John Lassiter's Key Issues:
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS

RECORD OF EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP:

• Engaged with Grier Heights Partnership of Neighbors, Self Help, Crossroads initiative and CDC and HELP

• Member of the City Council’s Housing and Neighborhood Committee –
  - Developed foreclosure partnership pilot with self help in Windy Ridge
  - Expanded Neighborhood stabilization funding to include expanded rental opportunities
  - Supported Code Enforcement for Commercial properties

Vision/Key Focus Areas:

• CREATE COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING POLICY (0-60 AMI)
  - Continuum of Housing Alternatives
  - Wraparound service delivery
  - Managed Housing Projects
  - Section 8 Code Enforcement/Conditions
  - Afterschool Programs
  - GED/Career Counseling/Job Retraining

• CREATE DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE
  - Work with real estate community to create a pilot program using interest on security deposits to provide funding for housing working poor

• DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT PROJECT FOR CHRONIC HOMELESS
  - Recovery of community expenses conversion to capital

• REHAB STRATEGY FOR BOARDED HOUSING
  - Explore job training opportunities in community
  - EASTLAKE MODEL ON WEST BOULEVARD
  - HOPE VI at Boulevard Homes and Little Rock Homes
  - Expansion of service delivery for substance abuse and domestic violence
  - Expansion of educational components (public & private)
  - Incentives for commercial revitalization