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Salem Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Planning Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
Friday, May 8, 2009
A Planning Subcommittee meeting of the Salem Affordable Housing Trust Fund was held on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 312 at 120 Washington Street.
Members present were Aaron Allen and Jennifer Raitt. Also present was Jennifer Kolodziej, City of Salem Housing Coordinator.
Planning for Future Meetings
Aaron, Jenny, and Jennifer developed the following questions for developers that attend future Trust meetings:
- What projects are you currently working on?
- Have you worked with an affordable housing trust fund before? If so, please explain.
- If the Affordable Housing Trust Fund had more money, how would you want to see the funds allocated?
- Other than affordable housing production, what other activities would be most helpful to you? For example, would you like to see a focus on more advocating for rental vouchers, preservation of affordable units, homelessness, tenant rights, homeownership, workforce housing, foreclosures etc.?
They also discussed recent issues with the Massachusetts rental voucher program. Aaron volunteered to review the information that Jennifer will send him on the issue. The Trust could consider drafting a letter to the state Senate to advocate for more rental vouchers across the state.
Adjournment
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Jennifer Kolodziej
Housing Coordinator
City of Salem
Department of Planning & Community Development
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