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The Town of Garner seeks to create a road map for expanding and maintaining affordable housing opportunities based on data analysis, current economic conditions, and community feedback. To pursue this effort, the Town Council created the Affordable Housing Task Force made up of organizational and community stakeholders in June of 2025.

Task Force Members

Town Council appointed the following community members and town representatives to the Affordable Housing Task Force on June 25, 2024.

Elmo Vance, Garner Town Council - Chairperson
Jodi Miller, Town Manager
John Hodges, Assistant Town Manager
Demian Dellinger, Garner Town Council
Ralph Carson, Planning Commission
Erin Joseph, Assistant Planning Director
Jeff Swain, GEDC Board & Garner Resident
Katie de Cardenas, Garner Resident
Rev. Dr. Jeffery Robinson, Pastor, Juniper Level Missionary Baptist Church
Tina Johnson, former Garner Senior Center Advisory Board Member

Town Council Priorities

The Task Force should give consideration to the following priorities identified by Town Council:

• Support the housing needs of an aging community
• Support the housing needs of the local workforce including Town employees
• Preserve existing housing stock to support continued homeownership with local partners
• Preserve existing affordable multifamily housing stock with regional partners
• Ensure long-term housing affordability
• Leverage Town housing investments through public and private partnerships
• Recommend policies to encourage and enable the development of affordable housing
• Promote architectural character, sustainability, and community-building strategies for affordable housing projects
• Investigate opportunities for affordable housing on public property
• Examine opportunities to support homeownership and wealth-building
• Establish outcomes and measures that assist in monitoring and evaluating Town goals
• Ensure that the work of the taskforce is informed by, and decisions made are in keeping with the 2023 Garner Forward Comprehensive Plan

2024 Strategic Goals

Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting Information

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Event	Date/Time	Agenda	Minutes	Presentations
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	December 16, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. December 16, 2024 3:00 p.m. December 16, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Not Included	Not Included	Not Included
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	November 25, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. November 25, 2024 3:00 p.m. November 25, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Not Included	Not Included	Not Included
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	October 28, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. October 28, 2024 3:00 p.m. October 28, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - October 28 2024	Not Included	Other:RTT_AHAC_Presentation_20241028 Other:Habitat 101_Updated Sept 2024_Garner AH Task Force Other:Town Goals, Partners, and Models
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	September 30, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. September 30, 2024 3:00 p.m. September 30, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - September 30 2024	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - September 30 2024	Other:Apex CDNC-Housing_Garner_Sept2024 Other:Muni Strats & Outcomes September 30 2024
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	August 26, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. August 26, 2024 3:00 p.m. August 26, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - August 26 2024 (1)	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - August 26 2024 (2)	Other:WCO Garner AHTF 8.26.24 (1)
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	August 01, 2024 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. August 01, 2024 3:00 p.m. August 01, 2024 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - August 1 2024	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - August 1 2024 - Corrected	Not Included

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Affordable Housing Reports

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