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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Michael Lerner builds a "granny unit" in the backyard of his house Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in San Jose, Calif. The city recently eased restrictions on these alternative housing structures hoping to increase supply and reduce skyrocketing housing costs. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
May 24, 2018

San Jose Mercury News: What Bay Area can do to solve its housing crisis

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The San Jose Mercury News recently published an op-ed by Silicon Valley at Home Executive Director Leslye Corsiglia and Housing Trust Silicon Valley Chief Executive Officer Kevin Zwick that offered three solutions to the Bay Area’s housing crisis in the wake of Affordable Housing Week 2018:

  1. Build more granny units or accessory dwelling units;
  2. Increase affordable housing by increasing the housing supply; and
  3. Employ creativity & innovation

Read the original article at the San Jose Mercury News.

Opinion: What Bay Area can do to solve its housing crisis

We must call on creative minds and our tech sector to be a part of the solution