Okay.

So in the interest of everyone's time, before we uh call this meeting officially to order, we do have some reports that we can get through.

Um I will go ahead and uh just kick it off with uh a chair's report that I was going to give last month that um I have updated here uh just to bring you up to speed on uh what's happening both locally here in Broward County uh and at the state level as it relates to affordable housing because the pace of change right now is uh quite significant as we've seen.

Uh at the county level, we are continuing to see strong financial commitment uh paired with growing urgency.

Uh Broward County has now invested roughly one billion dollars into affordable housing initiatives, helping create over 4500 units to date.

Uh the commission is also actively redirecting funding sources, including expiring uh or expired CRA dollars uh to support new development and preservation of workforce housing.

Uh back on their commission meeting on February 17th, uh District 4 Commissioner Alexandra Davis uh had brought um that forward uh with unanimous approval from the commissioners uh to redirect those CRA dollars.

Uh Commissioner Rogers uh also was uh obviously in support because it was unanimous vote.

So I just wanted to say thank you to uh Commissioner Rogers.

I wish she was here uh today to hear that uh because she was part of that meeting.

Uh 90 percent of those CRA dollars will be going to uh the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to support families, seniors, and workers.

Uh to date the trust fund has provided gap financing for 4300 affordable homes and rentals.

Uh at the same time, uh still facing a lot of pressure with a shortage of approximately 75,000 affordable units countywide, and only one in four families can currently afford housing in Broward.

Uh that basically tells us that we're investing, but we are still well behind where we need to be.

Uh, there's also continued movement around implementation of the county's affordable housing master plan uh along with ongoing work to streamline approvals, expand inventory, uh, and push municipalities to share the responsibility.

As far as uh the Florida legislative update uh in the 2026 session uh at the state level, we've now seen uh the fourth evolution of Florida's Live Local Act, calling it Florida Live Local 4.0.

Uh that was House Bill 1389 that got the ball rolling, and that has uh been proved we're expecting implementation uh within 2026, uh basically strengthening developer protections by limiting the ability of local governments to block protections through zoning or height restrictions and expanding protections for affordable housing developments.

Uh that legislation uh is going to promote tax incentives and fast track approvals to accelerate development.

Uh the state is basically doubling down on supply-side solutions uh and increasingly preempting local control to make that happen, uh, which is creating a bit of tension.

There's an ongoing shift in control from local governments to the state, particularly around zoning and approvals, uh, continued debate around accessory dwelling units and their regulation, and also ongoing discussions around property tax reform that could significantly impact local government funding for housing programs.

Um basically what that means for Broward is that the state is forcing density and supply.

Uh the county is funding and facilitating development.

Uh, but affordable uh affordability continues to be challenging.

Obviously, we have rising insurance costs, uh construction costs, and everybody's seeing what's happening with wage gaps right now.

So uh this is really where this council uh plays a critical role.

Uh policy moving very quickly, funding is being deployed, uh, but execution and coordination obviously will determine success.

So our responsibility here is to ensure that these policies are going to translate into real units on the ground and that those units are going to serve the workforce and the residents who need them the most, which is why we come here and meet.

Uh that being said, um Tanisha, do you have a continuum of care report to give.

Yes, I do.

Good morning, everyone.

The Continuum Care Report, so there's quite a lot happening on the continuum of care, the homeless continuum of care, the HCOC.

And this report is from March's meeting.

Okay.

April's meeting.

April.

April's meeting, yes.

And the most pressing um item that came out of that meeting was the percentage of senior homelessness.

At the I think it was either January or February, there was a uh fair, housing fair or homeless fair that was held.

And the results of that event were quite astonishing.

Um the most recent comprehensive count, that fair was held in January 2026.

Task force reported 1,337 clients.

Of the 1337, 16.8% served were between ages of 45 and 54, and 17.

Or age 51 to 61.

Well, so that that's that's quite a large number.

So cumulatively, we're talking about 35 34 percent.

A little over 34 percent of the client base um that's at risk or in active homelessness.

Um I also circulated the report.

I I presented it to Sue.

So uh hopefully you all you all have it.

So that is some that's an that's an area that I think the Brown Housing Council and the HCOC can overlap in its initiatives specific because we have a senior initiative here as well.

Um and then we had secondly the legislative and local development initiative, Senate Bill SB 1434, which is the Infill Development Act.

And it's a recent state measure that that passed, very similar to to live local, but it focuses on properties at least five acres in size, adjacent to other parcels or development.

Um focus, there's a pilot in Broward and it's focused on on housing, housing initiatives.

So I circulated the uh the summary of the bill itself as well.

And I think that would be a great topic for us to to have a panel on at the annual workshop because it's very similar to the infill project.

One one, it's a it's supposed to be piloted here in Broward.

And two, it's very similar to the residential infill project, but at five acres, I think that that warrants some discussion in terms of you know the potential for um for creating more housing.

And we have here uh that was discussed, which is the safe parking program.

This was new, this was introduced to me by the HCOC.

And um the first time I heard it, so I'm bringing it to the board that there's a this is uh an is a pilot program.