A program that has been met with controversy from students will be presented at the City Council meeting Tuesday.

The council will hear the presentation from the Housing for Sustainable Neighborhoods, a non-profit program that some students believe discriminates against them.

Pat Brown, president of Housing for Sustainable Neighborhoods, will discuss the program guidelines and answer questions from the council.

ISU student Tony Borich said he will be present at the meeting to address his concerns.

“I think student housing is an issue that is important to students,” Borich said. “Students generally live in rental housing, and the aim of this group is to reduce rental housing in student neighborhoods.”

Borich, the College of Design senator for the Government of the Student Body, said he is attending the meeting because the issue has been brought up with other GSB senators.

“Although the program may not affect students now, it will affect students in the future,” he said. “And once again, something is going on within the City Council that is affecting students, but nobody is really consulting us.”

Brown said the program is intended to connect home buyers and sellers in an effort to create a more equal balance of rental properties and family-occupied homes in neighborhoods near campus. The program will also support the need for low-income housing in Ames.

The council will also discuss the Pedestrian Walkway Program.

The program’s goal is to provide sidewalks in areas where there are no safe alternatives, particularly on busy streets, where children are walking to school, or in areas of access to public transportation.

Property owners would be responsible for the sidewalk adjacent to their property, said city public works director Paul Wiegand. This includes the cost of construction, landscaping and upkeep. Community members have expressed concern with this aspect of the program. The city will hold several public meetings concerning the issue, the first of which will be an information session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the City Hall Auditorium.

“Our public works staff has always worked with the citizens,” Mayor Ted Tedesco said. “This will be a chance for them to actually, I believe, put together the matrix they feel will serve the public best.”

The council will meet at 6:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.