Planning Commission hears housing presentation
With no projects to approve during its most recent meeting, the city Planning Commission heard more about housing and long-term planning efforts from city Development Department officials. Deputy Development Director Kasie Foulk presented to the commission, beginning with city demographics. “Our poverty rate is quite high at 25%,” Foulk said. “Our median household income is $43,000, which hovers around the 80% AMI rate, so when we’re looking at HUD and New York State housing grants when they go off of their household area income, the majority of the city falls into that ...
