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Affordable Housing Programs
A
Hello
I
am
David
Loya
I'm,
the
director
of
Community
Development,
with
the
city
of
archaea
and
I
would
like
to
talk
with
you
today
about
three
programs
that
result
in
affordable
housing
and
new
development,
we'll
be
covering
the
state
density,
bonus
law,
the
City's
community
benefits
program
for
the
Gateway
code
and
the
inclusion
or
zoning
program.
That's
proposed
for
the
Gateway
code
as
well
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
features
of
each
of
these
programs
and
how
they
interact
and
overlap,
and
the
relative
effectiveness
of
each
one.
Given
that
overlap.
A
A
Now
the
inclusionary
zoning
would
only
trigger
with
projects
that
are
posing
30
units
or
more.
That
threshold
has
been
set
by
the
Planning
Commission
to
make
it
high
enough,
so
that
smaller
projects
aren't
required
to
provide
inclusionary
zoning,
which
would
impact
the
revenue
stream
and
make
those
projects
potentially
not
feasible.
A
We've
seen
that
Arcata
before
when
the
inclusionary
zoning
requirement
was
low.
We
had
projects
that
could
have
been
proposed,
but
weren't
proposed
unless
the
city
was
participating
financially
and
so
29
units
is
the
most
units
you
can
build
under
the
current
proposal
that
having
to
provide
affordable
units.
A
The
specifics
of
the
inclusionary
zoning
program
that
are
recommended
by
the
Planning
Commission
are
four
percent
of
the
units
would
be
provided
for
very
low
income
households.
Those
are
households
earning
less
than
50
percent
area
median
income
or
it
could
be
met
by
providing
nine
percent
of
the
units
to
low-income
households,
those
households
earning
less
than
80
percent
area
median
income.
A
The
community
benefits
program
was
also
developed
to
provide
affordable
housing
as
one
of
the
optional
benefits
that
projects
could
select
to
meet
the
criteria
for
principally
permitted
approvals.
So
as
you're
aware,
the
Gateway
code
is
structured,
such
that,
if
you
provide
high
density
housing,
you
meet
the
objective
standards
of
the
code
and
you
provide
Community
benefits.
Then
your
ministerially
approved
or
principally
permitted.
A
A
It
allows
a
developer
to
both
meet
the
community
benefits
requirement
and
also
provide
affordable
housing,
and
it
applies
in
addition
to
all
of
their
standards
in
the
code
and
obviously
the
community
benefits
program
also
applies
you're,
actually
selecting
a
community
benefit
by
providing
the
support
by
housing.
It
applies
to
any
project
regardless
of
the
number
of
units,
so
even
if
the
inclusionary
zoning
program
isn't
triggered
your
project
is
less
than
30
units,
you
could
still
Select
Community
benefits
program
to
provide
affordable
housing
and
to
accomplish
that
to
get
those
points
for
that
Community
benefit.
A
You
either
need
to
provide
10
percent
above
the
inclusionary
zoning
requirement,
which,
if
you're
less
than
30
units
the
inclusionary
zoning
requirement,
is
zero,
and
so
you
would
be
required
to
provide
10
percent.
If
you're
above
the
inclusionary
zoning
threshold
of
30
units,
you
would
be
providing
at
a
minimum
14
or
if
you
had
100
affordable
project
where
all
of
the
units
were
reserved
for
for
lower
income
households,
you
would
be
able
to
meet
that
Community
benefits
program
threshold.
A
So
those
are
the
key
features
of
the
community
benefits
program
as
they
relate
to
affordable
housing.
Next,
let's
take
a
look
at
the
state
density
bonus
program,
and
this
program
is
a
lot
more
complex,
I'm,
going
to
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
on
it.
Density
bonus
has
been
around
for
decades,
but
recent
improvements
to
the
program
in
2019,
2021
and
22.
have
really
incentivized
the
use
for
developers
to
tap
into
State
density
bonus.
A
Again,
this
is
not
a
regulatory
program.
It's
optional.
It's
a
Statewide
incentive
program.
The
standards
regulating
development
may
be
waived
at
the
project.
Proponents
request
and
we'll
look
at
that
in
a
little
more
detail
in
a
moment
and
Community
benefits
program
could
also
be
waived
at
the
proponents.
Discretion
as
a
concession
or
an
incentive,
as
defined
under
State
density,
bonus,
State
density
bonus
can
apply
to
any
project
size,
so
it
doesn't
have
to.
You
know,
cross
the
30
unit
threshold.
A
The
way
that
you
obtain
the
density
bonus
is
that
at
a
minimum
you
provide
five
percent
of
the
units
restricted
to
very
low
income.
Households
or
ten
percent
of
the
units
to
low-income
households-
this
is
for
a
rental
project
or
an
ownership
project,
or
you
could
meet
it
by
creating
10
of
the
units
for
moderate
income.
Households
now
you're,
starting
to
see
a
parity
between
the
inclusionary
zoning
program
and
the
density
bonus
program,
and
you
can
see
where
there
might
be
some
overlap
there,
because
those
numbers
and
the
income
levels
are
similar.
A
With
State
density
bonus,
the
developer
can
achieve
concessions
or
incentives,
a
total
of
one
through
four,
depending
on
the
income
level
that
they
are
providing
in
the
project
and
total
percentage
of
those
units
that
are
restricted
at
that
income
level.
So
you
can
see
that
a
developer
can
obtain
one
concession
for
providing
five
percent:
very
low
income,
housing
or
10
percent
low
income,
housing
or
10
moderate
income,
and
this
is
restricted
for
for
sale
units.
A
Now
the
city
is
required
to
Grant
the
concessions.
If
a
developer
provides
10
very
low
income,
then
they
are
entitled
to
two
concessions
and
the
developer
gets
to
pick
which
those
concessions
are
city
is
required
to
Grant.
Those
concessions,
unless
certain
circumstances
apply
and
sort
of
the
two
that
I
want
to
focus
on
here
are
that
the
city
can
prove
that
it
doesn't
result
in
a
cost
reduction
or
that
creates
a
health
and
safety
hazard.
A
Now
you
can
imagine
the
does
not
create
a
cost.
Reduction
is
a
pretty
high
threshold
for
the
city
to
prove
if
a
developer
wants
to
use
State
density
bonus
and
wants
to
reduce
or
eliminate
the
recreation
fee
for
new
construction,
the
funds
that
we
collect
to
support
parks
and
develop
and
maintenance,
and
that
total
comes
out
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
they
say
I-
don't
want
to
pay
that
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
my
concession.
A
It
would
be
very
difficult
for
the
city
to
prove
that
it's
not
a
cost
reduction
to
eliminate
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
cost
of
the
project,
so
you
can
see
that
the
developers
have
a
lot
of
latitude
in
the
way
that
they
apply.
These
incentives
and
concessions
and
the
Housing
Community
Development
Department
for
the
state
has
really
supported
developers
being
able
to
use
these
concessions.
Broadly
now,
concessions
range
they
can
include
impact
fees,
reduction
or
elimination
of
dedication
requirements,
modification
of
design
requirements.
The
list
can
go
on
anything
that
costs
the
developer.
A
Okay,
let's
focus
on
waivers
for
a
moment.
These
are
pretty
broad.
The
developer
again
gets
to
choose
which
standards
to
waive
and
they
can
be
any
objective
standard.
That's
in
the
code
or
any
standard.
That's
in
the
code,
Building
height
setback
we've
been
talking
about
having
Upper
Floor
step
backs,
they
could
wave
those
site
coverage
design.
The
list
goes
on,
there's
no
limit
to
the
total
number
of
waivers
that
they
can
request.
A
A
If
the
step
back,
if
they
can
show
that
that
step
back
they're
not
able
to
provide
the
units
they're
proposing
to
provide
they
say,
I'm,
not
providing
a
step
back
on
this
project-
and
we
say
you're
right
you're,
not
we're
going
to
apply
State
density
bonus
here.
So
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
discretion
there.
So
those
are
really
important
tools
that
the
state
has
given
to
developers
if
they
provide
affordable
housing.
A
So
let's
look
at
the
overlap
between
these
because
the
different
project,
the
different
programs,
were
developed
with
different
objectives
in
mind,
different
core
purposes,
different
reasons,
and
so
we
want
to
look
at
how
the
overlap
between
these
programs
affects
each
of
those
programs,
but
just
in
review
The
Gateway
code
inclusionary
zoning
has
a
threshold
at
30
triggers
at
30.
and
it
would
be
required
to
provide
four
percent
very
low
income,
housing
or
nine
percent
low
income
housing
or
if
it's
an
ownership
project,
nine
percent
or
reserved
for
moderate
income.
A
The
Gateway
code,
Community
benefits
program,
provides
that
you
and
I'm
going
to
focus
just
on
the
increase
over
density
bonus
program
here,
not
the
100
affordable
program,
but
the
10
over
the
inclusionary
zoning
requirement
would
arrive
at
either
10
to
14
percent
very
low
income
depending
on
if
the
inclusionary
zoning
requirements
were
triggered.
So
at
a
minimum,
it's
10
conclusionary
zoning
has
triggered
that
additional
four
percent
is
added
to
it
and
this
could
be
applied
at
the
developer's
discretion
regardless
of
unit
size.
A
A
Once
you
elect
to
provide
the
Gateway
code,
Community
benefits
you're
at
a
minimum,
providing
ten
percent
very
low
income,
for
example,
which
is
above
the
five
percent
or
state
density
bonus.
Similarly,
ten
percent
for
low
income
is
at
the
minimum
for
State
density,
bonus
or
low
income
and
moderate
income
projects.
So
there's
100
overlap
between
those
two.
A
So
how
do
those
concessions
and
incentives?
The
waivers?
How
do
those
impact
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
with
the
Gateway
code,
where
we're
requiring
certain
standards
to
be
applied
to
these
new
projects
or
requiring
Community
benefits
to
be
applied
to
these
projects?
When
the
state
density
bonus
law
can
simply
remove
those
requirements?.
A
How
much
should
we
overlap
our
inclusionary
zoning
program?
Planning
Commission
made
a
recommendation
to
fall
just
short
of
the
state
density
bonus
law
for
inclusionary
zoning,
which
is
why
you
see
these
low
numbers,
four
percent:
nine
percent
nine
percent.
As
it's
been
stated,
some
jurisdictions
have
much
higher
requirements
for
inclusionary
zoning.
A
So
again,
the
overlap
between
these
programs
ultimately
under
undermines
some
of
the
program's
purposes.
If
we
create
too
much
overlap,
then
people
are
going
to
take
the
density
bonus
and
they
are
going
to
not
take
our
community
benefits
program,
they're,
going
to
take
waivers
from
the
standards
that
we've
set
up
and
we
are
going
to
have
little
to
say
about
it
as
a
community.
A
I
hope
this
video
has
been
informative
and
helped
you
to
better
understand
these
three
programs
and
the
relationship
between
them
and
I
hope
this
furthers
the
discussion
that
we'll
be
having
in
the
near
future
on
how
to
implement
these
programs
in
our
new
codes.
Thanks
so
much
for
watching
and
appreciate,
seeing
you
at
our.