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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Children at Woodlands Newell in East Palo Alto
August 2, 2018

Santa Clara County: Board Approves Sales Tax Measure for November Ballot

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On July 3rd, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to add a measure on the November 6th ballot that would extend the current 1/8 of one cent sales tax originally approved in 2013 for “vital local priorities such as law enforcement and public safety, trauma and emergency room services, health coverage for low-income children, economic development and job creation, housing for the homeless, and programs to help students stay in school.”

The Board placed the measure on the ballot to extend the timeframe beyond its current sunset date of March 2023. Because this is an existing tax and the action is to simply extend, this is not a tax increase.

The revenues from the existing sales tax have been used to provide supportive services to the homeless.  As we continue to build new Permanent Supportive Housing developments– like the Villas at the Park, which began construction earlier this year– we need to ensure that funding continues to be available for services tied to housing.  Ensuring that these revenues continue is a high priority.

Because this is a general tax and not a special tax, it will only require a 50% plus one vote of the public.  Nevertheless, there will be a need to galvanize the troops to make sure that the measure gets the needed votes in November!  Again, more to come!