Workshop 3 Presentation: Livable Communities, Part 1

13 December 2011

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LIVABLECOMMUNITIES

ENGAGE CREATE

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Lathrop Working Group RevitalizationVision

A Diverse Connected NeighborhoodHome To Safe Healthy Families

Who are Enduring, Rooted and Empoweredand Enjoy Sustainable Aff ordability and Opportunity

INTERESTED PARTY OUTREACH MEETINGS & OPEN HOUSE

KICK OFF MEETING

WORKSHOP #2EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

DECEMBER 10, 2011

WORKSHOP #1 THE GREENING OF LATHROP

DECEMBER 08, 2011

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

PRESENTATION OF LATHROP HOMES MASTER PLAN

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WORKSHOP #3LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

DECEMBER 13, 2011

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INTERESTED PARTY OUTREACH MEETINGS & OPEN HOUSE

KICK OFF MEETING

WORKSHOP #2EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

DECEMBER 10, 2011

WORKSHOP #1 THE GREENING OF LATHROP

DECEMBER 08, 2011

WORKSHOP #3LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

DECEMBER 13, 2011

LATHROP WORKING GROUP REVITALIZATION VISION

WORKSHOP GOALS:

1. FOR PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIFIC TOPICS BEING DISCUSSED

2. TO CREATE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANNING

PROCESS

3. TO REMOVE LANGUAGE & TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY BARRIERS BETWEEN THE

LCP TEAM AND PARTICIPANTS

WORKSHOP #3: LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

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GOALS:

1. EVALUATE EXISTING AS WELL AS IDEAL NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND AMENITIES FOR THE LATHROP NEIGHBORHOOD.

2. BUILD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIVERSE RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS AVAILABLE WITHIN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.

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I Welcome 6:00pm

II Livable Communities Overview 6:15pm III Diverse Housing Options 6:30pm

IV Break 7:15pm

V Livable Communities 7:30pm Neighborhood Building Blocks

VI Historic Preservation 8:00pm

VII Questions & Answers 8:30pm

VIII Adjourn 9:00pm

LivableCommunitiesPatricia Saldaña Natke, AIAUrbanWorks, Ltd.

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What is Livability?

- what attracts people to a particular community

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

What is Livability?

•Some of the most important benefits are not easily quantified.

•Creating a Sense of Place, the physical components, creates a Sense of Community, which leads to civic involvement and unites communities to care.

Livable CommunitiesLivable Communities

Livable Communities

Achieve Greater Livability through Land Use and Housing•

Livable Communities

Livable Communities


Manage and Conserve Water and Energy Resources•

Livable Communities



Improve Parks and Open Space•

Livable Communities




Promote Sustainable Local Food • and Healthy Living





Bring People Together•

Livable Communities

VibrantSafe Walkable

Land Use and Housing

Harold Washington Unity Cooperative, Bickerdike

Achieve Greater Livability through

Mary Crane Center

Boys + Girls Club

Lane Tech High School

DeVry University

Schneider ElementaryChurch of the Good News

New Life Community Church

Seventh AdventistLakeview Church

AscensionLutheran Church

Community Full Gospel Church

Jahn Elementary

Tidley Wink Preschool

Audubon Elementary Hamilton Elementary

Hawthorne Elementary

St Andrew School

St Andrew Catholic Church

Burley Elementary

Louis Agassiz Elementary

Prescott Elementary

Montessori de la Citta

DePaul University

Oscar MeyerPublic School

Cardinal Bernardin Early Childhood

St BonaventureBrentano Elementary

Carlos Fuentes School

Avondale Elementary

A-Karrasel Child Care Center

Logandale Middle School

Linne Elementary

Community Gospel Center

Logan Square LibraryAspira School

RivercityCommunityChurch

Salomon P Chase Public School

Lincoln-Belmont LibrarySt Luke Preschool

St Joseph HealthCenter + Hospital

Galilee Baptist Church

Iglesia Casa del Refugio

St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran

New Community Covenant Church

St. Sylvester’s RomanCatholic Church

St John Berchmans

Aspira Charter HS

Addison Industrial Corridor

Chicago Int’lCharter School

Pulaski Academy

Charles R Darwin Public School

Christian Fellowship Church

St Alphonsus Roman Catholic

St GeorgeGreekOrthodoxChurch

St Alphonsus Afterschool

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Open Bible Spanish Church

United Christian Church

Seminary Ave Community Church

St Josaphat Church

St Josaphat School

IllinoisMasonicHospital

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Neighborhood +Vicinity Map

Chicago River

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Primary Street

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Medical Center

Education Center

Library

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Institution Campus

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Land Use and HousingAchieve Greater Livability through


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Offer choices for timely transportation to schools, jobs, services, and basic needs


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Neighborhood

City Ward Boundaries

Chicago River

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CTA Bus Route*

I-Go / Zip Car Pick-up

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Transportation: When residents are able to live near their jobs, it helps to reduce travel costs, pollution, and congestion.


Efficient use of land that supports walking, bicycling, and access to transit also reduces energy consumption

— saving money for individuals, communities, and the region.


Make the region more economically competitive

Roosevelt Square, Related Midwest

Westhaven Park, UrbanWorks


Before

After


Diverse Housing Options

ENGAGE CREATE

BUILD

SUSTAIN

A Diverse Connected NeighborhoodHome To Safe Healthy Families

Who are Enduring, Rooted and Empoweredand Enjoy Sustainable Aff ordability and Opportunity


DiverseHousing OptionsJoy ArugueteBickerdike Redevelopment Corporation& Michael GoldbergHeartland Housing Inc.

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Family: According to the federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), family means all persons living in the same housold who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Household: According to HUD, household means all persons who occupy a housing unit.

According to HUD, the definition of affordability is for a household to pay no more than 30% of its annual gross (pre-tax) income on housing costs.

In addition to rent or mortage payment, housing costs generally include utility costs, and for owners also include property taxes and insurance.

Whether you are talking about market rate or subsidized housing, the concept of what makes housing affordable applies to everyone.

If you make...

$45,000/yr or $3,750/month

$29,100/yr or $2,425/month

$13,500/yr or $1,125/month

$6,720/yr or $561/month

30%30%

30% 30%

$97,000/yr or $8,083/month

$45,000/yr or $3,750/month

$22,400/yr or $1,870/month

then you should pay no more than 30% or......on housing.

$150,000/yr or $12,500/

month

How much should you spend

on housing?

What does it mean to be housing cost burdened?

Households who pay more than 30% of their income for housing are considered cost burdened.

These families and individuals may have difficulty affording necessities such as food, clothing, transportation and medical care, not to mention savings for emergencies or education.

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HOUSING COST BURDEN

101 hours per week: what a minimum wage earner (Illinois $8.25/hr) needs to work to pay fair market rent as determined by HUD for a 2 bedroom unit in Chicago.

$20.92 hourly wage: what a full time worker needs to earn to pay the fair market rent as determined by HUD for a 2 bedroom unit in Chicago. Housing cost burden in Chicago is significant: 54.6% of renters in Chicago are cost burdened, and 48.3% of homeowners are cost burdened. (Chicago Rehab Network, 2010)

What is Area Median Income (AMI)? The federal government (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) calculates income using something called Area Median Income (AMI).

Easiest way to understand median income is that ½ of households earn more and ½ of households earn less.

Median income is a better indicator than average income, as it is not dramatically affected by unusually high or low values.

the income in the middle

the combined income of everyone in the household$75,800

$76K$0 $500k$100k$90k$80k$60k$35k$15k

$35k

$35k

$5.8k

AMI (Area Median Income) is specific to a geographic area.

Why? The cost of living and incomes vary from place to place.

The government divides the country into almost 1,000 different areas and calculates a different AMI for each.

For example: AMI is greater in Washington, DC than in Buffalo County, SD.

$26k$106kBuffalo County, SD

Washington, DC

Chicago Area Median Income (AMI)

The Chicago Metro Area includes the following 6 counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will

This means that the AMI is the same for the Lathrop community as it is for Schaumburg or Wilmette.

Chicago 2012 AMI = $75,800

for a household of 4

How is affordability decided?

HUD categorizes AMI (Area Median Income) into several groups.

These levels are then used to determine eligibility for different affordable housing programs.

From the Desk of the Federal Government, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

MEMORANDUM

To Whom It May Concern:

The levels on which to determine affordable housing eligibility are:

Income Level Percent of AMIModerate Income: Up to 120%Low Income: 80% or below Very Low Income: 50% or belowExtremely Low Income: 30% or below

$53,100 $42,500 $26,550 $15,950

How does this apply to Chicagoans?

Household of 1

2012 Chicago Metro Area Median Income (AMI)

Household of 4AMI Level100% AMI80% AMI50% AMI30% AMI

$75,800$60,650$37,900$22,750

2012 Chicago Metro Area Median Income

Household Size 30% AMI 50% AMI 80% AMI 100% AMI1 person $15,950 $26,550 $42,550 $53,1002 person $18,200 $30,350 $48,550 $60,6003 person $20,500 $34,150 $54,600 $68,2004 person $22,750 $37,900 $60,650 $75,8005 person $24,600 $40,950 $65,550 $81,9006 person $26,400 $44,000 $70,400 $88,0007 person $28,250 $47,000 $75,250 $94,1008 person $30,050 $50,050 $80,100 $100,100

http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/il12/index_il2012.html

Mixed Income Housing Options• Public • Affordable • Market Rate

all types have both rental and for sale options

Public Housing

Who qualifies:

How it works:

Housing costs:

HUD administers Federal assistance to local housing agencies (HAs), in this case the Chicago Housing Authority, that oversee/manage the public housing for low-income residents at rents they can afford.

Households who earn 80% or less of AMI

In general, residents must meet CHA requirements: Anyone over 18 must work 30 hrs/week or be enrolled in education or training programs, unless exempt for some reason such as elderly or disabled.

In general, tenants pay 30% of household income on rent, which adjusts with any change in income. Tenants must pay a minimum rent, which is currently $75 per month.

Public Housing

Head of Household: $13/hr @ full time = $27,040/yr or $2,253/mo

36% AMI, qualifies for public housing

$676/mo, pays 30% of gross income

They pay only 30% of their income toward housing costs. Their rent only changes if they have a change in their income.

A similar 2-bedroom apartment in the area would cost them $1,300/mo or nearly 58% or their income.

The public housing unit lets them live close to work without being housing cost burdened.

Income:

AMI:Approximate

housing costs:

Benefit:

3 Person Household• Costco stockperson• Adult student• 1 child

Affordable Rental Housing

Who qualifies:

How it works:

Housing costs:

Typically involves multiple “layered” financing, with the main financing coming from the Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

LIHTC is administered locally by the state and city and awarded competitively to developers to produce affordable housing. These units have a minimum 30 year affordability period.

In general, households who earn 60% or less of AMI. Income qualified households that apply to individual properties are eligible to be placed into a unit or onto a waiting list.

Qualified households pay an affordable rent based on an established rent schedule per bedroom size with predetermined annual rent increases.

Affordable Rental HousingIncome:

AMI:

Housing costs:

Benefit:

3 Person Household• Mother: Teachers Aide• 2 children

$29,000/year or $2,416/month

42% AMI, qualifies for LIHTC unit

$710/month 2 bedroom unit, pays 29% of gross income

Households can depend on stable housing costs and can afford essentials like health care and saving for college. Rent increases are modest and predictable, according to the rent schedule.

A similar 2-bedroom apartment in the area would cost them $1,300/mo or nearly 54% or their income.

The affordable housing unit lets them live close to work without being housing cost burdened.

Affordable For Sale Housing

Who qualifies:

How it works:

Housing costs:

There are a variety of programs to help create or make for sale housing more affordable, such as New Homes for Chicago, Affordable Requirements Ordinance, and Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA).

Each program has its own set of requirements. Programs typically target households between 60% and 120% Area Median Income. Programs typically target first time homebuyers and have resale restrictions. Homebuyers must qualify for a mortgage.

Depends on the size of the mortgage, interest rate and repayment terms. In addition to mortgage cost, taxes and insurance are included in housing cost calculation.

Income:

AMI:

Benefit:

Housing costs:

4 Person Household• Mother: Accountant • Grandmother: Certified Nurse

Assistant (Part-time)• 2 children

Affordable For Sale Housing$73,500/year or $6,125/month

97% AMI, qualifies for affordable for sale unit.

$1,564/month, pays 26% of gross income

$195,000 mortgage at 4% interest, 30 years$4,000 annual real estate taxes $1,200 homeowner insurance$200 monthly utilities

Households can enjoy the benefits of home-ownership without being housing cost burdened.

Households have been educated about the responsibilities of homeownership through homebuyer counseling and are better prepared to be homeowners.

Market Rate: Rental & For Sale Housing

Who qualifies:

How it works:

Housing payments:

Priced at what people are willing to pay for housing in a given location. Different locations in the city have different “market rates”, which is also influenced by the supply and demand of housing in the particular area.

Units are not income restricted. Anyone who can: • meet rent payments and property owner

requirements, or • qualify for mortgage and meet all housing

related payments.

Rent is paid to landlord, and utilities are typically paid for by tenant.

Mortgage payments made to lender. Homeowner also pays for property taxes, insurance, utilities and condo fees.

$83,900/ year or $6,992/month

102% AMI

$1,800/month 3 bedroom unit, pays 26% of gross income

They can live without housing cost burden and have flexibility and choice to find a unit that meets the needs of their growing family.

4+ person household• Firefighter• Music Teacher• 2 children, expecting 3rd

Market Rate Rental

Income:

AMI:

Housing costs:

Benefit:

Market Rate For Sale

2 Person Household• Architect• Copy Editor

Income:

AMI:

Housing costs:

Benefit:

$99,750/ year or $8,312/month

164% AMI

$2,448/month 3 bedroom condo, pays 29% of gross income

$340,000 mortgage at 4% interest, 30 years$6,000 annual real estate taxes$1,500 homeowner insurance$200 monthly utilities

They can enjoy the benefits of homeownership, live without housing cost burden and have the flexibility and choice to own a home that meets their needs.

DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS

LivableCommunitiesPatricia Saldaña Natke, AIAUrbanWorks, Ltd.

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Livable Communities





Bring People Together•

Chicago Area Waterway System

Lathrop's location on the Chicago River connects the site to the Great Lakes ecosystem and opportunities for recreation

Image courtesy of Studio Gang

Manage and Conserve Water and Energy Resources

Historically we are water rich



By improving water and energy efficiency, we can help avoid potential shortages and the impacts of climate change.

Wolff Landscape


When energy is conserved, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and their negative effects on our economy and lifestyles.


Two Views of Cities:

CO2 generated by automobiles in the Chicago region per year


The typical suburban development represented in this chart produces over twice the carbon emissions of a more compact development with a range of land uses.


We have an opportunity to drastically lower CO2 emissions just by rethinking how we design our communities. C H I C A G O G R E E N H O U S E

G A S E M I S S I O N S A N D R E D U C T I O N G O A L S

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Chicago Climate Action Plan


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Improve Parks and Open Space

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Green spaces contribute to our personal well-being and regional economy.


Access to parks and open space improves the health of our region’s residents and the value of their homes.


Currently only 49% of people in the region have adequate access to parks

10 acres per 1000 people.


Lakeshore East, Magellan Development

Expand and Improve Parks and Open Space

Growing Power

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention

Promote Sustainable Local Food•Over 61% of people in the region are overweight or obese.

•This leads to diabetes and other nutrition-related diseases.

•These percentages are higher in African Americans and Latinos.

Production and consumption of local food create a thriving culture and community

Growing Power

Promote Sustainable Local Foodand Healthy Living

Growing Power

Promote Sustainable Local Foodand Healthy Living

When smart decisions are made about land use and housing, our communities become more livable for the residents.

Bring People Together


Our region draws strength from the diversity of its communities.

While development should fit the local context, community choices about land use and housing should also emphasize principles that improve livability.


NeighborhoodBuilding BlocksPatricia Saldaña Natke, AIAUrbanWorks, Ltd.

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