Contra Costa County Grand Jury
• 2015-2016
• Agency Response
Where Will We Live? The Affordable Housing Waiting List is Closed*
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F4, F7
Findings and Recommendations 11 findings
F1
PDAs recognize the importance of housing near transportation and jobs for developing prosperous communities. City Response: Agree
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The city should consider increasing AH in PDAs.
F2
Plan Bay Area 2040 seeks to combine transportation, jobs and housing as a solution to the needs of our growing population. City Response: Agree
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R2
The city should consider adopting an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
F3
While State law mandates that ABAG conduct the RHNA process, a city is not required to subsidize and/or build the units; it is only required to demonstrate that local zoning will not impede development. City Response: Agree, State law mandates that local jurisdictions have adequate locations/areas that can accommodate their fair share of housing through appropriate zoning. Gregory Lane – Pleasant Hill – California 94523-3323 – (925) 671-5270 – FAX (925) 256-8190
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R3
The city should explore rehabilitating existing housing stock as AH for purchase or rental, and identify funding to do so.
F5
Inclusionary zoning programs provide incentives and regulatory waivers to builders and developers who produce both affordable and market rate homes within the same project. City Response: Disagree. Inclusionary zoning/housing provisions do not necessarily include any incentives or regulatory waivers to builders or developers.
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R5
The city should explore increasing existing "impact fees" or "linkage fees" or enacting such fees in order to generate revenue with which to assist funding of AH.
F6
The city's Inclusionary Housing ordinance helps to provide AH in that city. City Response: Agree Inclusionary Housing Ordinances sometimes include the option for the
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R6
The city should consider designating an employee within the city's planning or housing department to coordinate with property management to maintain current waiting and interest lists of available AH and ensure information is posted on the city website, and identifying funding to do so.
F8
developer to pay in lieu fees instead of constructing AH units. City Response: Agree The city supplements the shortage of funds for AH by requiring builders to pay
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R8
The city should consider partnering with for-profit and not-for-profit builders to secure land suitable for AH, and identify funding to do so.
F9
impact fees, in lieu fees, or other construction and remodeling fees. City Response: Agree Infill costs less to service than new development because it takes advantage of
No recommendations for this finding
F10
the existing infrastructure. Partially disagree. Depending on the specifics of a site, infill development City Response: might or might not cost less to construct and service compared to new development. The elimination of redevelopment agencies resulted in a reduction of the
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F11
number of AH units constructed in the city by eliminating a major source of funding for affordable development projects. City Response: Agree The city delegates to the builder, owner, or management company of AH
Related Recommendations (1)
R11
The city should consider undertaking an education initiative in the earliest phase of affordable planning projects in order to alleviate community concerns regarding AH, and identify funding to do so.
F12
properties the responsibility for gathering and validating AH clientele information, as well as maintaining lists of potentially interested buyers. City Response: Agree There is no accessible centralized information source for available AH, which
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F13
compounds the problems created by the AH shortage for those who are searching for affordable housing. City Response: Agree
Related Recommendations (1)
R13
The city should consider identifying all infill and vacant land not in PDAs and encourage use of it for AH through tax incentives, density bonuses, etc.
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