1. Description of the Goal
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Goal A: Increase access to affordable housing in high opportunity areas
Description of the Goal
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HIGH Importance
MEDIUM Importance
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Strategy Examples
Provide mobility counseling and support for improved access/utilization
Support regional fair market rent analysis to make vouchers competitive
Recruit and attract landlords in high opportunity areas with incentives
Analyze impact of criminal backgrounds and evictions on housing choice
Example strategies:
Provide mobility counseling and support to help people use their vouchers in areas of higher opportunity, as well as ongoing support to help them succeed in their new community
Support regional fair market rent analysis to make vouchers competitive – current FMRs trail the current fast moving, rapidly rising rents
Recruit and attract landlords in high opportunity areas with incentives – incentives may include risk pools to pay for damages, paid/double deposits, single point of contact for tenant problems
Analyze impact of criminal backgrounds and evictions on housing choice – what problems are people having? How could policies be adjusted to increase opportunity for rental/voucher use

2. Goal B: Increase supply of affordable housing units
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Goal B: Increase supply of affordable housing units
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HIGH Importance
MEDIUM Importance
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Strategy Examples
How important is this goal to improving fair housing access?
Example strategies
City of Plano currently engaged in comprehensive housing needs assessment
Implement voluntary inclusionary affordable housing incentives
Develop additional affordable housing units
Engage lenders in affordable housing finance (CRA)
Address rising property values and taxes – e.g. revise appraisal rules when valuing older dwellings in gentrifying areas
Expand home repair programs to include multi-family, rental
Plano is developing an accessory dwelling policy to expand housing in single family areas, also working to redevelop aging neighborhood retail centers
Complete comprehensive housing needs assessment
Create additional incentives to develop affordable housing
Develop new affordable housing units
Engage lenders to increase affordable housing finance
Address rising property values and taxes
Expand home repair programs to include multi-family, rental
Promote accessory dwellings and affordable housing in mixed use development

3. Rate Goals Strategy Examples
Goal C: Increase supply of accessible, affordable housing for persons with disabilities
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HIGH Importance
MEDIUM Importance
LOW Importance
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Strategy Examples
Project Based Vouchers – where the developer holds the vouchers
Universal design in construction and rehab for homeowners and rental housing, including multifamily
Use special voucher programs to increase accessible, affordable housing
Promote housing design accessible to all people
Develop additional funding resources for housing accessibility modifications

4. Goal D: Increase access to affordable transportation
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Goal D: Increase access to affordable transportation
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HIGH Importance
MEDIUM Importance
LOW Importance
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Strategy Examples
Conduct housing/transportation/jobs impact analyses
Support transportation coordination through business associations
Expand transit solutions for housing locations with seniors and persons with disabilities
Address transportation needs of people in publicly supported housing
Expand subsidized transit programs to low income riders
Increase access to public transit (‘first mile’ and ‘last mile’)
Require developers, businesses to assess the impact of their jobs when applying for city incentives – where is housing located that’s affordable to all their employees, including support and services staff? Is transportation available to get people to work?
Transportation Management Association – Plano, Legacy West Business Park – employers banding together to help employees find affordable transit, including shared rides
Increase transit that connects housing locations to major bus and rail lines

5. Goal E: Invest in neighborhoods
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Goal E: Invest in neighborhoods
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Strategy Examples
Incentivize neighborhood retail development
Enhance crime prevention including improved lighting
Expand ‘Love Where You Live’ program
Complete comprehensive public infrastructure accessibility assessment and increase resources for improvements
‘Love Where You Live’ is a City of Plano program that helps neighborhoods implement revitalization initiatives
Plano is currently conducting a comprehensive assessment of the accessibility of its public infrastructure to address aging streets, sidewalks

6. Goal F: Increase access to information
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Goal F: Increase access to information
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HIGH Importance
MEDIUM Importance
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Strategy Examples
Create a community task force (including private sector, government, nonprofits) to implement best communication practices for spreading information on:
Tenants’ rights
Housing programs (simplified application processes, accessibility modifications, repair, purchase, construction)

7. Goal G: Improve quality and management of publicly supported housing
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Goal G: Improve quality and management of publicly supported housing
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Strategy Examples
Share information to solve and prevent problems where publicly supported housing is located

8. Additional Goals
What other goal(s) would you like your city and/or housing agency to pursue?
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10. Racial Segregation Legend Data source: ACS 2015
% white greater than avg
% nonwhite = avg
% nonwhite < 10% > avg
% nonwhite < 20% > avg
% nonwhite < 30% > avg
% nonwhite < 40% > avg
Highways
Using 2015 data, mapped the differences between the percent of residents by race and ethnicity in census tracts as compared with the averages for the city
Red areas show areas where the percentage of white residents is greater than the average percent of white residents city-wide
Yellow areas are where the percent of nonwhite residents is equal to the percent of nonwhite residents city-wide
Dark green indicates areas where the percent of nonwhite residents is 30% to 39% greater than the average of nonwhite residents city-wide
Data source: ACS 2015
City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

11. Plano Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Racial Segregation
Plano Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Legend
% nonwhite = avg
% nonwhite <10% > avg
% nonwhite < 20% > avg
% nonwhite < 30% > avg
% white greater than avg
% nonwhite < 40% > avg
% nonwhite > 40% > avg
This map compares the percent of whites and nonwhites with the overall average rate found in the jurisdiction of the Plano Housing Authority. PHA jurisdiction is a radius of 20 miles from the PHA office
Areas where nonwhites have the highest rates of segregation are in couth Dallas.
Plano includes an area in southeast Plano where the percent of nonwhite residents is 20% to 29% greater than the average for the entire PHA jurisdiction, but not as highly segregated as south Dallas
Data source: ACS 2015
City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

12. Poverty Percent of residents below the US poverty rate - AFH Data 2013
Plano has several census tracts of high poverty – over 20% of residents with incomes below the federal poverty rate
City of Plano/Plano Housing Authority

13. Low Income Housing Gap (LIHTCs)
NTRHA Cities
# of LIHTC Units TDHCA 2017
# of Housing Units NTCOG 2017
LIHTC Units as % of Total Housing Units (2017)
% Total Households < $25k annual income (2016 ACS)
Median Household Income (ACS 2016)
$25k as % of Median Household Income (2016 ACS)
Cleburne
703
11,302
6.2%
25%
$ ,573
50%
Fort Worth
13,698
314,761
4.4%
22%
$ ,876
46%
Denton
2,156
52,044
4.1%
26%
$ ,487
Dallas
20,116
542,928
3.7%
27%
$ ,215
55%
McKinney
2,262
61,220
11%
$ ,257
30%
Garland
1,287
82,787
1.6%
19%
$ ,220
47%
Irving
1,322
96,160
1.4%
$ ,868
Plano
1,174
109,813
1.1%
$ ,085
29%
Frisco
404
58,150
0.7% 6%
$ 117,642
21%
The LIHTC is the largest program currently available to produce new affordable housing
Plano has 1174 LIHTC units or 1.1% of all housing units
But 11% of Plano households earn less than $25k per year making it difficult to afford market rate housing
The availability of affordable housing is insufficient to meet the need
LIHTC = Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects

14. Location of PHA Vouchers
1064 PHA HCVs (Households) spread over 239 Census Tracts
345 PHA HCVs (32%) in 6 Census Tracts (2.5%)
423 PHA HCVs (40%) used within City of Plano
Plano Housing Authority Housing Choice Vouchers are used throughout the PHA jurisdiction (20 mile radius)
However, renters tend to concentrate their use of the vouchers in a smaller number of census tracts
The highest number of units in one census tract is 67
The size of the dots is proportional to the number of voucher holders resident in each census tract.
The majority of PHA vouchers are used outside the boundaries of the city of Plano

15. Where are people struggling with affordability?
Percent of households reporting housing cost burden
Up to 29% of households in Plano report spending more than 30% of their income on housing and utilities (darkest shaded areas).
Housing Cost Burden: Plano CHAS/ACS Data