HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.1.b - John Stonebraker - FW_ 3.1.b Disaster Recovery letter to HCDFrom:Clerk of the Board
To:BOS
Subject:FW: 3.1.b Disaster Recovery letter to HCD
Date:Tuesday, September 24, 2024 8:02:14 AM
Please see Public Comment below.
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From: John S. <john@upperridge.info>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 7:38 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: 3.1.b Disaster Recovery letter to HCD
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It is kind to say that HCD's Owner Occupied Reconstruction program was unsuccessful. The red tape, the
requirement to use a certain preferred homebuilder, and the ludicrous Gulf Coast wind load requirements imposed
by the program meant that survivors could get into a new home faster for less money by eschewing the so-called
assistance and going with a local builder instead. One frequent speaker at your podium from 2021 did just that and
has now moved into a new home in Magalia.
It is indeed fortunate that the money thus left in the OOR pot can be transferred to other housing projects delayed by
the bureaucracy during a time of rising costs. Gap funding for Lakeridge project is especially important since we
have still not seen a single multi-family unit permitted in the unincorporated Camp Fire scar even though more than
1000 of the more than 3000 homes lost here were rentals. There is a critical shortage in this sector of housing, and
the recovery envisioned in the Upper Ridge Community Plan sadly requires subsidies like this to replace the
naturally affordable housing stock which was destroyed.
I heartily endorse the letter staff has prepared and hope that the state and county will allow some of these funds to go
toward our acute local needs.
John Stonebraker
Magalia, CA