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* We use HUD's definition of workforce housing as attainable for households earning between 80% ($58,800) and 120% ($88,200) of AMI with total housing costs not exceeding 30% of gross income. <br />
* We also use HUD's definition of affordable housing as attainable for households below 80% of AMI ($
* It is important to understand public subsidies such as the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) are only available to households with less than 60% of AMI ($44,100). <br />
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* '''There is a shortage of financially attainable quality housing for 74% of our neighbors -- from the homeless up to households making $100,000 per year.''' <br />
*Although all of our neighbors can contribute to creating a regenerative culture in Greater Reno by re-balancing their time and financial resources, the better off among us have a special capability to drive the Regenesis transformation. For
<big>'''Identifying and Recruiting Developers for 1,000 Units of Housing'''</big><br /
We are working with the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency (TMRPA) and real estate experts to determine the best parcels for building the first 1,000 housing units within TMRPA’s Scenario 4: Infill. Their four scenarios illustrate where 43,000 additional housing units could be built over the next twenty years to accommodate a growth in population of 100,000.<br />
The TMRPA’s Scenario 4: Infill
* Emphasizes policies that encourage growth to go to already developed areas<br />
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<big>'''News from YIMBY of Northern Nevada'''</big><br />
* The housing shortage is not an unintended policy failure. Greater Reno has a housing shortage because of decades of voting and organizing against housing. The solution is to organize ''for'' housing. <br />
* We must mobilize our communities, employees of our businesses and other organizations, make our case in the media, write to legislators, support projects at hearings, support pro-housing candidates, and vote for more housing.<br />
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Gordon Gossage <br />
Regenesis
gordongossage@gmail.com <br />
www.RegenesisReno.com <br />
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If you would like to support the crowdfunding of YIMBY of Northern Nevada, contact Gordon at the number above or send a check made out to<br />
Regenesis
Please note that our company is not a nonprofit, so your contribution is not tax deductible. Regenesis
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