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I I I I Affordable Housing StudFinal Implementation Repoto the lCC! Board of Director

F/!5/2003CCIitizens building .: : a b ette r c ommum tyhe JCCI Affordable Housing Study was released in May of 2000. The purpose of the study was to identify howacksonville community could maximize the efforts of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and privnterests to ensure a sufficient stock of decent, affordable housing, either owned or rented, for very low-oderate-income families. The study focused on privately developed and managed housing and the useovernment subsidies, as well as other financing mechanisms, to develop affordable homeownership and renousing. It excluded issues concerning government-owned and managed rental properties, known as Pubousing. It identified and examined a variety of housing needs, programs, and strategies to improve affordabousing opportunities but did not provide an exhaustive evaluation of these issues.ill Bishop chaired the study effort and Joni Foster has guided the implementation effort. The Affordable Housi:npJementation Task Force (AHTF) consisted mainly of persons who served on the study committee and the studanagement team. The implementation task force of ten members worked through three subcommittees namede targets of the top recommendations:

Subcommittees ChairsWanda Lanier and Carlton Jones

uval County School Board Dawn Lockhartacksonville Housino Partnership/Housing Roundtable Marshall Gallup and Joni Foster

espite experiencing a reduction in volunteer effort, JCCI staff turnover and the loss of a committee co-chair,ask force continued its advocacy efforts for the past three years.CCI records document 14 formal meetings of the task force held between November 2000 and July 2003. Theo not reflect the many additional hours spent informally making contacts and gathering additional information. No they include the strategy sessions that occurred by phone and emaiLecause of the slow response by City officials to our recommendations, the 2003 mayoral election campaigecame an important focus of the task force in order that a new Mayor would focus on the issue and commitplementing solutions.he final implementation report to the JCCI Board outlines the actions and the results of the implementatiorocess. Each recommendation is then printed in bold italics, followed by comments about the implementation effnd the task force's assessment of its degree of success. The report ends with the task force's recommendations1eJCCI Board.

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verall Actions and Resultsll in all, the Implementation Task Force believes that three recommendations were implemented, five were partianplemented, five were not implemented and one was not rated.he Task Force's greatest success was the successful passage of Ordinance 2002-1314 creating the Tacksonville Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) on June 11, 2003. The Commissionesignated as the housing agency for the City for affordable housing, Community Development Block Grant fundtate Housing Initiative Partnership funds, housing initiatives and all matters relating to housing with the exceptionose matters, which fall within the responsibility of the Jacksonville Housing Authorityty Administration Subcommitteeecause eight of the fourteen recommendations were directed to the City of Jacksonville, it was imperative forsk force to work with City officials for significant implementation to take place. The City Administratioubcommittee sent letters to all City Council members in January 2001. Over the next year and a half membef the sub committee met with the Mayor, Audrey Moran, and Brad Thoburn from the Mayor's office, Jeannewell, John Curtain, and John Fleming (City staff) and City Council members Alberta Hipps, Jerry Holland, Jverton, Reggie Fullwood, Matt Carlucci, Gwen Yates, and Suzanne Jenkins, in order to educate them about tCCr Affordable Housing study recommendations and to seek support for implementation.June of 2000, immediately after the study's release, the City responded to the JCCI Affordable Housing stucommendations in writing (signed by city COO Lex Hester but written by Janet Hamer, Division Chief for Housiervices.) In October 2001, the Implementation Committee asked Jeannie Fewell, Director of the Planniepartment to update us on any changes since the City's response in June 2000. Fewell also attended tplementation Committee meetings in September and November 2001 to explain the administration's positio

:1 the recommendations.he Implementation chair (Joni Foster) along with a number of other committee members participated in paralfforts to raise the awareness of the need for affordable housing and reminded the Mayor of the JCCI studyften as possible. The Mayor agreed in August 2000 to hold a Summit on Affordable Housing. We were ledelieve this summit would happen in January 2001, in June 2001, in November 2001, and in March 200crapping the idea of a summit, the Mayor announced he would roll out a new initiative on Affordable Housingune 2002, and in his budget address in July 2002 the Mayor unveiled his plans to roll all city resourcesffordable housing under one umbrella organization. City Councilman Jerry Holland at the behest of Mayor Joelaney introduced ordinance 2003-1314 to the City Council to form the Jacksonville Housing and Communievelopment Commission. On June 11, 2003 the City Council passed Ordinance 2002-1314 establishing the 1ember Jacksonville Housing and Community Development Commission, overseeing the distribution of $illion to $30 million annually for all housing needs in Jacksonville, except those administered by the Jacksonvilusing Authority.eeting with City Council members proved to have mixed results as well. Some were enthusiastic and spoke opublic as advocates of our recommendations or affordable housing in general (Jenkins, Fullwood, and Brownhe rest allowed us to educate them about affordable housing but took no active stance to support ocommendations. However, one significant action from the City Council in the past two years was to set asid5 million for affordable housing from a $50 million bond initiative passed in June 2002.ecause of the Implementation Committee's frustration at the City Administration's delays and lack of direffirmative response to the recommendations, the Committee decided in March 2002 to focus our final yearducating the candidates for Mayoral elections in 2003. A separate subcommittee was appointed to work withoallt lon of groups in Jacksonville to ultimately hold a candidate's forum on affordable housing. Thbcommittee and coalition (which included the Housing Roundtable) held "brown bag lunch" meetings with fo

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Mayoral candidates and held a weJl-received candidate's forum on February 3, 2003 attended by seven of tcandidates, including John Peyton who ultimately won election.Jne immediate result of the Mayoral Forum was that Councilman Carlucci introduced and City Council passedFebruary 2003 an emergency resolution to strongly encourage the Florida Legislature to preserve the StaHousing Trust Fund.Duval County School Board Subcommittee (Financial Literacy)In January 2001, the JCCI Affordable Housing study was sent to the members of the Duval County School Boaith a letter seeking support for Recommendation 7 on financial literacy. Task Force members met with DuvCounty Public Schools curriculum staff, to discuss a strategy that would integrate financial literacy into txisting, required high school economics course.In addition, subcommittee members spoke to individual members of the school board (Johnson and Gibson) aattempted to speak at school board regular meetings and at workshops but were either denied or removed frohe agenda. Nonetheless, in a relentless campaign by the subcommittee chair, Dawn Lockhart, school boamembers and Superintendent Fryer have been sent relevant handouts, news articles and other materials over tlast two years that describe what other boards are doing to bring this topic into school classrooms ...he Duval County School Board subcommittee also took on the task of lobbying JCCI was to consider financi

literacy (Recommendation 14) as a potential study topic in 2000, 2001 and 2002. JCCl's Program Committevaluated the requests, but the topic was not selected as a study issue. The AHTF successfully lobbied trogram committee for JCCI Forward, the emerging leaders group within JCel, to choose Financial Literacyne of its three issue forums in 2003. The forum included 20 to 30 participants who met for four months aeveloped an action plan to increase Financial Literacy in Jacksonville.acksonville Housing Partnership/Housing Roundtable Subcommittee

Implementation Committee members participated in the Housing Roundtable discussions and met formally wHP staff to discuss the recommendations. Shortly after the study was released to the community, tacksonville Housing Partnership convened the Housing Roundtable to discuss the feasibility and implicationsecommendations 5 and 6, formalizing the Housing Roundtable as an advocacy organization and playinglearinghouse role for information on affordable housing in Jacksonville. The Housing Roundtable membershecided that the Housing Roundtable's purpose is better served as a networking and information group. Tousing Roundtable would not take formal positions on public policy but would continue being a forum fducation on issues and encourage the individual members to participate in policy discussions. The Roundtabormed an advisory committee to provide a bit more guidance to the Roundtable, and has played a notable rolenumber of educational efforts in the past two years around the Mayor's proposed commission, the Mayorlections, the State Housing Trust Fund to name a few. In addition, the Roundtable set up a website wnformation on Housing in Jacksonville and briefly tried a phone hotline for Housing that closed because of lack

her Actionsnumber of the recommendations were dealt with either by the entire Implementation Committee orndividuals on the committee.

or Recommendations 9 and 12 directed at the Duval Delegation, the Task Force sent a letter (January 15, 200o Jim King, chair of the Duval Delegation and Implementation Committee Co-chair, Carlton Jones representehe task force at a Duval County Legislative hearing on January 18. Delegation members were given a copy of t'udy report as well as a one-page summary of the task force's request for the Delegation to implemeecommendations 9 and 12. Senator Jim King encouraged the task force to work with his staff to determine whteps Delegation members can take to implement these recommendations.

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he product of the Affordable Housing Study has not only been a document given to legislators. Perhaps tore lasting effect of the Study has been the education and direction it has given to the people who participate1 its formation and implementation. Through this study JCCI has educated a cadre of people who are becominore vocal, more visibJeand more effective in advocating on the need for affordable housing in jacksonville. Waw evidence of this during the legislative battle in the past two years to preserve the State Housing Trust Funoth years the trust fund has prevailed. Both years, advocates in Jacksonville have played a significant roleinning this battle. The Affordable Housing Study and Implementation Committees should be credited for playipart in this and future victories.

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dividual Results1. Prior to its next fiscal year, the City administration should begin a formal process to obtain puband housing-provider input toward implementing changes to its current affordable-housiplanning and coordination methods. Pinellas County's planning and coordination practices shoube considered for implementation local/y. Specifically, City administration should charappropriate agenciesor departments to take the fol/owing actions: Form a centralized agency or department to be the recipient of all federal and stateaffordable-housing funds, which would then be distributed through a streamlined andcoordinated allocation system;

Restructure the use of CDBG,HOME,and SHIPfunds, as well as proceeds from mortgagerevenue-bond issues, to leveragemore effectively private investment in affordable-housingprojects and to establish a priority toward: the development of affordable rental housing for very low-income households; the rehabilitation of substandard units; and thepreservation of existing affordable housing units.

Market and advertise more aggressively the availability of these funds to interestedapplicants, including very low-income households, minority housing consumers, for-profitand nonprofit developers, and nonprofit providers;

Work closely with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, local lenders, and for-profitdevelopers to design and implement a pilot program to increase the housing-developmentand housing-rehabilitation capacity of local CHDOsand CDCs. Theprogram should utilizefully the expertise and resources of supporting partners, provide sufficient initial funding tocover administrative and operational costs, and include specific goals, objectives, andevaluation of outcomes; and

Design and implement a customer-satisfaction survey to ensure accountability by bothfunders and funding recipients for housing-project goals and outcomes.

he major focus on this recommendation was the formation of a coordinating body to streamline the distributionffordable housing funds. The passage of Ordinance 2002-1314 creating the HCDC is a major step toward tity developing more cohesive policies and streamlined processes regarding affordable housing developed wblic input.hen we approached the various departments of the City that deal with affordable housing on the sub-pointsis recommendation, as might have been anticipated, each office defended their current strategy and work. Ctaff contends that it has the right priority mix when it comes to the use of CDGB, HOME and SHIP fundsrovide rental housing, rehabilitate substandard housing and preserve existing affordable housing units. Becausere are waiting lists for existing affordable housing programs, the City administration maintains thatarketing and advertising strategies are sufficient and its programs are being fully utilized as a result. Thlanning and Development Department and its Housing Services Division already have customer- satisfactiourveys for all of its programs. The results are reported monthly and C.A.R.E. lines are monitored daily. (The tarce was not provided with a summary of the results.)

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n a positive note, we have. been able to glean a few improvements or changes in City programs. Mignificantly in the Summer 2002, the City Council set aside $5 million in a $50 million general revenue bondffordable housing. Over the past two fiscal years (2000-2001 and 2002-2003) the City set-aside 20 percentiOME funds for operating support for CDCs/CHDOs. The City has worked very closely with Operation New Hoo market Springfield for homeownership and has developed two different subsidy programs to encouraehabilitation and homeownership for families earning 80 percent or less of median income.. / . . / ' I Fully Implemented2. Until a centralized city agency is established, the Planning and Development Deparlment shoutake the lead, with necessary City Council approval, to actively promote affordable, privaresidential development, both new construction and rehabilitation, by strengthening or creatinewmechanisms to: expand the Housing Services Division's efforts in the Springfield area and the Mayor'sIntensive CareNeighborhoods to other areas in Jacksonville; strongly encourage, andpossibly require, developers who receive public funds to set asidea percentage of housing units for households with very low andmoderate income; enable private owners of small single';'and multi-family rental properties to rent their unitsto very low- and low-income households at affordable rates;

promote infill andmixed-price housing development; and enable private developers, through low-cost loans, lien forgiveness, streamlined titleclearances, and relaxed zoning and land-use regulations, to easily acquire and rehabilitatesubstandard housing units.

he Planning and Development Department felt that they have adequate systems currently in place to addressf the points under this recommendation. The Implementation Committee received dribs and drabs of informatiover the past 2.5 years mostly in anecdotal form. For instance, they noted that in Springfield they are promotinfill and mixed-price housing though identification and land banking of City owned lots and assistance in title aen issues. Fifteen units of new construction are underway in Southwest Springfield, and another 25 units of inousing are planned for East Jacksonville with seven units completed in that neighborhood. This is in additione two-story, single family, units being built in East Jacksonville by HabiJax. The Planning and Developmeepartment is assisting private developers to rehabilitate substandard units by issuing Requests for Proposalsevelop Springfield. The City is helping Edward Waters College develop housing around the college.mplementation Task Force members are not completely satisfied. Members wondered about federal funding thas been used in recent years to develop several residential projects in downtown Jacksonville withoevelopers being required to set aside units for affordable housing. Large developments of regional impact haeen approved without affordable housing goals. Without adequate baseline data or an easily accessibeporting mechanism, the committee felt that they couldn't evaluate the effectiveness of the City's efforts.pecial mention: The AHTF could not evaluate this recommendation due to lack of adequate information.

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3. In order to preserve the existing housing stock, the City Council should adopt a policy thstrongly promotes, where possible, the rehabilitation of substandard housing rather thandemolition. Thispolicy should be implemented as soon as possible and should: strengthen and sufficiently fund the current code-entorcement process, from initial notice

of violation to final action by the Property Safety Division, to ensure that substandardhousing units are rehabilitated, particularly in areas where large numbers of theseproperties exist;

increase penalties for code violations in order togive absentee landlords strong motivationto repair andmaintain their properties;

create a mechanism, through local ordinance or state legislation if necessary, thatstreamlines the process of conveying abandoned or hazardous properties to potential re-developers with minimal delay and cost; and

authorize the Property Safety Division to train volunteers of neighborhood associations torecognize and report code violations.

The committee notes the following successes: In the past three years, the Property Safety Division has increased the number of Code EnforcemeOfficers from 23 to 47; Emphasis is being placed on timely reinspecitons in order to prompt all homeowners, not just absentelandlords, to bring their properties up to standard; Code enforcement conducted workshops at the Neighborhood Summit; The City has improved a lien forgiveness policy to aid the redevelopment of abandoned properties anddeveloping a batch foreclosure process to streamline conveyance of abandoned or hazardous properties During our implementation period Duval County Housing Finance Authority received an increase in StaSHIP funding to rehabilitate additional substandard homes in Jacksonville; and The Planning and Development department states it is actively pursuing available property fredevelopment by for profit and nonprofit organizations. .

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4. The City Council should charge the Duval County Housing Finance Authority and the HousinServices Division to devise a plan with adequatefunding to preserve more effectively the existinhousing stock in Jacksonville. Specifically, theplan should: appropriate public dollars from available sources (e.g., SHIP, HOME, and CDBGfunds) tocreate a dedicated, revolving trust fund or other similar source of consistent funding toassist very low- and low-income households, especially the elderly and people withdisabilities, with the rehabilitation of their homes;

establish and enforce requirements enabling the City to recapture some of the housingrepair and/or rehabilitation funds provided to low-income homeowners upon their death orthe sale of their home, and to recycle these funds through the revolving trust fund; and

e seek a city ordinance to limit the increase in taxes resulting from rehabilitation efforts,particularly for very low-income households.

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ost significantly in the SUmmer 2002, the City Council set aside $5 million in a $50 million general revenue bo'or affordable housing.he City states that they have adequate mechanisms in place to recapture funds for rehabilitation of properthrough conditions in the mortgage lien. The task force did not review the City's documents or "recapture claund therefore cannot comment on its adequacy.

hen the Affordable Housing Study began the City had in place a 10-year property-tax abatement for historoperties. Nonprofits can also apply for tax exemption for the properties they own. No additional efforts haeen made to limit property tax increases.utside of that direct legislation, there is currently no clear or easy way to monitor changes in dollar levelsumber of units of affordable housing. Even our Study's attempts, spending enormous time compiling informatirom various agencies and reports, produced very doubtful baseline information because of the differenceseporting formats and the lack of access to underlying documentation. Therefore the Implementation Committannot determine the extent that this recommendation has been successful.

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5. The Jacksonville Housing Partnership should convene the Housing Roundtable for the purposecreating a more formal organization that utilizes the resources, knowledge, and expertise ofparticipants more effectively. The formal structure of the Roundtable should be organized toself-sustaining, with member entities securing the appropriate public and private resourcnecessary to cover the cost of neededstaffing and desired functions.

he Housing Roundtable membership seriously considered the Task Force's recommendation but eventuaeconfirmed that their purpose is better served as a networking and information group. The Housing Roundtabill not take formal positions on public policy but will continue to provide a forum for education on housing issund encourage the individual members to participate in policy discussions.he Roundtable formed an advisory committee to provide a bit more guidance to the Roundtable, and has playnotable role in a number of educational efforts in the past two years around the Mayor's commission,ayoral elections, the State Housing Trust Fund to name a few.. / I Partially Implemented6. Under its new structure and as part of its initial function, the Housing Roundtable should initiaand facilitate a coordinated, ongoing, community-wide, public-education and information proceto ensure that housing consumers (particularly very low- to moderate-income households) aproviders are well informed about the affordable-housing market. TheRoundtable should markand adequately fund this process and should disseminate the information it collects tointerested parties. Until the Roundtable's new structure is operational, the Jacksonville HousiPartnership should convene Roundtablemembers to initiate this collaborative effort. Theon-goiprocess should include at least the foJ/owingelements:

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Establishing, operating, and widely publicizing a staffed hotline that provides informationon housing-related programs, agencies, and services. Offering useful information, both by phone and through written materials, on: how to avoid and overcome barriers to obtaining affordable housing; ho_wo avoid predatory lenders and excessive debt; the availability and effectiveness of pre-purchase homebuyer education and creditcounseling, as well as the negative consequences associated with mortgage defaultsand foreclosures; and . the benefits of affordable housing to the community and the inaccuracy of commonlyheld stereotypes regarding "low-income" housing.

Using all means possible to disseminate this information, including the media and theannual Affordable Housing Expo.omments:he Housing Roundtable has established a website with information on Housing in Jacksonv

(www.housinginfo.org) and briefly tried a phone hotfine for Housing that closed because of lack of use.fter a three-year absence due to a lack of sponsorship, the Housing Expo will return in 2003 to educansumers about the process of purchasing a home.

. ./ I Fully Implemented7. TheDuval County School Board (and likewise private school administrative bodies in Jacksonvillshould ensure that its students receive adequate instruction in financial literacy. Specificalschools should: use effective curricula to educate and train students in how to become better informed andskilled housing consumers; provide sufficient training in all the basic elements of financial literacy as they relate tohousing, including personal budgeting and financial management, the use of credit, and theramifications of personal debt; and

provide sufficient and requlsr training to teachers and school administrators on theimportance of financial literacy andmoney-managementpractices.

he Duval County School Board has not taken action on our recommendation although Implementatimmittee members have provided information and had meetings with individual school board members arriculum development personnel that may have indirectly influenced an increase in the number of classroochers requesting presentations by Consumer Counseling Services.I Not Implemented

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8. The Mayor and City Council should identifyf fundi and authorize the appropriate agencydepartment to establish an on-going data collection (including primary data) and disseminatioprocess that more accurately documents the local demand for and supply of affordable housinThis process should be conducted at regular intervals, such as every five yearsl and shouinclude: the cost of housing, both of property and rents; its geographic locations; its condition-using uniform criteria to determine whether or not it is substandard; its potential for rehabilitation; and other pertinent datadeemedimportant by the designated agencyor department.

he Planning and Development Department did not see a need to collect more information or develop differentpanded reports for the public. They felt the process would be too costly and yield little benefit.

I Not Implemented9. The Duval County Legislative Delegation should seek approval by the Florida Legislaturelegislation establishing a statewide clearinghouse of data that sufficiently and accuratedocuments the current demand for and supply of affordable housing throughout the state andeach county. This is necessary to ensure appropriate funding allocations across Floridajurisdictions. This clearinghouse should utilize local data, where possible, and should makeavailable to all parties having an interest in housing issues.

e State Legislature has adopted legislation to create such a data clearinghouse documenting the supply anmand for affordable housing. The AHTF has not seen the product resulting from this legislation so no furthemment can be made about its usefulness. It is unclear whether the Duval Delegation was vocal in its supporte legislation.he Implementation Committee was not directly responsible for the implementation of this recommendation.)

I Fully Implemented10.TheCity Council should amend the Zoning Code to expand affordable-housing opportunities bencouraging mixed-use and higher-density developments (e.g'l zero-lot-line development ogarage apartments on residential lots).

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he Planning and Development Department felt that current policies adequately address concerns in tscornmendation. According to Jeannie Fewell mixed-use and higher density development is possible under txisting Zoning Code. Specifically, mixed-use is possible under a PUD zoning category. Zero lot line developmend clustering are done now. There was also a mixed-use land category added to the zoning code in 199ewell, also suggested that the lack of such development is a result of citizen opposition, not zoning codeslanning. The Task Force was neither able to determine if developers are using the code, nor determine whcentives exists to use the code.he Implementation Committee noted that they were not aware that any of the last 3-5 PUDS or ORIs includny affordable housing in the development. lt has not been determined what the City administration or Council is doing to encourage developers to use the existing zoning categories. Without statistical data tommittee is unable to say that any increase in affordable housing has occurred because of this vehicle.

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11.The Mayor and City Council should advocate to the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that wimprove and expand Jacksonville's affordable-housing stock. Specifically, Congress should: increase and maintain adequate funding for HUO's rental-assistance programs, as well asincrease the per-capita allocation for state-administered affordable-housing programs (i.e.,the Housing Credit Program and theMortgage RevenueBond Program); and

ensure the preservation of HUD'sSection 8project-based rental properties.ornrnents:he City Council passed an emergency resolution in February 2003 to the State Legislature supporting the Staousing Trust Fund.ity administration officials agreed that improvement and expansion are needed in Federa[ funds, and stated thave communicated this to federal officials.

! Partially Implemented12.TheDuval County Legis/ative Delegation should seek adoption of legislation to require the FloridHousing Finance Corporation to simplify its federal Housing Credit funding-application processo that developers can reduce time delays and unnecessary expenses.

his item was brought to the attention of the Duval Delegation as a result of influences outside the AHTF. Thougdical changes have occurred in the process, the Duval Delegation is only marginally involved. Furthermore, thanges made to the process are not far reaching enough to pronounce it simplified.I Not Implemented

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13. In order to combat NIMBY opposition in certain districts and neighborhoods, the Mayor and CCouncil should establish an incentive policy (e.g., allow low-income housing in exchange focommunity park or swimming pool) to mitigate resident opposition to the siting of affordabhousing projects in their areas.

mplementation Committee members did meet with individual City Council members, but the Council has takenirect action. The Committee noted that no creative incentives were offered to neighborhoods in response to twecent, high profile NIMBY fights with JHA's proposed purchase of rental units in Argyle Forest and Mandarin.X I Not Implemented

14.The Jacksonville Community Council Inc. should conduct a citizen-based study on financilliteracy, both to examine its full impact on the Jacksonville community and to recommend wato improve themoney-managementskills of Jacksonville's citizens. JCCIshould encourageactinvolvement from key participants, including the Duval County Public Schools, nonproorganizations that provide homebuyer education and credit counseling, and public and privaaffordable-housing funders.

he JCCI Board of Directors did validate the value of the study, but did not elect to study Financial Literacy002 or 2003. The program committee for JCCI Forward adopted Financial Literacy as one of its topics for t_003 issue forums, which began on January 21, 2003. Speakers included, Delores Kesler, ATS Services, Jilkington, FDIC Money Smart, Dawn Lockhart, Family Credit Counseling, and nine other financial experts. Afur months of studying the issue forum participants developed an action plan that includes the following steps:JCCI Forward members will complete the training for the FDIC's MoneySmart program and the NCEEFinancial Fitness for Life program;JCCI Forward members will conduct "Train the Trainer" sessions for interested JCCI Forward participants; aTrainers will present the program to community groups and schools.

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ecommendations to the JCCI Board\t the conclusion of the Affordable Housing Implementation Committee's work, we would like to offer the followiecommendation to the JCCI board:. We recommend that the JCCI Board and Staff monitor the formation of the Jacksonville Housing aCommunity Development Commission to ensure that this body truly provides a place and a process for pubinput on a cohesive affordable housing policy.. We recommend that the JCCI Board and Staff continue to encourage the City to develop a system for collectiand reporting data on affordable housing in a format that citizens can easily access and monitor teffectiveness of the City's affordable housing policies.. We encourage the JCCI Board and Staff to actively participate in advocacy efforts on the local, state anational levels to preserve and expand the resources that support affordable housing in Duval County.f the fourteen recommendations in this study, three recommendations were implemented, five were partiamplemented, five were not implemented, and one was not rated. In all, 57 percent of the recommendations welly or partially implemented.he members of the Affordable Housing Implementation Task Force also recommended that the formal JCmplementation process be concluded.

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