Description
The City of Danville is seeking a consultant to conduct a Comprehensive Housing Study Update and Strategic Plan. The study should address shared prosperity, helping the Danville community identify actions, incentives, or policies to ensure residents of all incomes and backgrounds have stable, safe housing. The consultant will work with community housing organizations and partners to gather data, synthesize information, and provide recommendations on the number of units needed and potential policy or strategy priorities to achieve stable, quality housing for all. The scope of services includes an estimate of existing and future needs for housing and homelessness services, identification of current housing assets and gaps or opportunities, and development of a living Strategic Plan to guide the housing work plan.
• The study should include a description of the methodology used and rationale behind all assumptions.
• The study should describe how the projections consider variables that affect housing demand, supply, and affordability.
• The consultant should provide recommendations on the number of units needed and potential policy or strategy priorities.
• The consultant should identify crucial actions or activities to which partner organizations have committed.
• The consultant should include examples from other locations showing where recommended actions have been successful.