| Housing
Goal:
Improve the quality of life in the East
Bayfront neighborhood.
Vision:
Through housing efforts initiated by
the neighborhood, the East Bayfront will become a neighborhood
with a more uniform standard of good housing quality, repair
and maintenance. Landlords will become involved in the community
organization, a neighborhood-based, nonprofit housing development
organization will serve as a central information resource
on housing, volunteers will use their talents and skills
to help renovate and maintain properties and the community
spirit of the East Bayfront will continue to grow.
Priority Actions and Strategies:
- Establish a nonprofit community development
organization for neighborhood housing.
- Develop programs to inform residents
about a) homeownership and rehabilitation opportunities and
resources b) landlord / rental property rehabilitation options
and c) strategies to promote housing development by public/private
investment.
- Initiate efforts to create a “Bureau
of Housing” at the City of Erie’s Department
of Community and Economic Development to coordinate compliance
and resources devoted to housing.
Additional Housing Actions and Short-term
Strategies
Additional Housing Actions
- Enforce existing city housing codes
on all properties
- Encourage government investment in
infrastructure in East Bayfront to attract private owners
and investors.
- Gain commitment from the City of
Erie to support the housing strategies of the Neighborhood
Action Plan
Short Term Strategies
- Develop architectural/urban design
standards as an information resource for homeowners and
developers renovating or building in the neighborhood.
- Encourage major nearby employers
to provide incentives for employees to live in the area
by creating walk-to-work programs.
- Create a tenant/landlord program
to match interested tenants with neighborhood landlords
interested in maintaining quality rental housing.
- Inform residents about existing
homeownership purchase programs and investigate a low
interest loan program for home rehabilitation.
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