HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.1 Elder Housing Program CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 28, 1985
SUBJECT Written Communication from Housing Needs Task Force
Re : Elder Housing Program
EXHIBITS ATTACHED Letter from Ilene Weinreb dated January 17 , 1935
RECOM14ENDATION ' 1 ) Determine if City wishes to participate
r 2 ) Appoint representative from City to participate
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Undetermined
DESCRIPTION The City has received a letter- from Ilene Weinreb,
Chairperson, of the Housing Needs Task Force requesting each City
within Alameda County to participate in the Ad Hoc Senior Housing Task
Force . The purpose of this Task Force is to identify senior housing
needs and develop a plan to meet those needs .
Ms . Weinreb has requested that the City appoint a representative prior
to February 8, 1985, if it is interested in participating.
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SOCIAL SERVICES AGE. ,Y ._)OCIA DEPARTMENT ON AGING
County of Alameda 1755 Broadway
Oakland, California 94612
Q40RA9)XXR9IXM- DIRECTOR
JACK J. WEIR Barbara Hellmuth, Director
(415) 874-7233
SERVICES
January 17, 1985
RECEIV .Ed
TO: All Cities in Alameda County JAN 1 '-' i -
The County of Alameda CITY OF DUBLIN
FROM: Ilene Weinreb, Chair, Housing Needs Task Force
RE: Representation of Each Jurisdiction in Alameda County
We are writing to you to ask your help in developing an elderly housing program
in your community. This will become an integral part of a county-wide program
for low and moderate income seniors.
We need your assistance because it is clear that the housing needs of seniors
vary considerably from city to city.
Preliminary analysis of the census data reveals that there are a substantial
number of older persons who are paying half or more of their income for rent.
In addition, many seniors live alone in their own homes and have great
difficulty managing because they cannot afford to leave their paid-up homes
and pay the housing costs of the current market. If we can solve this problem
by providing appropriate and affordable housing for them, this will free up
..housing stock needed for young families.
We intend to bring back to you by September, 1985, a detailed plan to meet many
of your senior housing needs including a financing mechanism to obtain this
housing.
In order to accomplish this, we need a representative of your city to serve
on our Ad Hoc Senior Housing Task Force. Such a representative should be:
1) either a mayor or city council member; 2) a staff person; or 3) a concerned
citizen who is particularly interested in this project and who has the
confidence of the City Council .
Will you send the name of your representative to Ted Tarail , Department on
Aging, 1755 Broadway, Oakland, California 94612 (Phone 874-7233) (who is
staffing the Task Force) . We need to know his/her name by Friday, February 8th.
This Ad Hoc Task Force will be dissolved when the plan is completed.
If, in addition to this memo, you would like a more detailed presentation of
the project, we will be happy to send you a member of the Task Force at your
convenience.
Thank you for your interest in our project. We look forward to working with
your representative.
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