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Implement a Strong Neighborhoods Initiative Expand Housing Choices CHAPTER 2: LIVE Major Actions: • Create a baseline housing inventory and neighborhoods assessment to develop a neighborhoods health report. • Initiate and support the development of a Neighbor- hood Congress (representative organization for all HOAs/ Neighborhood Associations). • Amend the Land Development Ordinance to include con- text-sensitive infill and redevelopment standards. • Expand the framework of Project Phoenix to include an interdepartmental task force. • Expand the funding and scope of the Neighborhood Im- provement Program. Major Actions: • Create a Cary task force to collaborate with employers and other stakeholders on the development of workforce housing. • Tie general fund support of community investment and housing to a fixed formula based on the age of the hous- ing stock, population growth and/or amount of CDBG funds received. Continue to operate as a revolving fund. • Develop new zoning districts and/or development in- centives to accommodate new housing options such as co-housing, boarding houses, small apartment buildings, tiny houses, cottage homes, garage apartments. • Initiate/participate in intergovernmental efforts to in- crease revenue support for funding affordable housing. • Prioritize existing publicly-owned land for affordable housing developments; land-bank appropriate sites. Southern Village, located in Chapel Hill, is an excellent example of a community's resolve to provide housing choices within a single cohesive and well-designed development. This mixed use planned community offers a variety of housing op ons and price points within one very walkable development: second story apartments over commercial retail, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family detached housing. A Strong Neighborhoods Ini a ve (SNI) was established by the City of San José, California, and partner organiza ons to strengthen the city's neighborhoods by building clean, safe and strong neighborhoods with independent, capable, and sustainable neighborhood organiza ons. By coordina ng and combining resources, the Ini a ve is helping neighborhoods reach their full poten al as highly livable communi es. HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR VISION 1 2 26 COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT [NOV. 3, 2016]