Affordable Housing News and Events
November 12, 2024 | Member Submitted
Submitted via monthly Newsletter from TRPA
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) staff have been assisting local jurisdiction partners on updates to their area plans, which is a critical step to implement regional changes for affordable housing options. Area plans are a signature element of the 2012 Regional Plan and allow local jurisdictions to implement Regional Plan policies at the community scale.
Today, there are six active area plans in the basin. In order to adapt to new environmental, economic and equity priorities, area plans need to be updated from time to time, and TRPA is processing several amendments in the upcoming months. These amendments will also implement the Phase 2 Housing Amendments that provide building incentives for deed-restricted housing.
Meet Michelle Brown: Long Range Planner
Michelle jokes that she has made full circle. A California native and graduate from Cal Poly Humboldt (then Humboldt State University), Michelle started her career in natural resource and land use management with the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, United States Forest Service (USFS). Her tenure with the USFS took her from Lake Tahoe to northwestern California to northwestern Colorado researching rare and endangered plant species. Her botanical career path eventually came to a fork in the road and she decided to take the road less traveled as a senior planner in a small eastern North Carolina town. Working for a small municipality she wore many hats and managed a range of programs, such as urban forestry, brownfields, local foods, and bicycle and pedestrian routes.
Her family has lived in Tahoe for nearly four decades, and she returned to the west coast to be closer to her siblings. On the TRPA Long Range Planning team she plays a key role in updating Area Plans, and in managing and updating TRPA’s deed-restriction program. Michelle explains, “I hope to make it easier for folks who live and work here to call Tahoe home”.
In her free time Michelle enjoys good food and wine to fuel her adventures hiking, cross country skiing, and kayaking in the Lake Tahoe Region.
TRPA is seeking volunteer models!
nterested in being part of a housing photoshoot or have a home in the basin we could highlight in our eNews and outreach materials? TRPA is seeking volunteers.
Reach out to Kaley Arboleda, karboleda@trpa.gov, if you are interested in participating.
Applications Open for Community-Based Organization Mini Grants
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has introduced a mini grant program to encourage community-based organizations to have a more central role in the planning process. This call for participation focuses on representing priority communities impacted by the housing crisis. TRPA identified priority communities through the Lake Tahoe Transportation Equity Study last year and is applying their demographics to the Tahoe Living initiative.Application deadlines are coming up:Apply for a Community-Based Organization Mini Grant – by December 2.Note: TRPA amended the application packet to allow 501c3s and other types of tax-exempt organizations to apply.
News and Resources
Article: One possible housing crisis solution? A new kind of public housing for all income levels, NPR, October 7, 2024
Webinar: The Impact of Parking Mandates in Washington, Parking Reform Network, November 13
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