We cannot ignore that the foundation of our collective well-being starts with having a home to call our own—one that is free from unjust evictions, offers a safe and healthy living environment, includes tenant protections, and ensures that rent doesn’t consume 30% to 80% of a family’s income. An equitable housing system must create an ecosystem of stability and opportunity – one that provides a pathway to homeownership while equipping families with the resources, education, and economic opportunities needed to break the cycle of housing insecurity. This workshop will explore housing cooperatives as a sustainable, community-driven solution to address social inequalities and the housing crisis, ensuring that affordable and stable housing is seen as a universal right, not a privilege, at the same time encouraging participants to critically examine their perceptions of what housing truly means in our society.
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!