00:51:16,839 --> 00:51:19,359
just don't get paid that

931
00:51:19,359 --> 00:51:22,760
much Poli and then like I said the

932
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,839
design density everybody thinks it's the

933
00:51:24,839 --> 00:51:26,920
density and they imagine father Village

934
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,799
of cre IO 20 story building Nam cind

935
00:51:29,799 --> 00:51:33,079
block on the walls hanges on the ground

936
00:51:33,079 --> 00:51:34,799
bullets flying through the air that's

937
00:51:34,799 --> 00:51:35,760
just not

938
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,559
true I'll show you some pictures in a

939
00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:41,319
minute indicate

940
00:51:41,319 --> 00:51:43,920
that uh I already talked about these

941
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:48,990
numbers we can go to the next

942
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,760
one uh next one

943
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:55,839
please uh yeah I mean we know from from

944
00:51:55,839 --> 00:51:59,160
uh you know Rand at Harvard they've done

945
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:03,160
you know again it's not quite believe

946
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,040
kids who go to High resource schools do

947
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:09,839
better on the SATs they learn more and

948
00:52:09,839 --> 00:52:12,760
so we have to give families the

949
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,160
opportunity to move to the school

950
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,720
district that works for their child you

951
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,200
I live in West Harford my son was not a

952
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,079
sports guy he was not a tough guy he was

953
00:52:23,079 --> 00:52:25,839
not a popular guy he was a theater and

954
00:52:25,839 --> 00:52:27,480
music guy

955
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,359
and if he had been able to go to Whole

956
00:52:29,359 --> 00:52:31,680
high school there are other kids like

957
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,880
him if he had to go to some other high

958
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:36,480
schools in the state he might have been

959
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:40,079
bullied or shun to the side he went to a

960
00:52:40,079 --> 00:52:42,040
high school because we could afford to

961
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:43,680
live in a town that had a high school

962
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:47,760
that had what he needed and he's lost so

963
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,040
families just because they low mod

964
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,680
income should not be stuck with very few

965
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,839
choices they should be able to go places

966
00:52:57,839 --> 00:53:00,640
where uh mom and dad can get jobs and

967
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:02,720
training where the children get the

968
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:06,440
education that they next one

969
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:09,599
please so questions and I'm almost done

970
00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:10,960
that are relevant you got to think about

971
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,240
what is Affordable house you all got

972
00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:15,760
some FAQs fre ask questions on your

973
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,520
tables there that can answer some of

974
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:19,599
those uh how important is naturally

975
00:53:19,599 --> 00:53:22,160
uring housing that's housing that some

976
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:23,760
people think is Affordable but it may

977
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,680
not be affordable to everybody uh if

978
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,520
Supply it's not bad but unless it's

979
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,200
income restricted it's not going to

980
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,680
remain affordable for people so that's

981
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,000
the important thing to remember um what

982
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:38,799
should we uh seek to learn from other

983
00:53:38,799 --> 00:53:42,599
towns experience a lot some towns have

984
00:53:42,599 --> 00:53:44,720
similarities but no town is exactly

985
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:47,440
alike see that'll look at that

986
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:51,240
next um what tools uh should we measure

987
00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:54,319
so maybe the number of B families in the

988
00:53:54,319 --> 00:53:57,079
town maybe the percentage of households

989
00:53:57,079 --> 00:53:58,720
that are bured by their housing cost how

990
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,400
can we lower development cost like I

991
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,599
said density relaxing the parking

992
00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:05,760
requirement uh and again that's going to

993
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,680
be development by development location

994
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:11,000
by location Lu you have terrific people

995
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,119
who I know in this town who are doing

996
00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:14,520
the planning and the zoning and the

997
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,079
administration and they'll do what they

998
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:18,480
can I'm sure to help developers when

999
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,119
they can um no where the affordable

1000
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,040
housing is in town and then here's the

1001
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,480
last question people say to me um our

1002
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,760
Town's built out

1003
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:29,880
we have no room to build anymore and I

1004
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:33,000
say there's no such thing as buil out if

1005
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,040
there was you'd never see a crane in

1006
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:36,599
manhatt

1007
00:54:36,599 --> 00:54:40,440
okay housing buildings get knocked down

1008
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,640
there are a few homes in Manhattan for

1009
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,319
the 1600s and they save for historical

1010
00:54:45,319 --> 00:54:47,040
leads but guess what the rest of them

1011
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,599
got knocked down and they build other

1012
00:54:48,599 --> 00:54:50,799
stuff so you can look at this

1013
00:54:50,799 --> 00:54:53,280
interesting and I'll leave you with

1014
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,119
this a couple years ago Eugene knows

1015
00:54:56,119 --> 00:54:58,599
this we had a firm come down to the bus

1016
00:54:58,599 --> 00:55:00,359
to help handon and other towns create

1017
00:55:00,359 --> 00:55:02,480
their affordable housing PL I drove him

1018
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,720
around and run the SE we passed one of

1019
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:06,520
those old strip malls you guys have seen

1020
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,640
them six to eight stores built in the

1021
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:12,240
50s right three of the storefronts are

1022
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:14,799
vacant I said has anybody thought about

1023
00:55:14,799 --> 00:55:18,119
the idea that of approaching landlords

1024
00:55:18,119 --> 00:55:20,680
of those old strip malls say when the

1025
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:23,720
Lees are up on the other three how about

1026
00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:27,000
we knock this down Reon for multi hous

1027
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,000
typically it's on a commercial strip or

1028
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,760
bus line be a great place to put housing

1029
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,280
nobody would be upset about it it would

1030
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,559
mess up a neighborhood he said not only

1031
00:55:35,559 --> 00:55:37,000
have they thought about it but the

1032
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,880
metropolitan area planning Council which

1033
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:40,839
is the regional planning agency in the

1034
00:55:40,839 --> 00:55:43,640
Boston area about 100 towns in study and

1035
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:47,200
found that if they knock down just

1036
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,039
10% of the old strip malls and they can

1037
00:55:50,039 --> 00:55:53,200
create 120,000 units of housing so the

1038
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,079
towns which don't have Redevelopment

1039
00:55:55,079 --> 00:55:58,039
authorities like big cities do have to

1040
00:55:58,039 --> 00:56:00,400
begin thinking in those terms just

1041
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,200
because something's there now doesn't

1042
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,720
mean it always has to be there we can

1043
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:08,640
redevelop okay so think about that next

1044
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,799
slide okay here so here are a few

1045
00:56:10,799 --> 00:56:14,160
examples of towns that build beautiful

1046
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:17,880
uh affordable mixed income housing Canan

1047
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,119
next

1048
00:56:20,119 --> 00:56:24,799
Avon these are all upper uh income towns

1049
00:56:24,799 --> 00:56:27,839
next pleas uh sonton that was actually

1050
00:56:27,839 --> 00:56:30,200
built by our current Commissioner of

1051
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:34,119
House s moscara next please Farmington

1052
00:56:34,119 --> 00:56:37,280
it's duplexes really town houses very

1053
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:40,280
nice next

1054
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:43,640
bfield next South witer these are

1055
00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:45,400
elderly units these are actually about

1056
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,559
40 years old and and I think a lot of

1057
00:56:47,559 --> 00:56:49,760
elderly units now are being built and

1058
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:52,680
not uh steps which I think is probably

1059
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:58,240
good next this is Fairfield uh next one

1060
00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:03,640
wng single family you may have seen this only up about two exits on the

1061
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:06,319
Meritt Parkway it's called oo Village

1062
00:57:06,319 --> 00:57:09,200
and it was a uh light industrial

1063
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:14,799
property uh uh and it was uh friendly

1064
00:57:14,799 --> 00:57:18,960
83g and they built 80 of these 1600 foot

1065
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,480
single family homes and uh they're

1066
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,480
actually freestanding condos because you

1067
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,440
get if you buy one you do all your

1068
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:27,440
landscaping and about a 6ot wide strip

1069
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:29,319
around the home and the rest of the area

1070
00:57:29,319 --> 00:57:31,520
is taken care of by the property manager

1071
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:33,440
and it's 30% of the units are income

1072
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:35,039
restricted and it looks better today

1073
00:57:35,039 --> 00:57:36,559
than it did one the first bu because the

1074
00:57:36,559 --> 00:57:38,400
landscape Allon and the property

1075
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:39,480
management

1076
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:41,079
isur

1077
00:57:41,079 --> 00:57:44,079
next uh well that's

1078
00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:46,880
me happy to talk to you uh I don't know

1079
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,720
if we have time for questions now or you

1080
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:50,720
want to wait till

1081
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:53,480
later okay I one real quick what's the

1082
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:57,029
830 G

1083
00:57:57,039 --> 00:57:59,640
you you have you have the frequency

1084
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,480
asked question so please into that it's

1085
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:12,309
there yeah

1086
00:58:12,319 --> 00:58:15,510
and

1087
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:18,160
yes I have to B you all good night and

1088
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:20,280
go clean up my kid

1089
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:33,990
puke rather be all of

1090
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,119
so I'm Sarah Fox I'm CEO of the

1091
00:58:36,119 --> 00:58:37,960
Connecticut Coalition and homelessness

1092
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:39,720
and I'm really pleased to be here with

1093
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:41,799
you all today um this community

1094
00:58:41,799 --> 00:58:45,480
discussion is so critically important um

1095
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:47,079
I have slides which we're not going to

1096
00:58:47,079 --> 00:58:48,520
go through because I'm gonna repat

1097
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:50,079
myself to 10 minutes so we can have some

1098
00:58:50,079 --> 00:58:52,720
lot of critical pieces of conversation

1099
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:57,319
um but I want to say this to you you I

1100
00:58:57,319 --> 00:59:00,839
um I have a three-year-old and upside

1101
00:59:00,839 --> 00:59:03,559
old my wife and I are very proud of our

1102
00:59:03,559 --> 00:59:06,039
family and when I walked my kids out

1103
00:59:06,039 --> 00:59:08,960
today school I made sure they had their

1104
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,319
hats they had their gloves they had

1105
00:59:11,319 --> 00:59:14,000
their boots um and they had everything

1106
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:16,319
they could to stay

1107
00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:20,000
warm yesterday I had a call with an

1108
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,520
Outreach worker in New Haven and he

1109
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:23,760
shared with

1110
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,640
me that and I get emotional I can't help

1111
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:28,440
it but these are the stories I deal with

1112
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:32,720
every day um that he and his team are

1113
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:36,440
driving around and putting blankets and

1114
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,760
hand warmers on people who are outside

1115
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:42,240
sometimes passed out leaving on our

1116
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,520
streets for me as a person who's

1117
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:47,680
experienced homelessness I will tell you

1118
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,640
that the impact of that is great and

1119
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:53,000
sometimes it makes me question our

1120
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:56,359
entire Humanity as a state um and I

1121
00:59:56,359 --> 00:59:58,599
think that the conversations that we're

1122
00:59:58,599 --> 01:00:01,640
having here about who we are about how

1123
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,359
we are and the places that we live and

1124
01:00:04,359 --> 01:00:06,680
the neighbors we need to care for

1125
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:08,400
because they're just like every single

1126
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,280
one of us I know many moms across the

1127
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:16,160
state who are driving their kids to

1128
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:18,960
school then they're driving their kids

1129
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:21,079
to daycare driving their kids to school

1130
01:00:21,079 --> 01:00:23,960
um they're going to work um and they're

1131
01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:26,680
returning to their car to sleep at night

1132
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:28,240
that's a reality for some of our

1133
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:30,119
families we know that there are

1134
01:00:30,119 --> 01:00:32,680
approximately on every day um every day

1135
01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:35,760
5,000 people our neighbors across the

1136
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:37,760
state experiencing

1137
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:39,960
homelessness we know that there are

1138
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:43,559
9,000 people even just 900 I'm sorry I

1139
01:00:43,559 --> 01:00:46,319
just really like blew the number um 900

1140
01:00:46,319 --> 01:00:49,359
people experiencing unchild

1141
01:00:49,359 --> 01:00:52,319
homelessness and 500 children

1142
01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:54,359
experiencing

1143
01:00:54,359 --> 01:00:58,160
homelessness we also know that Across

1144
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,760
the Nation we've seen an 18% rise over

1145
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:04,200
the last year in

1146
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:06,359
homelessness in Connecticut we've seen a

1147
01:01:06,359 --> 01:01:09,920
133% rise however over the past couple

1148
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:12,880
of years we've faced huge challenges

1149
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:15,680
across the state and so many of the

1150
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,640
housing issues that David spoke to

1151
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:21,079
impact us and the homeless response

1152
01:01:21,079 --> 01:01:23,640
system in ways that I cannot even

1153
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:27,440
describe prior to the pandemic

1154
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:30,559
we had people sort of coming into our

1155
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:33,000
system we were the homeless response

1156
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,200
system so the network of care that we

1157
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,039
provide people experiencing housing in

1158
01:01:37,039 --> 01:01:39,000
security and homelessness they come into

1159
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:41,599
our system we work collaboratively

1160
01:01:41,599 --> 01:01:43,760
across the homeless response system with

1161
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:46,280
providers and case managers and people

1162
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,039
doing hard work every day to connect

1163
01:01:48,039 --> 01:01:50,079
people to housing options and we were

1164
01:01:50,079 --> 01:01:52,319
able to have a constant flow we weren't

1165
01:01:52,319 --> 01:01:54,520
making huge strides but we were making

1166
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,640
big enough strides to improve the

1167
01:01:56,640 --> 01:01:59,960
quality of life for many today it looks

1168
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:03,520
very different post pandemic all of the

1169
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:06,240
challenges that David described are

1170
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:08,640
having a huge impact on who we are and

1171
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,680
how we do business in the homeless

1172
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:13,559
response system today babies are

1173
01:02:13,559 --> 01:02:15,720
spending their first year of their life

1174
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:19,319
in shelter that is their home we have

1175
01:02:19,319 --> 01:02:22,839
people who are working making $50,000 a

1176
01:02:22,839 --> 01:02:26,279
year which is a lot more than sum

1177
01:02:26,279 --> 01:02:28,559
earnings and they're sleeping in their

1178
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:31,039
cars and this is in every single

1179
01:02:31,039 --> 01:02:33,520
Community across the state this isn't

1180
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:37,079
you know this issue is not just a New

1181
01:02:37,079 --> 01:02:38,960
Haven issue it's not just a Harford

1182
01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:42,599
issue it's an everyone issue and as the

1183
01:02:42,599 --> 01:02:45,680
housing landscape changes we do not have

1184
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:48,680
the right portfolio of housing to help

1185
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,440
our most vulnerable nor even those who

1186
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:54,400
are in our Workforce we know in the

1187
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:59,559
homeless response system 82% of our own

1188
01:02:59,559 --> 01:03:03,119
Workforce cannot afford a one-bedroom

1189
01:03:03,119 --> 01:03:05,760
apartment we also

1190
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:09,839
know that in areas like Fairfield County

1191
01:03:09,839 --> 01:03:12,480
22% of people providing critical

1192
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:14,400
services to people experiencing

1193
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:17,400
homelessness are actually either housing

1194
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,799
insecure or homeless

1195
01:03:19,799 --> 01:03:22,000
themselves and this isn't just in the

1196
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:27,760
homeless response system we have many people in providing critical roles

1197
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,599
all essential roles all across every

1198
01:03:30,599 --> 01:03:33,119
single Community who are grappling with

1199
01:03:33,119 --> 01:03:35,359
housing insecurity and while we sit here

1200
01:03:35,359 --> 01:03:37,960
today and we stand here um I'd say If

1201
01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:42,319
you think about you know your family um

1202
01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:44,440
and you think about you know I I talked

1203
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:45,880
to so many people across the state who

1204
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,520
say you know my kids are never moving

1205
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:52,119
up my kids are just permanent residents

1206
01:03:52,119 --> 01:03:55,079
um and it makes a lot of sense because

1207
01:03:55,079 --> 01:03:58,160
there is no to move too and that has an

1208
01:03:58,160 --> 01:03:59,720
impact

1209
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:03,359
on on all that we do all that we are as

1210
01:04:03,359 --> 01:04:06,279
stat um so one of the things that Sarah

1211
01:04:06,279 --> 01:04:09,039
spoke to earlier was um some of the

1212
01:04:09,039 --> 01:04:10,799
harsher penalties we're seeing across

1213
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:13,279
the state some of the reactionary

1214
01:04:13,279 --> 01:04:15,400
policies that are taking place because

1215
01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:16,880
of this increase in

1216
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:20,480
homelessness and um and it is happening

1217
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,960
um we're seeing people who you know

1218
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:27,240
people um Brothers sister sisters moms

1219
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:31,160
um who are outside um many elderly who

1220
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:33,240
have never been homeless before in their

1221
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:36,279
lives whose rent is increased who are

1222
01:04:36,279 --> 01:04:38,200
going to their cars um I'm getting

1223
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,119
record and I I get so many calls from um

1224
01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:43,920
elderly agencies um from area agencies

1225
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:46,359
on Aging um of people who are really

1226
01:04:46,359 --> 01:04:49,119
seriously concerned about the amount of

1227
01:04:49,119 --> 01:04:53,640
people who are you know who are older um

1228
01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:56,079
and have no place to go no place to home

1229
01:04:56,079 --> 01:05:02,839
anymore because they're Rees um and I don't want to be Doom in Gloom

1230
01:05:02,839 --> 01:05:06,680
it's not even who I am I have hope um

1231
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:09,799
you know I have been working at CCH the

1232
01:05:09,799 --> 01:05:11,400
Connecticut Coalition then homeless

1233
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:12,440
since

1234
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:16,599
2011 I um I have seen what we can do as

1235
01:05:16,599 --> 01:05:19,119
a state when we have housing when we

1236
01:05:19,119 --> 01:05:21,880
have resources and we have services and

1237
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:23,680
we can do amazing things we actually

1238
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:25,480
decreased chronic homelessness in this

1239
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:26,400
state

1240
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:27,279
by

1241
01:05:27,279 --> 01:05:29,599
73% when we were at the peak of our

1242
01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:32,760
performance and it felt fantastic we had

1243
01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:34,480
people who had been out in their cars

1244
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:36,880
for five years who people said they

1245
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:39,400
would never be successful in housing and

1246
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:41,799
they were successful in their housing

1247
01:05:41,799 --> 01:05:45,000
they started their lives over so I stay

1248
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,240
in this job because I know we can do it

1249
01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:49,039
I know we must do it and I know it's

1250
01:05:49,039 --> 01:05:50,880
imperative for the entire state that we

1251
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:53,880
improve our Quality of Life by if by

1252
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,400
increasing our housing stock and

1253
01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:59,000
ensuring that we are serving those who

1254
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:02,079
are in housing crisis and experiencing

1255
01:06:02,079 --> 01:06:04,319
homelessness today because with every

1256
01:06:04,319 --> 01:06:06,200
person that we house it causes a

1257
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:08,400
positive risle effect that impacts every

1258
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,520
single one of us we increase potential

1259
01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:15,880
and capacity for everyone and so I'm GNA

1260
01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:19,279
um I am very available um and I'm happy

1261
01:06:19,279 --> 01:06:21,680
to continue this conversation I really

1262
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:23,520
appreciate the work that's taking place

1263
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:27,319
here and the comp compassion approach to

1264
01:06:27,319 --> 01:06:29,520
housing insecurity and homelessness it

1265
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:31,760
means so much and I think handen could

1266
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:34,559
really be a leader not only here in the

1267
01:06:34,559 --> 01:06:36,880
state but Across the Nation and how to

1268
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:39,440
build and move towards the state that we

1269
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:43,960
need to be um tomorrow um we have a

1270
01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:45,920
press conference at 12:30 at the

1271
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:47,480
legislative office building and we're

1272
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:50,720
kicking off our legislative campaign um

1273
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:52,960
and we're going to be asking for $33.5

1274
01:06:52,960 --> 01:06:55,799
million um for the homeless respons

1275
01:06:55,799 --> 01:06:58,200
system focus on prevention preventing

1276
01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:00,720
homelessness before it begins investing

1277
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,680
in the crisis response system and

1278
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:04,599
ensuring that we have well resourced

1279
01:07:04,599 --> 01:07:07,760
organizations and weid staff who can do

1280
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:09,960
this job and help us get it done and

1281
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:12,039
that we are moving towards having the

1282
01:07:12,039 --> 01:07:14,720
housing and the services we need to

1283
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:16,720
ensure everyone has the opportunity to

1284
01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:19,160
thrive so if you're interested in

1285
01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:20,920
getting involved if you're interested in

1286
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:23,119
having these conversations about how we

1287
01:07:23,119 --> 01:07:25,640
can do this differently um I'm very

1288
01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:28,119
happy to connect so with that I'll sit

1289
01:07:28,119 --> 01:07:38,670
down and let us move on to the next

1290
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:41,000
peie all right so the next piece of our

1291
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,880
agenda is we're going to talk a little

1292
01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:45,200
bit about things that we all can be

1293
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:47,119
doing together as a community so we've

1294
01:07:47,119 --> 01:07:49,520
got some background of from David and

1295
01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:51,640
Sarah of there's big picture what's out

1296
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:55,799
there and how approach this work so what

1297
01:07:55,799 --> 01:07:58,640
I want to do is one area that we think

1298
01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:01,119
you all could help us participate in is

1299
01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:03,760
the Town Council has a resolution that

1300
01:08:03,760 --> 01:08:07,319
they're looking at to declare housing is

1301
01:08:07,319 --> 01:08:12,549
right and what we are doing with

1302
01:08:12,559 --> 01:08:16,040
that what we're doing that is declaring

1303
01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:17,480
housing as a human

1304
01:08:17,480 --> 01:08:20,359
right what that has sort of nine

1305
01:08:20,359 --> 01:08:23,120
principles that we are outlining in that

1306
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,600
and the first is declaring that everyone

1307
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:27,520
in h all residents in

1308
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:30,719
hampon have the right to an accessible

1309
01:08:30,719 --> 01:08:33,880
affordable quality place to uh call home

1310
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:36,440
and commun their choice but we also

1311
01:08:36,440 --> 01:08:38,880
recognize we move to the next slide I'm

1312
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:40,319
very quickly on this if we want to have

1313
01:08:40,319 --> 01:08:41,600
time for your

1314
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:43,600
conversation that this is going to take

1315
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:45,279
resources we've heard from David some of

1316
01:08:45,279 --> 01:08:46,799
like the work that goes into this and

1317
01:08:46,799 --> 01:08:48,319
the development so that we want to

1318
01:08:48,319 --> 01:08:50,560
maximize resources and not just

1319
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:52,279
resources here in Hampton but we want to

1320
01:08:52,279 --> 01:08:54,880
have Federal resources State resources

1321
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:56,520
and really be looking at how we can

1322
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,120
bring those to Hampton to build more

1323
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:01,960
affordable housing more quality housing

1324
01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:03,520
and that includes State programs like

1325
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:06,120
home or flex and and things like that

1326
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:08,719
next Slide the third principle is that

1327
01:09:08,719 --> 01:09:10,120
we're really going to Center equity and

1328
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:12,359
choice around uh housing as a human

1329
01:09:12,359 --> 01:09:14,640
right and making sure that um we're

1330
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:17,000
addressing historical disparities

1331
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:19,520
historical racism and really um

1332
01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:21,759
inequalities that exist for folks with

1333
01:09:21,759 --> 01:09:23,319
disabilities and making sure that it's

1334
01:09:23,319 --> 01:09:28,239
centered inly the four principle of the

1335
01:09:28,239 --> 01:09:31,279
resolution is around um what we talked

1336
01:09:31,279 --> 01:09:33,159
about experiencing homelessness earlier

1337
01:09:33,159 --> 01:09:36,199
and that we want well we are very proud

1338
01:09:36,199 --> 01:09:39,000
of hton and that we do not use a law

1339
01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,359
enforcement approach when we uh have

1340
01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:43,199
encampments or we come across people

1341
01:09:43,199 --> 01:09:44,719
experienc homelessness and that we've

1342
01:09:44,719 --> 01:09:46,359
got a social worker within our Police

1343
01:09:46,359 --> 01:09:50,880
Department who really helps engage with other social services and we want

1344
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:52,759
to commit that our town is going to

1345
01:09:52,759 --> 01:09:55,880
continue to do that particularly as

1346
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:59,199
um other towns have moved to other uh

1347
01:09:59,199 --> 01:10:01,120
fines and arrests and we want to commit

1348
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,600
to not doing that and really using

1349
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:04,000
evidence based

1350
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:07,760
practices next we have um urging our

1351
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:10,080
state legislation particularly we have

1352
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:12,400
state represent Suite here to a pass

1353
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:14,199
State legislation that will help us to

1354
01:10:14,199 --> 01:10:17,520
do more and enable us to be able to to

1355
01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:19,000
have an ordinance that we wouldn't do

1356
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,360
these things and to have um State

1357
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:24,679
legislation around um arrest not using

1358
01:10:24,679 --> 01:10:26,400
legal approach

1359
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:31,080
six is um making sure that uh people

1360
01:10:31,080 --> 01:10:32,520
experiencing homelessness are free of

1361
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:34,040
discrimination based on their housing

1362
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:35,520
status that they have access to public

1363
01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:37,400
places and spaces just like everybody

1364
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:40,920
else does um

1365
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:44,080
seven is uh helping as we talked before

1366
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:45,440
about the homelesses resp response

1367
01:10:45,440 --> 01:10:47,159
system that we're really developing that

1368
01:10:47,159 --> 01:10:48,520
over the next few years and we're

1369
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:50,760
working across our agencies have been

1370
01:10:50,760 --> 01:10:53,679
the town to do that and with our uh

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01:10:53,679 --> 01:10:55,719
community members

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01:10:55,719 --> 01:10:58,920
eight is leveraging additional resources

1373
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:01,960
and then nine is um is working with our

1374
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:04,960
delegation again to uh help enable

1375
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:06,480
tenant protections and have state

1376
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:08,199
enabling legislation we're very limited

1377
01:11:08,199 --> 01:11:09,800
at the municipality and what we can do

1378
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:12,080
around uh tenant protections and so we

1379
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:13,840
want to make sure that we want to ask

1380
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:16,480
our state delegation to be able to allow

1381
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:19,640
off to be able to do more by passing the

1382
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:22,440
legislation so the last slide is like

1383
01:11:22,440 --> 01:11:24,239
this resolution you can find it online

1384
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:25,920
on our website

1385
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,199
um but we are we passed it out of

1386
01:11:28,199 --> 01:11:30,080
committee on the 7th and the next step

1387
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:31,840
is to go to full council meeting on

1388
01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:34,679
January 21st and if you'd like we'd love

1389
01:11:34,679 --> 01:11:36,560
to hear your thoughts on the resolution

1390
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,440
and how you if you support it if you

1391
01:11:38,440 --> 01:11:41,120
want changes if you have comments um so

1392
01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:45,000
you can submit that to lcu input ham.com

1393
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,880
and you can do that all the way up until

1394
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:49,280
3 pm on the day of the meeting so please

1395
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,000
uh reach out to us and let us know your

1396
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:52,880
thoughts and it's always great if you

1397
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:55,360
support it to come out and let us know

1398
01:11:55,360 --> 01:11:57,880
that that way we can informs our

1399
01:11:57,880 --> 01:12:00,320
discussion so we talked a lot at you

1400
01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:01,960
guys and we really apologize for that

1401
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:03,440
but the first meeting of any of these

1402
01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:04,840
things I feel like it's really level

1403
01:12:04,840 --> 01:12:07,120
setting and ground setting so God it's

1404
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:09,280
really important to kind of have that

1405
01:12:09,280 --> 01:12:11,480
level setting you but now what we want

1406
01:12:11,480 --> 01:12:14,440
to do uh for a few minutes is have you

1407
01:12:14,440 --> 01:12:17,840
guys all take what you heard and talk

1408
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:20,760
together so uh yeah so we have small

1409
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:22,480
group we small group discussions and

1410
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:23,800
then have your report out and you'll see

1411
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:25,760
you're at tables um and that was

1412
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:28,040
intentional so you have on your table a

1413
01:12:28,040 --> 01:12:31,360
pad and we will pass around a worksheet

1414
01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:32,639
but if you could just talk amongst

1415
01:12:32,639 --> 01:12:34,679
yourselves about these four questions

1416
01:12:34,679 --> 01:12:36,520
you know what are your priorities to

1417
01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:38,840
ensuring all HED residents have quality

1418
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,000
homes that are accessible and affordable

1419
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:44,159
and in need of of choice what challenges

1420
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:46,239
or concerns do you have or do you see

1421
01:12:46,239 --> 01:12:48,600
that we need to address as a community

1422
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:50,239
what are some opportunities that we can

1423
01:12:50,239 --> 01:12:52,800
build upon and then what ideas and

1424
01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:54,239
topics would you like to see address

1425
01:12:54,239 --> 01:12:56,280
that future community sessions either a

1426
01:12:56,280 --> 01:12:58,960
learning or Community dialogue sessions

1427
01:12:58,960 --> 01:13:00,600
things that we should be talking about

1428
01:13:00,600 --> 01:13:03,280
together in problem solving together

1429
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:05,520
we're going to pass around these sheets

1430
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:07,679
you can tackle all questions or one

1431
01:13:07,679 --> 01:13:09,800
question but we'll spend around 10

1432
01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:12,520
minutes in our groups and then I'll ask

1433
01:13:12,520 --> 01:13:14,440
we'll go around at the very end and if

1434
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:16,760
folks can just kind of share together

1435
01:13:16,760 --> 01:13:18,679
what you talk one thing that you talked

1436
01:13:18,679 --> 01:13:20,239
about and we'll be taking notes and we

1437
01:13:20,239 --> 01:13:22,480
can collect these afterwards so that we

1438
01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:25,159
have that information and we can be um

1439
01:13:25,159 --> 01:13:28,510
using that for future

1440
01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:30,360
sessions okay does that sound good

1441
01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:34,760
everybody yes sorry I was wondering I

1442
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:37,840
have one question about the

1443
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:41,920
presentation discuss when at the very

1444
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:43,639
beginning of the presentation there's

1445
01:13:43,639 --> 01:13:47,600
really B data about um the percentage of

1446
01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:50,280
renters that that we have then also that

1447
01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:55,520
are earning less than um 30% or where

1448
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,320
their rent is more than 30% of their

1449
01:13:57,320 --> 01:14:00,360
income do we know or is there a way to

1450
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,800
get information I guess Town specific

1451
01:14:02,800 --> 01:14:06,000
not necessarily Statewide but the number

1452
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:09,800
of uh homeowners whose mortgages are

1453
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:12,639
more than 30% or is there a way that we

1454
01:14:12,639 --> 01:14:14,560
have is there a way to see what that

1455
01:14:14,560 --> 01:14:18,440
information is specifically for I guess

1456
01:14:18,440 --> 01:14:22,520
yeah it's about 29% of homeowners are

1457
01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:26,000
burdened by their hous L and you can if

1458
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:28,520
you go to the uh partnership to strong

1459
01:14:28,520 --> 01:14:31,280
community's website which is PSC

1460
01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:32,719
housing.org

1461
01:14:32,719 --> 01:14:35,560
and uh look for their housing data

1462
01:14:35,560 --> 01:14:38,280
profiles every town there a housing data

1463
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:41,239
profile for every town in of the numbers

1464
01:14:41,239 --> 01:14:43,560
of people both with mortgages and

1465
01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:45,880
without mortgages who are by their

1466
01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:49,600
housing cost home owners as

1467
01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:52,159
well thank

1468
01:14:52,159 --> 01:14:56,400
you great great question clear I just

1469
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:57,840
like to point out that leaving 10

1470
01:14:57,840 --> 01:14:59,400
minutes from this when we're after that

1471
01:14:59,400 --> 01:15:03,639
8:30 is really silly you've given us a a

1472
01:15:03,639 --> 01:15:06,400
long presentation and we got 10 minutes

1473
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:08,400
to talk to each other and give you back

1474
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:11,840
our input can we give back input to Mr F

1475
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,560
perhaps I mean is there a website or

1476
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:17,000
something that we can give back input to

1477
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:18,920
thought about it so we have cards up

1478
01:15:18,920 --> 01:15:20,320
your eyes cards up here with our

1479
01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:22,239
information on them and we apologize we

1480
01:15:22,239 --> 01:15:24,199
didn't want we didn't mean to leave just

1481
01:15:24,199 --> 01:15:26,239
a 10 minutes but presentations went

1482
01:15:26,239 --> 01:15:27,880
longer we started a little bit late as

1483
01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:29,760
people were coming in but yeah there's

1484
01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:31,920
are we have cards up here there's no

1485
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:34,080
cards at your table that we're going to

1486
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:36,880
be collecting for information and then

1487
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:39,000
the next time we get together we can

1488
01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:41,840
make sure to have we can start with more

1489
01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:45,120
sort of that conversation Andel and we

1490
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:47,320
have that but we wanted to make sure

1491
01:15:47,320 --> 01:15:48,600
that there was some of this level

1492
01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:51,400
setting went along but I think the

1493
01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:53,239
important now is that folks talk to each

1494
01:15:53,239 --> 01:15:55,440
other and set a couple priorities for us

1495
01:15:55,440 --> 01:16:00,590
and then we can share those together

1496
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:29,390
with we'll be posting that online

1497
01:16:29,400 --> 01:16:33,730
to

1498
01:16:33,740 --> 01:17:01,430
[Music]

1499
01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:03,719
well I I had

1500
01:17:03,719 --> 01:17:15,970
a not yours

1501
01:17:15,980 --> 01:18:14,070
[Music]

1502
01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:20,830
I've

1503
01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:25,040
been yeah I'm not

1504
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:55,709
well

1505
01:18:55,719 --> 01:19:10,110
just

1506
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:37,350
[Music]

1507
01:19:37,360 --> 01:20:06,149
we'll see when the Y

1508
01:20:06,159 --> 01:20:53,350
there

1509
01:20:53,360 --> 01:21:03,790
something my

1510
01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:49,350
a

1511
01:21:49,360 --> 01:22:20,350
they Tre I know

1512
01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:35,140
do

1513
01:22:35,150 --> 01:22:43,830
[Music]

1514
01:22:43,840 --> 01:23:17,510
made

1515
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:42,110
so

1516
01:23:42,120 --> 01:24:05,709
know

1517
01:24:05,719 --> 01:24:24,510
Poli

1518
01:24:24,520 --> 01:25:01,470
we have a place where you

1519
01:25:01,480 --> 01:25:04,990
right

1520
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:15,870
let's just

1521
01:25:15,880 --> 01:25:48,189
always right

1522
01:25:48,199 --> 01:25:51,239
yeah okay okay but I do hear some

1523
01:25:51,239 --> 01:25:53,119
conversations happening a lot of

1524
01:25:53,119 --> 01:25:57,040
conversations so love to open up anyone

1525
01:25:57,040 --> 01:25:58,920
from your group who would like to share

1526
01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:00,719
something that you talked

1527
01:26:00,719 --> 01:26:53,229
about you learn

1528
01:26:53,239 --> 01:26:57,920
stat are not Z so it's a lot of our

1529
01:26:57,920 --> 01:27:15,910
Z sizes are lower than

1530
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:17,360
[Music]

1531
01:27:17,360 --> 01:27:22,870
10,000

1532
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:25,600
questioners question around overlay the

1533
01:27:25,600 --> 01:27:29,360
spring blend overlay and how that um

1534
01:27:29,360 --> 01:27:31,800
could be removed or the impact that that

1535
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:38,790
had you

1536
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:41,840
answer that it's a village District it

1537
01:27:41,840 --> 01:27:43,880
was done per state statute at the time

1538
01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:46,560
when they overh hold the zoning um it

1539
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:48,719
does have some additional restrictions

1540
01:27:48,719 --> 01:27:51,679
pertaining to use which requires a

1541
01:27:51,679 --> 01:27:53,520
special permit where some of just may

1542
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:55,040
beow

1543
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:57,040
that District didn't exist but I was

1544
01:27:57,040 --> 01:27:58,520
saying some of the barriers there for

1545
01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:00,440
homeowners is though lot sizes are

1546
01:28:00,440 --> 01:28:03,119
actually smaller than what are for minum

1547
01:28:03,119 --> 01:28:05,080
L sizes are that's what creates a lot of

1548
01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:07,560
the nonconformities and regarding the

1549
01:28:07,560 --> 01:28:09,119
development there was a question

1550
01:28:09,119 --> 01:28:12,119
regarding the walgre parking lot is that

1551
01:28:12,119 --> 01:28:13,960
the property owner has to have actually

1552
01:28:13,960 --> 01:28:15,560
interest in developing and talking to

1553
01:28:15,560 --> 01:28:17,400
the town regarding what the Future

1554
01:28:17,400 --> 01:28:19,280
Vision is so that hasn't happened in

1555
01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:22,400
that case the town to looking for devop

1556
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:26,920
that um again it's private property so

1557
01:28:26,920 --> 01:28:30,080
realiz that approach

1558
01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:35,040
developer own so I'm within Plum Z so

1559
01:28:35,040 --> 01:28:36,800
they would approach me regarding the

1560
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,560
plum it's always process and approval

1561
01:28:38,560 --> 01:28:41,159
process it's a little different so I'm

1562
01:28:41,159 --> 01:28:42,239
not going to be able to answer your

1563
01:28:42,239 --> 01:28:44,080
question because that's more of an

1564
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:46,880
interment question than PL

1565
01:28:46,880 --> 01:28:48,960
question we can reach out to the mayor

1566
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:51,040
now leave but we can ask if they

1567
01:28:51,040 --> 01:28:54,440
approach the owner

1568
01:28:54,440 --> 01:28:56,960
is there anyone I'd love to hear any

1569
01:28:56,960 --> 01:28:58,840
that came up in your table discussions

1570
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:01,679
does anyone want to offer any insights

1571
01:29:01,679 --> 01:29:03,679
you had or what you talked

1572
01:29:03,679 --> 01:29:13,550
about

1573
01:29:13,560 --> 01:29:16,000
great you're gonna have to

1574
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:24,470
sh funding and legislation

1575
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:33,910
and addressing the foundations New Hall

1576
01:29:33,920 --> 01:29:38,199
Bill and then utility cost with

1577
01:29:38,199 --> 01:29:40,639
the great thank you that's very very

1578
01:29:40,639 --> 01:29:42,800
helpful anybody else want to share

1579
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:45,000
something you guys talked

1580
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:47,400
about

1581
01:29:47,400 --> 01:29:49,560
conversation just I've been reading a

1582
01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:51,960
lot of the American planners Association

1583
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:54,239
how they accelerate guide book which is

1584
01:29:54,239 --> 01:29:57,000
pleora of ideas that working in other

1585
01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:59,920
states and other cities of you know add

1586
01:29:59,920 --> 01:30:02,960
making it easy to to add an AVU anel

1587
01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:05,239
accessory dwelling unit like a apartment

1588
01:30:05,239 --> 01:30:06,960
above your garage like an in-law

1589
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:10,000
apartment or whatever um also having

1590
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:12,560
pre-approved architectural PL so more

1591
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:14,760
diverse developers can do like smaller

1592
01:30:14,760 --> 01:30:18,159
projects um as well as obviously density

1593
01:30:18,159 --> 01:30:20,880
um but also I was wondering if the hamon

1594
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:23,639
is looking into doing surveys of vacant

1595
01:30:23,639 --> 01:30:26,040
land to identify areas that would make

1596
01:30:26,040 --> 01:30:29,000
sense for multi projects um whether it's

1597
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:32,639
already townland or just

1598
01:30:32,639 --> 01:30:36,679
abandoned brown brown field whatever so

1599
01:30:36,679 --> 01:30:39,520
the comment or question was really

1600
01:30:39,520 --> 01:30:41,360
around sort of looking at other best

1601
01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:43,920
practices around um accessible dwelling

1602
01:30:43,920 --> 01:30:46,000
units and sort of pre-plan units that

1603
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:48,159
are kind of smaller easier to develop

1604
01:30:48,159 --> 01:30:51,400
maybe um in law Apartments things that

1605
01:30:51,400 --> 01:30:53,600
you can do and then also thinking about

1606
01:30:53,600 --> 01:30:55,800
the asked if the town has looked at

1607
01:30:55,800 --> 01:30:57,639
vacant land or done the survey of

1608
01:30:57,639 --> 01:30:59,560
different vacant land or Brownfield to

1609
01:30:59,560 --> 01:31:01,480
look at what we have what what

1610
01:31:01,480 --> 01:31:03,920
properties we have to develop that did I

1611
01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:07,040
get that right um I don't know Eugene do

1612
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:10,430
you want to answer that

1613
01:31:10,440 --> 01:31:13,880
question I'll just touch on

1614
01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:16,239
briefly discuss a little

1615
01:31:16,239 --> 01:31:19,159
bit so regarding like survey of

1616
01:31:19,159 --> 01:31:22,239
properties um the the way the way I'll

1617
01:31:22,239 --> 01:31:27,440
answer is will be looking into that the South Central Regional Council

1618
01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:30,520
governments actually just updated the

1619
01:31:30,520 --> 01:31:33,000
regional housing plan as part of that

1620
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:35,080
they created a mapping tool with all the

1621
01:31:35,080 --> 01:31:37,520
parcels identifying some of the lands

1622
01:31:37,520 --> 01:31:38,920
including some of the vacancy there so

1623
01:31:38,920 --> 01:31:41,000
we're going to take a look at that um we

1624
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:42,760
also have Ming regarding some of the

1625
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:44,960
town the town parcel some of that vaces

1626
01:31:44,960 --> 01:31:47,199
that exist in those areas as well so I

1627
01:31:47,199 --> 01:31:49,119
mean I think the town will be happy to

1628
01:31:49,119 --> 01:31:51,119
work with developers to partner on

1629
01:31:51,119 --> 01:31:53,400
different aspects as we had in the p in

1630
01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,400
the past there's a funding opportunity

1631
01:31:55,400 --> 01:31:59,040
such as investment fund that potentially

1632
01:31:59,040 --> 01:32:06,189
the subsidy Gap associated

1633
01:32:06,199 --> 01:32:13,590
with

1634
01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:16,480
whater so I mean is the question is do

1635
01:32:16,480 --> 01:32:18,840
we have that information yeah yeah so

1636
01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:21,280
that information exists within our uh

1637
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:24,000
land record and paria

1638
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:27,040
are those potential forite development

1639
01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:29,600
or exploration well there's one of them

1640
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:30,960
that the town is currently trying to

1641
01:32:30,960 --> 01:32:32,560
work with the state on regarding High

1642
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:35,560
Meadows um the the other state state

1643
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:37,760
owned land is mostly park

1644
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:40,159
space Associated so they're not really

1645
01:32:40,159 --> 01:32:45,270
developable parcels and

1646
01:32:45,280 --> 01:32:49,560
that are identified as

1647
01:32:49,560 --> 01:32:51,080
that

1648
01:32:51,080 --> 01:32:54,800
located function

1649
01:32:54,800 --> 01:32:56,960
yeah so that's that's a good point happy

1650
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:58,000
to

1651
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:00,560
look yeah just to note that one of the

1652
01:33:00,560 --> 01:33:03,000
things the council has asked the town to

1653
01:33:03,000 --> 01:33:06,159
do as part of the human right resolution

1654
01:33:06,159 --> 01:33:08,560
is to look into possibility of land

1655
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:11,679
trusting or or bringing some of these

1656
01:33:11,679 --> 01:33:13,960
parcels and saving them even if we can't

1657
01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:16,719
develop them immediately to not sell

1658
01:33:16,719 --> 01:33:19,440
them to um commercial or other

1659
01:33:19,440 --> 01:33:21,320
developers who would just roll them over

1660
01:33:21,320 --> 01:33:23,280
for a profit but maybe uh be able to

1661
01:33:23,280 --> 01:33:25,880
have some of properties for affordable

1662
01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:27,760
rental and Home Ownership housing long

1663
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:30,920
term so this these ideas of surveying

1664
01:33:30,920 --> 01:33:33,480
either vacant or state or Municipal own

1665
01:33:33,480 --> 01:33:34,840
properties is really important as we

1666
01:33:34,840 --> 01:33:36,280
think about that idea and the town L

1667
01:33:36,280 --> 01:33:41,320
into that idea of possibly trusting

1668
01:33:41,320 --> 01:33:44,080
some um I know we are well over time for

1669
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:45,440
10 minutes is there anyone who'd like to

1670
01:33:45,440 --> 01:33:48,280
share one last thing before we go or

1671
01:33:48,280 --> 01:33:50,320
should we talk

1672
01:33:50,320 --> 01:33:53,320
about oh I'll go just because my my team

1673
01:33:53,320 --> 01:33:55,639
had to leave so they are professionals

1674
01:33:55,639 --> 01:33:58,639
this is the work that they do um so they

1675
01:33:58,639 --> 01:34:00,440
um basically said that they were pretty

1676
01:34:00,440 --> 01:34:03,760
proud of handon I'm glad that we that we

1677
01:34:03,760 --> 01:34:05,800
are making this a priority and they felt

1678
01:34:05,800 --> 01:34:07,639
hopeful as

1679
01:34:07,639 --> 01:34:10,000
experts thank you thank you for being

1680
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:12,520
here we really appreciate it um well

1681
01:34:12,520 --> 01:34:13,600
wonderful I would thank you all for

1682
01:34:13,600 --> 01:34:15,560
being here I apologize again that we did

1683
01:34:15,560 --> 01:34:18,040
not have enough time for actual s more

1684
01:34:18,040 --> 01:34:21,040
conversation and Q&A but we will do

1685
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:22,480
another one of these we're going to talk

1686
01:34:22,480 --> 01:34:24,520
about the town uh about about the timing

1687
01:34:24,520 --> 01:34:26,920
of that um we're going to collect your

1688
01:34:26,920 --> 01:34:28,400
card so if you wrote something down just

1689
01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:29,760
leave on your table or you can hand it

1690
01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:32,520
to me and we'll uh think about what that

1691
01:34:32,520 --> 01:34:34,800
next uh topic may be we've talked about

1692
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:36,880
doing stuff on the rental Registries and

1693
01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:38,719
inspection process we've talked about

1694
01:34:38,719 --> 01:34:40,719
doing sessions on tenant protections and

1695
01:34:40,719 --> 01:34:43,320
tenant rights um but there's lots of

1696
01:34:43,320 --> 01:34:45,239
topics we can dive into if you have them

1697
01:34:45,239 --> 01:34:47,239
I have cards up here you can email or

1698
01:34:47,239 --> 01:34:50,199
call me um and thank you again for being

1699
01:34:50,199 --> 01:34:52,080
really appreciate your participation

1700
01:34:52,080 --> 01:34:59,510
right on the table

1701
01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:02,490
thank you

1702
01:35:02,490 --> 01:35:32,469
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