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SUSTAINABLE PLACES
Modernized Infrastructure
Network
Improved Stormwater
Management
Conserved Natural Resources
Opportunities for Healthy
Lifestyles
Diverse Housing Choices
Enhanced Community Character
SUPPORT HOUSING CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE
Everyone must have housing, and all people want a variety of choices to meet their specific housing needs. The vast majority of
housing demand is met by the private sector, but government does affect this private sector supply of housing, both by regulating
housing construction and by subsidizing some housing. To improve housing choices,
the county will...
■■ New subsidized housing
units provided
Measuring success
...support construction of additional affordable, permanent
housing around the county for the disabled, seniors, and families
in cooperation with developers and non-profit housing providers
In 2013, the county’s Department of Housing and Community Development had
about $2.6 million available to support new affordable housing construction, a
rental subsidy program for special needs people, and a first time homebuyers
program. About $950,000 came from the federal HOME program and about
$1,680,000 from the county’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which uses fees
from the recording of deeds. The county expects these programs to continue, with
a key focus being the provision of dispersed family housing.
A new emphasis will be placed on the approximately 500 people in homeless shelters
or on the streets on any given day, 60% of whom are families. The county’s Your
Way Home program, with its Call Center and Housing Resources Centers, will
partner with philanthropic and non-profit organizations to rapidly re-house people
experiencing homelessness in permanent housing or permanent supportive housing.
Ardmore Crossing in Lower Merion includes a mix of market rate and
subsidized townhouses, as well as subsidized elderly apartments.
County programs help first time homebuyers.
