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Transportation and Housing Connections In Baltimore
presented at the
MAHRA ConferencePanel: Strategies for Connecting Transportation and Affordable Housing
May 21, 2014
Tamara Woods, City of Baltimore Department of Planning
Baltimore Income
Less than $10,00014.4%
$10,000 to $14,9997.7%
$15,000 to $24,99912.9%
$25,000 to $34,99911.4%
$35,000 to $49,99914.2%
$50,000 to $74,99917.2%
$75,000 to $99,9998.4%
$100,000 to $149,9998.8%
$150,000 to $199,9992.4%
$200,000 or more2.5%
Income in 2010 adjusted dollars $39,368 $38,346
Income Distribution in 2010
Median Household Income 2000 2010
Source: 2000 Census SF3, 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Baltimore Transit and Median Income
Baltimore Transit and Median Sales Price
Current Tools for Creating Affordable Housing and Targeting Investment
• Requiring Affordable units with Housing Authority (HABC) and HCD land
• Projects using HOME, City Bond Funds and PILOTS
• Inclusionary Housing Legislation• Planned Unit Developments• Housing Market Typology
Housing Market Typology
Challenges To Creating Affordable Housing Near Transit
• Baltimore is already “Affordable”: Inherent conflict between transit dependent very low income and cost of building new housing
• Areas with cheaper land are lower income, so risk of income segregation
• Cost of Land High cost areas have cost land which prices out
affordable housing Land Assembly is expensive and time consuming Zoning is not in place
Challenges To Creating Affordable Housing Near Transit
• Connect affordable housing to the jobs outside Baltimore City.
• Need to create a housing market in some neighborhoods Goal to create mixed income neighborhoods Introduce new housing types Reduce vacancy Reduce and redistribute density by reconfiguring
land
• Considering Small Developer Gap Financing tool in CAMP Plan
• Creation of New and Improved Zoning Categories– New TOD Zones– Industrial Mixed Use (I-MU)– Lowering require lot area requirements for
Single Family Detached and Semi-detached Dwelling Units
– Lowering Parking Requirements
Policy Shift: Where We Are Headed
Proposed TOD Zoning Categories
TRANSFORM PROPOSED TOD DISTRICTS
TOD-1 TOD-2 TOD-3 TOD-4
District Description
Restrictive Height and Limited Mix of Retail Uses
Restrictive Height and Full Mix of Retail Uses
Significant Height and Limited Mix of Retail Uses
Significant Height and Full Mix of Retail Uses
Minimum Lot Area
Residential: 1,200sf/du Other Uses: None
None Residential: 1,200sf/du Other Uses: None
None
Minimum Building Height
24’ or 2 stories 24’ or 2 stories 24’ or 2 stories 24’ or 2 stories
Maximum Building Height
60’ or 5 stories 60’ or 5 stories 100’
100’; additional height above 100’ (no limit) is permitted by conditional use
100’; additional height above 100’ (no limit) is permitted by conditional use
Oliver: Re-envisioning The Affordable Rowhouse
For sale units a maximum of 80% or 120% of AMI Rental units maximums of 50%- 80% of AMI (based on the funding source). Most tenants and home buyers are under 120% of AMI.
Opportunities: Ice House, Highlandtown and Oldtown
Grocery Store & Parking
Somerset
Homes
Historic Oldtown
Mall
Fire Museum
Mixed-Use
including office
Casino Areas Master Plan• Marketable as an area of
regional housing choice • Capitalize on proximity to
rail and transportation network
• Capitalize on proximity Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Howard counties and Washington, DC.
• Create a better balance between affordable and market rate housing