Workforce Housing Strategy and Implementation

Advocated for low-income senior housing, pointing out that single elderly females on fixed incomes face the greatest risk of homelessness and should not be overlooked in favor of workforce housing.

Noted that seniors make up 40% of Prescott's population and are suffering from steep rent increases, asking if rent freezes or rent control have ever been considered.

Highlighted that seniors and the workforce are in direct competition for the same low-cost housing and asked if data exists on low-income seniors to help calculate necessary unit set-asides.

Stressed that builders and developers are the only ones who can deliver affordable housing, and the council's job is to figure out how to make it profitable for them through taxpayer support, partnerships, or charities.

Shared difficulties in hiring caregivers due to low wages and high living costs, while also noting that seniors in her community senior resource center have nowhere affordable to go as rents increase.

Representing Westcap Development, asked the council to commit to a $50,000 fee waiver to help secure competitive scoring for a new affordable senior housing project under the state's LIHTC allocation plan.