1 ncsha: using qaps to achieve strategic goals september 28, 2015

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NCSHA: Using QAPs to Achieve Strategic Goals

September 28, 2015

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Our Mission:

Housing is the foundation for success, so we collaborate with individuals, communities and partners to create, preserve and finance affordable housing.

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Overview

• QAP Development Process• Community Profiles Tool• Workforce Housing QAP Priority• Jackson, Minnesota

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Scoring Analysis

• Qualitative – What Worked/What Didn’t

• Quantitative– Correlation analysis

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Scoring Analysis

• Criteria with Weak Correlations– Providing a small amount of points– Where the majority of projects score high– Where the majority of projects score low

• Criteria with Strong Correlations

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Strategic Planning

• Strategic Plan• Emerging Needs• Alternative/Improved Definitions

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Community Feedback

• Informal• Comment Period• Focus Groups

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Community Profiles Tool

• Interactive mapping tool• Data-driven decision-making• Transparent

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Community Profiles Tool

• Economic • Rural/Tribal Areas• Workforce Housing Communities• Preservation• Location Efficiency

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Workforce Housing

• Jobs are Critical for Housing Investments– Top Job Growth Communities & Top Job Centers

• Housing Investments are Critical for Jobs– Long Distance Commutes, Bussing– Unsafe/Unsuitable Conditions – Difficulty Attracting/Retaining Talent

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Workforce Housing

• Current Criterion– Top Job Center or Job Growth Community– Individual Employer Expansion– Long Commute Communities

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Jackson, Minnesota

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Jackson, Minnesota

• Population of 3,434• Jackson EDA Market

Analysis• 0 Vacant Units in

Subsidized/Section 42• 1 Vacant Unit in Market

Rate Housing

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Jackson, Minnesota

• AGCO• Past Job Growth & Planned Expansion• Difficult to Attract/Retain Stable Workforce• Long Commutes & Temp Agencies Importing

Workers

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Jackson Minnesota

• Eagle Ridge Townhomes– 42 units– Mixed Income– Sources Include:• 9% Tax Credits• TIF Loan• City Land Write Down• AGCO Employer Funding

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For More Information

Contact:

Kayla Schuchmankayla.schuchman@state.mn.us

651.296.3705

www.mnhousing.gov