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7 MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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9 RESOLUTION NO248 2012
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12 A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
13 COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE
14 CORPORATION MAINTAIN THE CURRENT LOW INCOME HOUSING
15 TAX CREDIT SMALL COUNTY FUNDING SET -ASIDE OF 2 PROJECTS
16 AND 100 UNITS MAXIMUM FOR MONROE COUNTY
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19 WHEREAS, Monroe County is an Area of Critical State Concern (ACSC), which limits
20 the total number of residential building permits that can be issued annually in Monroe County to
21 258, with 83 being for affordable housing ; and
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23 WHEREAS, this limited amount of growth creates a supply issue for housing; and
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25 WHEREAS, this State imposed ACSC designation causes the cost of housing to be
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28 WHEREAS, 37% of Monroe County's households are cost burdened (pay more than
29 30% of their income in rent or mortgage); 18% are severely cost burdened, meaning they pay
30 more than 50% of their income in rent or morgates; and
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32 WHEREAS, 33% of Monroe County's elderly are cost - burdened; 17% are severely cost
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35 WHEREAS, Monroe County is number one, among small counties (population under
36 100K) for the percentage of households with extremely low income that are severely cost -
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39 WHEREAS, Monroe County is ranked number one in 2011 median single family home
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42 WHEREAS, Monroe County is ranked number three in overcrowded units; and
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44 WHEREAS, Monroe County ranked 12 with highest median gross rent; and
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1 WHEREAS, significant workforce occupations in Monroe County, which include
2 accommodations, food services and drinking places, leisure and hospitality, and retail trade
3 cannot afford a HUD fair market rent for a one bedroom without being cost - burdened; and
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5 WHEREAS, since the 2002 Florida Keys set -aside was instituted, 601 affordable housing
6 units within ten development projects have received Low Income Housing Tax Credit Funding
7 from Florida Housing Finance Corporation; and
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9 WHEREAS, the elimination of this small county funding set -aside would burden
10 Monroe County with an even greater obstacle to provide affordable housing; and
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12 WHEREAS, the Monroe County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee passed a
13 resolution (Exhibit 1) requesting Rule 67 -48, FAC be maintained to include a Monroe County
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16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
17 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
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19 Section 1. Any repeal of or modification of Rule 67 -48, Florida Administrative Code setting
20 aside a priority of the state's tax credits for affordable housing to Monroe County will result in
21 Monroe County being unable to compete successfully to obtain tax credits which in turn will
22 place an undue hardship in meeting the housing needs of Monroe County's low and very low
23 income working residents.
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25 Section 2. The Monroe County Board of County Commission requests that the Florida Housing
26 Finance Corporation retain the Rule with the priority set aside of up to 2 projects with a
27 maximum of 100 units for Monroe County as an Area of State Critical Concern.
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29 Section 3. This resolution shall be transmitted to the Florida Housing
30 Finance Corporation along with the attached letter from Mayor David Rice to Mr. Steve Auger,
31 Director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.
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1 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
2 Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 21st day of September, A.D., 2012.
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4 Mayor David Rice Yes
5 Mayor pro tem Kim Wigington Yes
6 Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes
7 Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes
8 Commissioner George Neugent Yes
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11 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
12 OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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20 ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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Exhibit 1
RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS Monroe County has the highest cost of living in the state; and
WHEREAS Monroe County has an ongoing shortage of affordable housing
especially for low and very low income levels; and
WHEREAS Monroe County has the highest cost of land and least vacant
land available for building; and
WHEREAS Monroe County has the highest cost of labor, materials and till
(Highest building costs); and
WHEREAS Monroe County has a 35 ft. building height restriction; and
WHEREAS Monroe County has the most restrictive permitting process;
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WHEREAS Monroe County is an Area of Critical State Concern and as
such, for over 30 years has been fully under state guidance and control of building
regulation and permits; and
WHEREAS Monroe County as the Florida Keys, Monroe County and its
cities and citizens have a critical shortage of housing at all working income levels;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Any repeal of or modification of Rule 67 -48, Florida Administrative
Code setting aside a priority of the state's tax credits for affordable housing to
Monroe County will result in Monroe County again being unable to compete
successfully to obtain tax credits which in turn will result in no further low and
very low income housing being built in Monroe County.
Section 2. The Monroe County Affordable Housing Committee (AHAC) requests
that the Florida Housing Finance Commission retain the rule as it is with the
priority set aside for Monroe County as an area of State Critical Concern.
PASSED AND ADOPTED By the Affordable Housing Committee
(AHAC) of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 22 day of
August, 2012.
Chair James D. Cameron
Sherry Phillips
Heather Roberts
Randy Wall
Warren Learnard Y
Ken Naylor Y
Morgan Hill Y
Ed Swift Y
William Wiatt Y
Jerry Gaddis
Ron Miller
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY
James D. Cameron, Chair