Kinston Community Action Plan - Housing
Action Plan
Describe the issue(s). What are the concerns?
Group consensus of the desired change. Pinpoint your goals and objectives. Be flexible. Some goals and objectives may be identified in the group plan that you have not considered.
Six-month objective(s):
Housing
One-Year objective(s):
Full Scale: Develop a mixed community of affordable housing in opportunity neighborhoods.
Establish signs of success during this journey. For example, what should success feel and look like? Your objectives will not be met overnight so we’ll need signpost to confirm you are heading in the right direction.
List the steps in order of priority that should be taken.
Small Initial Steps/Low Hanging Fruit
Create a community action council.
Leaps and Bounds/Radical Steps:
Community Action Council will develop relationships with residents living in the abnormal conditions, hear their concerns and come up with effective, workable solutions.
Identify a group or individuals best suited to take steps.
Juan Sheppard
Hernika P. Cannon
Help/Approval/Resources needed.
Overall impact on Kinston (East/West/Southeast/Northwest).
Names of auxiliary groups that can assist.
Determine adequate timelines for each step.
How should progress be reported?
Internally
Small Groups
Participants
Community At Large
Action Plan
Describe the issue(s). What are the concerns?
- Housing
- Lack of affordable housing
- Gentrification
- Dilapidated houses
- Utility Rates
- Why are the rates different for different locations in the City of Kinston?
- Why did the City of Kinston join the Electrocities without informing the community and receiving the community’s input.
- Policy for initial utility connection and utility transfer.
Group consensus of the desired change. Pinpoint your goals and objectives. Be flexible. Some goals and objectives may be identified in the group plan that you have not considered.
Six-month objective(s):
Housing
- Demolish or rehab. dilapidated houses.
- Mixed income community.
- Utility Rates
- Affordable and equal rates.
- Better policy on disconnections, especially if the bill is extremely high.
- Solar energy education
One-Year objective(s):
Full Scale: Develop a mixed community of affordable housing in opportunity neighborhoods.
Establish signs of success during this journey. For example, what should success feel and look like? Your objectives will not be met overnight so we’ll need signpost to confirm you are heading in the right direction.
- Better policy/fair policy on deposits and shut-offs.
- Inform homeowners and rental residents of energy efficient tips.
List the steps in order of priority that should be taken.
Small Initial Steps/Low Hanging Fruit
Create a community action council.
Leaps and Bounds/Radical Steps:
Community Action Council will develop relationships with residents living in the abnormal conditions, hear their concerns and come up with effective, workable solutions.
Identify a group or individuals best suited to take steps.
Juan Sheppard
Hernika P. Cannon
Help/Approval/Resources needed.
Overall impact on Kinston (East/West/Southeast/Northwest).
Names of auxiliary groups that can assist.
Determine adequate timelines for each step.
How should progress be reported?
Internally
Small Groups
Participants
Community At Large