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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
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 01, 2025 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. December 01, 2025 3:00 p.m. December 01, 2025 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - December 1 2025	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - December 01 2025	Other:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - November 3 2025 Other:Position memo Other:Community Development Specialist2 Other:Revised Resource Investment Other:Affordable Housing Case Study Report_102325 Other:11.21.25 Meeting Report Corrected
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	November 03, 2025 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. November 03, 2025 3:00 p.m. November 03, 2025 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - November 3 2025 (1)	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - November 3 2025	Other:AHTF Resource Investment - Report - Nov 3 2025 Other:Affordable Housing Case Study Report_102325 Other:AHTF Partnerships and Collaboration - Report - Nov 3 2025
Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting	October 06, 2025 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. October 06, 2025 3:00 p.m. October 06, 2025 5:00 p.m.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - October 6 2025	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - October 6 2025 (1)	Other:Memo to Council - Affordable Housing Next Steps - August 26 2025 Other:Garner Housing Data Analysis + Addendum (1) Other:Garner Affordable Housing Task Force Committee Goals and Deliverables Oct 2025 Other:Affordable Housing Task Force - TCC Group - May 6 2025 - Meeting Notes Other:Affordable Housing Follow Up and Next Steps - Aug 26 WS (1)
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.	Agenda:Affordable Housing Task Force - Agenda - November 25 2024	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - November 25 2024 - Final	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	Minutes:Affordable Housing Task Force - Meeting Minutes - October 28 2024	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 Partners

Housing Affordability &
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Affordable Housing Reports

Task Force Final Recommendations Memo

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