Santa Clara County Multi-Jurisdiction Affordable Housing Study: Grand Nexus
A new regional study is paving the way for updated, locally tailored tools to boost affordable housing through policies such as commercial linkage fees (CLF) and inclusionary housing ordinances (IHO). Cities across Santa Clara County are teaming up to take a big step forward in tackling the region’s affordability crisis. Through the Santa Clara County […]
Campaign for a Commercial Linkage Fees (CLF) in San Jose enters the home stretch
If all goes as planned, the San Jose City Council will vote on a Commercial Linkage Fee (CLF) on April 14th to provide an ongoing source of revenue for affordable housing. A CLF is a fee charged to developers of non-residential properties– commercial and office space– to help provide affordable housing for the new employees, many […]
County of Santa Clara: Big crowd Weighs in on Stanford Community Benefit Agreement
On Thursday, November 29th, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors hosted its first community outreach meeting to gather input on a potential community benefits to accompany approval of a 17-year General Use Permit for growth on Stanford University Campus. The opportunity for expanded community benefits would come with a negotiated Development Agreement between the […]
San Jose: Commercial Linkage Fee Proposal Stalls Again
San Jose’s City leaders fell one vote short of approving a study to consider the feasibility of a Commercial Linkage Fee (CLF) on September 18th, when it had appeared that a vote to proceed would finally happen after years of effort. Mayor Liccardo, long an opponent of a CLF, penned a memo supporting moving forward […]
San Jose Approves Housing Crisis Workplan without Commercial Linkage Fees
At its June 12th meeting the San Jose City Council took a deep dive into the City’s housing crisis, forecasting the number of affordable homes that can be produced over the next five years with existing funding sources, and outlining a broad menu of proposals to spur both market rate and affordable housing development. By […]
Impact Fees for Housing Gain Traction
Following the completion of the Countywide Affordable Housing Nexus Study in 2016—which determined the linkage between new market rate housing and commercial development on the need for new affordable homes—a number of jurisdictions moved forward to adopt housing impact fees and commercial linkage fees. In the wake of AB 1505, which recognized the zoning […]
Santa Clara County Jurisdictions Take Action on Housing Impact Fees
Over the last few weeks, three jurisdictions – the County of Santa Clara, the City of Los Altos, and the City of Santa Clara – took steps toward adopting housing impact fees for both non-residential development (AKA commercial linkage fees) and residential development (both rental and for-sale housing). SV@Home and many of our partner […]
Santa Clara Working Group Finalizes Impact Fee Recommendations
On Wednesday, May 31st, Santa Clara’s Ad Hoc Affordable Housing Working Group finalized recommendations on staff’s proposed rental impact and commercial linkage fee, proposing the adoption of a $20 per square foot residential rental impact fee, a range of $20 to $30 per square foot for residential for-sale, and a range of $5 to $20 […]
