Getting Inclusionary Housing Right

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Cities across Santa Clara County are considering this powerful tool to build more new affordable homes without subsidy.

But done wrong it can fall short, or even stop the development of new homes in its tracks. Learn how it works, and how to get it right!

Many of our local cities are joining forces right now in a shared nexus study, the wonky and in-depth analysis that assesses the feasibility of local residential development and the potential for developers of market-rate housing to add a share of affordable homes to their buildings.

If cities require too few affordable homes or affordability that’s too shallow, they leave public benefits on the table. Too much, and developers can’t build any housing at all.

Come hear about local cities that are getting it right: successfully using inclusionary housing policies to achieve mixed-income communities, generate funding to subsidize deeper levels of affordability, and gain valuable land for affordable homes!

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SV@Home joined more than 30 organizations earlier last week to provide community input on a future Google development at Diridon Station during the first meeting of the Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG). We advocated for more housing, a mixed-use, open design, and significant affordability. We were joined by many other partners concerned about housing including SPUR, Working Partnerships USA, PACT, and the Law Foundation.

Key to this process is community voices.  We encourage housing supporters to attend the meetings and speak up about the need to create housing opportunities as jobs are added to the city.  The next meeting of the SAAG is scheduled for March 21st at 6:00 PM at San Jose City Hall, Rooms 118-120 (in the wing).

The city also has a website where you can access information about the meetings and see the entire schedule.

This will be a significant development, adding 6-8 million square feet of employment space and an estimated 20,000 workers to the area west of Downtown. Housing must be a key component.