A Housing Trust Fund for Milwaukee

Homelessness in Milwaukee

Milwaukee’s Homeless

• Over 2,000 persons are homeless in Milwaukee each night • Many are children • 500-800 are “chronically homeless” • Length of stay in shelters has increased dramatically

“Housing First” – a Dramatic Shift in Homeless Strategy

• Shelter System shifts to providing Housing as the Top Priority

Housing + Services = Success

• Shift will require 100s of new units of affordable housing • New Policy requires a community commitment to provide additional housing & services

Many Single Homeless Stayed in SROs – Which Have Disappeared

• The Towne Hotel • Demolished in the 1980s to make room for the Blue Federal Building

Loss of SRO’s in Milwaukee

• The Belmont Hotel • Demolished in the 1980s

Loss of SRO’s in Milwaukee

• The Randolph Hotel • The Antlers Hotel • The Plankinton Hotel • All were demolished in the Grand Ave. Mall Project

Poverty in Milwaukee Increases

Milwaukee Poverty is on the Rise

• Milw has the 12 th Highest Poverty Rate in the US

22% Live in Poverty 22%

• 125,000 Milwaukee residents live in poverty

78%

Results of Rising Poverty

78% Drop in Income Support to Inner City Families 1994-2003 Source: UWM Employment & Training Institute (Slides 4-8)

Results of Rising Poverty

22,400 left AFDC – But only 8,200 Showed Up with Employment

Results of Rising Poverty

22% Decline in Number of Families Receiving Food Stamps

Results of Rising Poverty

31% Increase in Working Single Parents who Remain Below Poverty

Results of Rising Poverty

70,000 Children Lose Income Support 1993-2000

Income Needed for Self Sufficiency

Category Housing Child Care A single working parent with two young children living in Milwaukee County would need to earn: Monthly Cost $ 658 $ 1,212 Food $ 411 Transportation $ 219 • • • $36,852 per Year or $17.72 per hour or 235% of Poverty Health Care Misc.

Total

$ 258 $ 276

$ 3,071

Source: WI Women’s Network – Self Sufficiency Standard for Wisconsin

Low Renter Incomes

• There are nearly 179,000 renter households in Milwaukee County • 39,000 renters have incomes at or below $11,364 (30% MFI) • Average renter Income in Milwaukee is $28,864 .

Housing Insecurity

• 35,800 renter households spend MORE THAN 50% of their income on housing 1 in 5 Renters Spend Half of Income on Housing

50%

Rent All Else

50%

• That’s 20% of all Milw Renter households

Housing Insecurity

• 69,800 renter households spend more than 30% of their income on rent 39% of Renters Spend Too Much for Housing

39%

• That’s 39% of all renter households

61%

Housing Insecurity Increases

• 14,000 Households live in Over Crowded conditions • Up 40% since 1990 • Up 76% since 1980

Affordable Housing Needs

Documenting Public Support

HUD Identifies Housing Needs

HUD cites the need of 28,000 housing units for Extremely Low Income Milwaukee families (Comprehensive Housing Affordability Survey – 2004)

Common Council Supports a National Housing Trust Fund

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In 2001, the Common Council unanimously supported a National Housing Trust Fund, stating…

“Expanding the number of units…would have a positive impact on the affordability of rental housing for low-income renters.”

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“The City expresses its support for …the establishment of a national trust fund to provide for the development, rehabilitation and preservation of decent, safe and affordable housing for low-income families…”

City Plan Calls for More Affordable Housing

The 2000 Consolidated Plan Submitted to HUD by the City states: • “Rental housing…for low income families is not readily available..” • “Large numbers of… families…cannot afford decent and reasonably priced rental housing” • “Structurally sound and up-to-date rental units for low income families are not available in all areas of the City…”

Mayor Barrett Predicts More Homelessness

Barrett warns of looming housing crisis By GEORGIA PABST

Posted: Sept. 29, 2004

• Cuts in federal assistance are creating a looming crisis for low income housing in Milwaukee, Mayor Tom Barrett and city Housing Authority officials said Wednesday.

• The cuts in federal housing assistance combined with an increasing poverty rate mean "the federal government is turning its back on low-income people," Barrett said.

• He predicted that will mean more people will double up with other family members, go to shelters or become homeless.

Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel – September 29, 2004

Housing Trust Funds in America

Housing Trust Funds in USA

• More than 275 Housing Trust Funds in the US • Each raises between $1 Million to $15 Million each year • More than $500 Million spent Annually by US Housing Trust Funds

City Housing Trust Funds

Berkeley, California: Cupertino, California:

Housing Trust Fund Affordable Housing Fund

Los Angeles, California: Menlo Park, California:

Housing Trust Fund Below Market Rate Housing Reserve

Morgan Hill, California: Palo Alto, California:

Senior Housing Trust Fund The Housing Reserve

Sacramento, California: San Diego, California:

Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

San Francisco, California:

Office Affordable Housing Production Program; Hotel Tax Fund; and Bond Housing Program

Santa Monica, California:

Citywide Housing Trust Fund

West Hollywood, California: Aspen, Colorado:

Affordable Housing Trust Fund Housing Day Care Fund

Boulder, Colorado:

Community Housing Assistance Program and Affordable Housing Fund

Denver, Colorado:

Skyline Housing Fund

Longmont, Colorado:

Affordable Housing Fund

Telluride, Colorado: Tallahassee, Florida:

Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

Chicago, Illinois:

Low Income Housing Trust Fund

Bloomington, Indiana:

Housing Trust Fund

Fort Wayne, Indiana: Indianapolis, Indiana:

Central City Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

Lawrence, Kansas:

Housing Trust Fund

Boston, Massachusetts:

Neighborhood Housing Trust

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ann Arbor, Michigan:

Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

St. Paul, Minnesota: St. Louis, Missouri:

STAR Program Housing Trust Fund

New Jersey:

142 COAH approved developer fee programs

Santa Fe, New Mexico:

Community Housing Trust

Greensboro, North Carolina:

VM Nussbaum Housing Partnership Fund

Columbus/Franklin County:

Affordable Housing Trust Fund

Toledo, Ohio:

Housing Fund

Portland, Oregon:

Housing Investment Fund

Charleston, South Carolina: Knoxville, Tennessee:

Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

Nashville, Tennessee: Austin, Texas:

Nashville Housing Fund, Inc.

Housing Trust Fund

San Antonio, Texas: Salt Lake City, Utah:

Housing Trust Housing Trust Fund

Burlington, Vermont: Alexandria, Virginia:

Housing Trust Fund Housing Trust Fund

Manassas, Virginia

: Manassas Housing Trust Fund, Inc.

Bainbridge Island, Washington:

Housing Trust Fund

Seattle, Washington:

Housing Assistance Funds

Washington, D.C.:

Housing Production Trust Fund

Benefits of a Housing Trust Fund

Every 100 Units of New Housing Will Provide Ongoing Benefits including… MORE… • Jobs • Tax Revenues • Revenue to the local economy (National Association of Home Builders)

YEARLY Housing Multiplier Effect

Benefits Each Year after construction 100 Units of Multi Family Housing 10 Units of Multi Family Housing

JOBS 46 5 Revenue to Local Business $2.2 Million Revenue to Local Government $498,000

Source: National Association of Home Builders

$220,000 $49,800

The Milwaukee Housing Trust Fund

A Proposal

Milwaukee’s Trust Fund Proposal

Fund Amount

Up to $15 Million Per Year

Use of Funds Length of Affordability Eligible Developers Advisory Board Administering Agency

New Construction, Rehab, SROs Rental housing + Services & Operating Costs •15 yrs – Rehab •20 Years – New Construction Nonprofit & For Profit Developers & Government agencies 13-15 members appointed by the Mayor and the Council Community Development Block Grant Agency

Income Eligibility for Renters & Homeowners

Funding Category % of County Median Income

(CMI = $62,600)

Rental Housing

(Development & Services)

Homeless & SRO

(Development & Services)

Homeowner Pjts

(Development & Services) Less than or equal to 50% CMI Less than or equal to 50% CMI •Services <=50% CMI •Development <= 80% CMI

% HTF Dollars Allocated per Category

40% 30% 30%

HTF Revenue Sources

• $1.00 Entertainment Event Surcharge Generates Up to $15 Million per year • $1.00 Real Estate Transfer Fee Increase

Where There’s a Will…There’s a Way

Other Tax Funded Building Projects

Miller Park

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Cost:

$400 million.

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Public financing:

$310 million •

Source

: five-county, one tenth-of-a-cent sales tax.

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Private financing:

$90 million from the Brewers owners

The Bradley Center

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Cost

: $90 Million •

Public Financing

: – City Revenue Bonds – City General Obligation Bonds •

Private Financing :

Pettit Family Equity

The Milwaukee Theatre

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Cost

: $41.9 Million •

Public Financing :

– $5 million in existing Wisconsin Center District funds (derived from the hotel tax & rental car tax) – A bond issue, to be repaid with operating revenues

$530 Million in Tax Dollars

Milwaukee raised $530 Million in tax funds for Why can’t we raise $15 Million per year to House Milwaukee’s Homeless & Poor?

• Miller Park • The Bradley Center • The Milwaukee Theatre

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We Endorse the Milwaukee HTF

BroomTree Enterprise Catholic Charities – Archdiocese of Milw Center for Veteran’s Issues Community Advocates, Inc Counseling Center of Milwaukee, Inc (The) Daystar, Inc Fairness in Rural Lending Faith United Church of Christ Friedens Community Ministries, Inc Guest House of Milwaukee, Inc The Gathering of Southeast WI, Inc.

Harambee Ombudsman Project, Inc Hope House, Inc IndependenceFirst Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee Layton Boulevard West Neighbors Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council Midtown Neighborhood Association Milwaukee Christian Center Milw Women & Poverty Public Education Initiative Milwaukee Women's Center, Inc.

My Home Your Home, Inc National Assoc. for Black Veterans Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee Northwest Side CDC

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Our Lady of Lourdes Congregation Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Peace Action – Wisconsin Plymouth Church – UCC Returning Into Mainstream Ministries Salvation Army School Sisters of Notre Dame – Global Justice & Peace Comm.

SDC Family Support Center Sojourner Truth House Select Milwaukee, Inc.

St. Benedict the Moor Parish St James Episcopal Church St. Martin de Porres MICAH Core Team The Open Gate Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church Tricorp Housing Urban Economic Development Assoc Walker's Point Youth & Family Center West End Development Corporation Wisconsin Community Service, Inc Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development Wisconsin Province Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative World Community YMCA-CDC