Workforce, Non-student Housing and Neighborhood Planning
This workgroup has reviewed the strategic plan’s recommendations about neighborhood planning and preservation and workforce and non-student housing.
Revised Recommendations
Being presented to City Council for ratification on July 19, 2021
Support the Creation of Affordable Housing
Incorporate affordable and workforce housing into catalyst areas using planned development agreements and public funding where needed.
Establish a housing trust fund to support affordable housing development and accelerate the Shaw Center’s work.
Continue to explore opportunities to facilitate increased affordability in single-family neighborhoods through the zoning code.
Partner with surrounding communities with greater opportunities for the creation of affordable and workplace housing and offer transit and transportation support to those areas.
Invest in Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement in Key Areas
Develop and implement a grass roots neighborhood planning effort with several of Clemson’s historically African-American neighborhoods and make it available to all neighborhoods in the City.
Use zoning and overlay districts to prevent displacement in residential areas and improve quality of life.
Dedicate funds for implementation of infrastructure projects identified through the neighborhood planning effort.
Dedicate city staff resources to strengthen partnerships between neighborhood planning processes and plan implementation.
Facilitate Student and Non-Student Housing
Continue to utilize and strengthen the Rental Housing Program as a tool for mitigating the encroachment of student rental into all residential neighborhoods.
Develop and implement a process to maintain an accurate database for a semi-annual regional census on student housing capacity and planned occupancy.
Develop and implement a process to maintain an accurate database for an annual regional census on affordable and workforce housing capacity and occupancy.
Original Recommendations
Support the Creation of Affordable Housing
Incorporate affordable and workforce housing into catalyst areas using planned development agreements and public funding where needed.
Establish a housing trust fund to support affordable housing development and accelerate the Community Housing Foundation’s work.
Continue to explore opportunities to allow and promote smaller-lot housing in single-family neighborhoods through the zoning code.
Invest in Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement in Key Areas
Initiate a neighborhood planning effort with several of Clemson’s historically African-American neighborhoods, with the intent to prevent displacement and improve quality of life.
Dedicate funds for implementation of key capital projects identified through the neighborhood planning effort.
Hire a Community Development Director to strengthen partnerships between neighborhood groups, housing providers, and the City, and help to facilitate neighborhood planning processes and plan implementation.
Facilitate Student and Non-Student Housing
Continue to utilize and strengthen the Rental Housing Program as a tool for mitigating the encroachment of student rental into single-family neighborhoods.
In priority catalyst areas, use the planned development process and homeowners associations to target new housing options to non-students where desired.