REMARKS
Concerns about the administration's approach to City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
0:10:40
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Council Member Riley expresses concerns about the administration's approach to the Zoning for Housing Opportunity (ZHO) proposal. He criticizes the lack of community involvement in crafting the proposal.
- The administration put forward a complicated set of reforms affecting every community in the city
- Some reforms make sense, but the proposal doesn't identify specific housing needs for different neighborhoods
- Communities were given only a few months to understand and propose modifications to the complicated proposals
- Many communities are understandably upset due to the lack of involvement in the development process
Kevin C. Riley
0:10:40
The administration put forward a complicated set of reforms that would affect every community in the city.
0:10:47
Some of these reforms make a lot of sense.
0:10:50
The problem is that the proposal does not identify the specific housing needs that different types of neighborhoods have.
0:10:59
Such an expensive proposal should have been thought out and crafted in partnership with communities before it was presented as a final proposal.
0:11:09
Instead, our communities were just given a few months to understand these complicated proposals and to propose modifications that address the specific housing needs.
0:11:20
As a result, many of our communities are understandably upset.
