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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Congress

The GOP kept control of the House of Representatives and gained control of the Congress, giving President-elect Trump’s party full control of all three branches of the federal government. 

Adam Schiff was elected to become California’s junior senator.

Sam Liccardo was elected to replace outgoing Representative Anna Eshoo, CA House District 16.

State

We had a major loss with Prop 5, which would have made it easier for local communities to fund affordable housing and infrastructure (through a rule change to lower the voter threshold for such bonds from 2/3rd to 55%), not passing.

Patrick Ahrens was elected to replace outgoing Assemblymember Evan Low, CA State Assembly District 26.

Democrats still have a supermajority in Sacramento. 

County

Betty Duong was elected to replace outgoing Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 2.

Margaret Abe Koga was elected to replace outgoing Supervisor Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5.

City

All the results from city council races can be seen here, though some may be too close to call.