”Ensuring  Homes  for  All:    An  Equity  Primer  on  Housing  Elements”  

December  18,  2013  

UH  News  Executive  Director  Position  Available  

Shared  office  for  rent  @  Urban  Habitat  

Land  Use/Affordable  Housing  Coordinator  Position  Available  

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• Affordable  Housing  Advocacy  Coalition  founded  in  1984  

• Based  in  Oakland,  work  throughout  Alameda  and  Contra  Costa  Counties  –also  on  regional  and  state  issues  

• Preserve,  Promote  and  Expand  Affordable  Housing  Opportunities  through  Education,  Advocacy,  Coalition  Building  and  Organizing  

• Membership-­‐based:  300+  individual  and  organizational  members  

www.EBHO.org  

East  Bay  Housing  Organizations  

Evvy  Stivers  

Sam  Tepperman-­‐Gelfant  

Laura  Thomas  

Lilli  Lew-­‐Hailer  

 Ensuring  Homes  for  

All:    An  Equity  Primer  on  Housing  Elements  

 

Bay  Area  Housing  Elements:    What’s  Happening  Now  

Sam  Tepperman-­‐Gelfant,    

Public  Advocates  Inc.  

     

•  Plan  Bay  Area  Sustainable  Communities  Strategy  (SCS)  

•  Regional  Housing  Need  Allocation  (RHNA)  numbers  finalized  July  18,  2013  

•  Housing  Element  Updates  by  January  31,  2015  •  Some  Positive  aspects  of  regional  framing  

–  Displacement  risk  front  and  center  –  Zoning  near  transit  and  amenities  

•  2014-­‐2022  RHNA  Cycle  will  be  SMALLER  and  FASTER  

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Local  Housing  Elements:    Regional  Context  

•  Sites  for  Affordable  Housing  •  Local  Funding  for  Affordable  Housing  –  Impact  and  Linkage  Fees  – Boomerang  Funds  

•  Policies  and  Programs    –  Tenant  Protections  –  Incentive/Overlay  zoning  –  Site  consolidation  

•  See  Results:  Pleasanton,  Alameda,  Menlo  Park,  Concord,  Marin  County,  etc.  

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Playing  to  Win  

•  Reduced  Regional  Housing  Need  Number  –  2007-­‐2014  =  214,500    –  2014-­‐2022  =  187,990  

•  70%  of  RHNA  distributed  to  Priority  Development  Areas  (PDAs)    – PDAs  are  disproportionately  in  low-­‐income  communities  of  color  

– Most  wealthy  suburbs  got  reduced  numbers        

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Smaller  Numbers  

•  Streamlined  Review  by  HCD  –  Certified  Housing  Element  for  2007-­‐14  cycle  –  Rezoning  Completed  –  Density  Bonus  Ordinance  –  Zoning  for  Emergency  Shelters,  Transitional  and  Supportive  

Housing  –  Reasonable  Accommodation  

•  Statutory  Incentives  for  Timely  Adoption  –  Revise  every  4  years  if  Housing  Element  not  adopted  within  120  

days  of  deadline  •  The  OneBayArea  Grant  Program  

–  HCD  Certified  Housing  Element  required  to  access  some  transportation  dollars  

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Faster  Process  

•  Menlo  Park  – No  Housing  Element  for  decades  – Virtually  no  affordable  housing  production  – Virtually  no  appropriately  zoned  sites    

•  FACEBOOK  – Needed  discretionary  approval  to  expand  – CEQA  review  

•  Peninsula  Interfaith  Action,  et  al  v.  City  of  Menlo  Park  –  Settlement  Agreement  

•  May  21,  2013:  Housing  Element  Adopted,  Sites  Rezoned    – Affordable  Housing  Overlay  

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Getting  Creative:    Menlo  Park  

Things  are  moving  fast:  Do  you  know  where  your  city  council  and  planning  

staff  are?  

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ACT  NOW!    

•  Sam  Tepperman-­‐Gelfant  Senior  Staff  Attorney,  Public  Advocates  –  stepperman-­‐gelfant@publicadvocates.org  –  www.publicadvocates.org  –  Facebook:  publicadvocates  –  Twitter:  @publicadvocates  

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More  Information  

Lillian  Lew-­‐Hailer  MidPen  Housing  Corporation  December  18,  2013  

     

URBAN  HABITAT  BOARDS  AND  COMMISSIONS  

LEADERSHIP  INSTITUTE      

Real  Estate  Development:  •  7,000  affordable  homes;  

1,600  units  in  pipeline;  640  units  under  construction.  

 

Property  Management:    •  87  properties,  14,000    

residents    

Resident  Services:  •  $5  million  annually;  300  

service  partners.  

MidPen  Housing  

 •  Site  near  neighborhood  

amenities  •  Great  design  matters    

 •  Mixed-­‐income  works  •  Quality  property  and  

asset  management  •  Services  enriched  

housing    

MidPen  Model  

 

 

 §  Finding  Good  Sites  §  Predicting  in  the  Process  

§  Zoning  and  entitlement  §  NIMBYism  

§  High  Costs  §  City  fees  §  Special  requirements  

§  Lack  of  Funding    

Challenges  

 

§  Create  Good  Sites  §  Predictability  in  the  Process  

§  Design  and  parking  standards  §  YIMBYism  

§  Lower  Costs  §  Reduced  fees  for  affordable  housing  §  Expedite  processes  §  Don’t  pile  on!  

§  Generate  Funding    §  Inclusionary  policies  §  Housing  Impact  Fees  &  Jobs/Housing  Linkage  Fees  §  “Boomerang”  funds  

Housing  Element  Solutions  

§  Participate!  §  Sign  up  for  emails,  fill  out  surveys,  write  letters  

§  Represent!  §  Show  up  at  hearings  §  Be  the  face  of  affordable  housing  

§  Be  a  YIMBY!  §  Be  the  face  of  affordable  housing’s  neighbors  §  Make  low  and  moderate  income  housing  a  priority  

Advocate  Engagement  

”Ensuring  Homes  for  All:    An  Equity  Primer  on  Housing  Elements”  

December  18,  2013