City of Griffin GEORGIA INITATIVE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING 2010 Junior Class Report Back.

City of Griffin

GEORGIA INITATIVE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING

2010 Junior Class Report Back

Providing Homebuyer Education through Community Partnerships

Sponsored four (4) homebuyer education workshops between February 2009 and June 2010

110 individuals completed the homebuyer training Partners included:

Affordable Housing Enterprises First National Bank of Griffin United Bank Housing Authority of the City of Griffin Regions Bank Patricia Ogletree, Keller Williams

Increasing Homeownership

Closed on (4) Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) assisted houses

Benefiting 13 low/moderate income persons

4 Potential new homebuyers to close within a month

CHIP Program extended for 12 additional months

Housing Initiatives Griffin NSP

Managed by Griffin Spalding Land Bank Authority Closed in 17 Single family Homes Rehabilitating homes for resale and lease

Community Tax Incentive Program Increase the millage rate on blighted properties Fund code enforcement activities with taxes

HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Grant Partnership with the Atlanta Regional Commission Promote Affordable Housing with Transit Integrate transportation, housing, land use Create a Housing Strategy Plan

Griffin’s Urban Redevelopment Area

1. Thomaston Mill Urban edevelopment Plan

2. Downtown Urban Redevelopment Plan

3. North Griffin Urban Redevelopment Plan

4. West Griffin Urban Redevelopment Plan

5. Southwest Griffin Urban Redevelopment Plan

West Griffin LCI Study Area and TAD

Transportation Overlay District

Foster dense, walkable development

Promote mixed use Provide user

friendly, legally defensible regulations

New Codes or Ordinances Implemented

New Codes or Ordinances Implemented

Unified Development Codes

Easy to use source for all phases of development

Uses Trees Creating New Lots Building

Uniform terminology Avoid regulatory conflicts Updates include graphics to

assist users

Questions