Did you know that your city is required by the State of California to create a plan for how it will accommodate future growth and provide housing for all income levels? This plan, the “housing element,” can determine everything from the future location of homeless shelters and apartment buildings (or their exclusion) to protections for tenants. Right now, cities are beginning to update their housing elements and to show how they will meet regional goals requiring them to produce affordable housing. This public process – which this year may be streamlined or under the radar in many communities – is a key tool for advocates to ensure equal distribution of affordable housing, homes close to jobs and transit, and policies to prevent displacement. Come hear our panel of experts give you the 101 on the Housing Element process, why you should care, and how you can get involved now. Panelists: Laura Thomas, Renewed Hope Housing Advocates Lilli Lew-Hailer, MidPen Housing Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, Public Advocates Moderator: Evvy Stivers, Urban Habitat This event is co-sponsored by EBHO (East Bay Housing Organizations)

1. ”Ensuring
Homes
for
All:
An
Equity
Primer
on
Housing
Elements”
December
18,
2013

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your
perspective
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our
speakers
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your
communities
and
your
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8. • 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

9. Evvy
Stivers

10. Sam
Tepperman-­‐
Gelfant

11. Laura
Thomas

12. Lilli
Lew-­‐Hailer

13.
Ensuring
Homes
for
All:
An
Equity
Primer
on
Housing
Elements
Bay
Area
Housing
Elements:
What’s
Happening
Now
Sam
Tepperman-­‐
Gelfant,
Public
Advocates
Inc.

14. • 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
14
Local
Housing
Elements:
Regional
Context

15. • 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.
15
Playing
to
Win

16. • 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
16
Smaller
Numbers

17. • 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
17
Faster
Process

18. • 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
18
Getting
Creative:
Menlo
Park

19. Things
are
moving
fast:
Do
you
know
where
your
city
council
and
planning
staff
are?
19
ACT
NOW!

20. • 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

21. Lillian
Lew-­‐Hailer
MidPen
Housing
Corporation
December
18,
2013
URBAN
HABITAT
BOARDS
AND
COMMISSIONS
LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE

22. 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

23.
• Site
near
neighborhood
amenities
• Great
design
matters
• Mixed-­‐income
works
• Quality
property
and
asset
management
• Services
enriched
housing
MidPen
Model

24.
§ Finding
Good
Sites
§ Predicting
in
the
Process
§ Zoning
and
entitlement
§ NIMBYism
§ High
Costs
§ City
fees
§ Special
requirements
§ Lack
of
Funding
Challenges

25.
§ 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

26. § 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

27. ”Ensuring
Homes
for
All:
An
Equity
Primer
on
Housing
Elements”
December
18,
2013