The Central Adiron-dack Partnership for the 21st Century (CAP-21) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to assist in the completion of a housing needs assessment for the local area.
The assessment is intended to identify the need and demand for workforce and affordable housing.
It will also discuss challenges and suggest strategies for establishing of such identified housing needs in the West Central Adirondacks.
CAP-21 is the administrator of this grant which is being funded through the New York State Depart-ment of State Quality Communities program.
CAP-21 has allocated $34,000 for this needs assessment which will include:
• An inventory of existing housing and identification of housing needs among the four towns in the CAP-21 subject area: Webb, Inlet, Forest-port, and Long Lake.
• An assessment of the land use plans and regulations in the identified towns as they pertain to housing.
• Recom-men-da-tions for amendments to local land use plans and regulations to encourage the development of affordable housing.
• Identification of under-utilized buildings and properties that could potentially be developed as affordable and mixed-income housing, including available town infrastructure needs (i.e. water and sewer) as related to housing sites.
• Recommen-dations for funding the development of identified buildings and properties for affordable and mixed-income housing.
• Recom-menda-tions for implementation and future actions.
The due date for applications from consultants is May 20, 2011.
Those interested in receiving more information or requesting a copy of the Request for Proposal, can contact Nicholas Rose, Grants/Program Manager for CAP-21 at (315) 369-3353 or at: nrose@cap-21.org.
CAP-21 will be providing an opportunity for community public comment on the draft housing needs assessment before the final report is issued to the four participating towns.
