PD12: Mixed Income Community

(1-10 points)

Purpose

Create a community with a variety of housing options for people with different income levels by developing a diversity of options within the project boundaries and promoting different options than already available in the surrounding neighborhood.

Criteria 

A. On-site Income Diversity

Design the EarthCraft community to incorporate a diversity of housing price points by achieving as many Family Income Categories as possible in the chart below.

To achieve a Family Income Category, at least 5% of the total residential units provided by the project must be represented in the Family Income Category.

Family Income Categories (Price Points)

Points for Categories

Number of Categories Achieved within Development Boundaries	Points
2	1
3	2
4	3
5	4
6	5
7	6

B. Off-site Income Diversity

Design the EarthCraft community to incorporate a diversity of housing price points that are not already available in surrounding neighborhood. The surrounding neighborhood is identified as the ¼ mile radius surrounding the boundaries of the EarthCraft development.

To achieve a Family Income Category, at least 5% of the total residential units provided by the project must be represented in the Family Income Category.

Number of Categories built different than in surrounding neighborhood	Points
2	1
4	2

Verification 

• Documentation of the price points of surrounding units and their correlative area median income (AMI) 
• Documentation of price points of units in the project and their correlative area median income (AMI). Price points within the project are based on final build out numbers or a controlling instruments