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Monday Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing Discussion Starts This Week at Planning Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing Discussion Starts This Week at Planning Commission

On Wednesday, the Davis Planning Commission will get the first crack at looking at the new Affordable Hou ...

On Wednesday, the Davis Planning Commission will get the first crack at looking at the new Affordable Housing Ordinance (see our article from last week). Staff is asking the commission to make recomm ...

November 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Where Will Our Affordable Housing Come from in the Future?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2018
| (78) Comments

Commentary: Where Will Our Affordable Housing Come from in the Future?

It is unfortunate that, in a lot of ways, the Measure L campaign was a distraction from the core issues t ...

It is unfortunate that, in a lot of ways, the Measure L campaign was a distraction from the core issues that this community faces, and yet in some ways it was not. One of the biggest challenges we fa ...

November 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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An Early Look at New Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2018
| (12) Comments

An Early Look at New Affordable Housing Ordinance

The city has released the Affordable Housing Ordinance early. It is set to be reviewed on November 14 by ...

The city has released the Affordable Housing Ordinance early. It is set to be reviewed on November 14 by the Planning Commission and November 19 by the Social Services Commission. The city’s affordab ...

November 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Should the City Reconsider Exempting Vertical Mixed Use from Affordable Requirements?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2018
| (20) Comments

Analysis: Should the City Reconsider Exempting Vertical Mixed Use from Affordable Requirements?

On Tuesday night, Eileen Samitz during public comment pressed the city council to eliminate the exemption ...

On Tuesday night, Eileen Samitz during public comment pressed the city council to eliminate the exemption for affordable housing requirements in vertical mixed-use projects. She is not the only one t ...

August 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: On the West Davis Affordable Housing Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2018
| (46) Comments

Commentary: On the West Davis Affordable Housing Proposal

One of the concerns I have with the argument against the West Davis Active Adult Community is the point i ...

One of the concerns I have with the argument against the West Davis Active Adult Community is the point it implicitly makes against land dedication sites for affordable housing. The opposition argues ...

August 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Affordable Housing is Now Driving the Boat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2018
| (12) Comments

My View: Affordable Housing is Now Driving the Boat

Last month outgoing ASUCD President Josh Dalavai told the Vanguard that the push is now shifting to not o ...

Last month outgoing ASUCD President Josh Dalavai told the Vanguard that the push is now shifting to not only include a demand for student housing, but to make sure that that housing is affordable. “We ...

February 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Vote on Revisions to Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 03, 2018
| (39) Comments

Council to Vote on Revisions to Affordable Housing Ordinance

On Tuesday, the council is being asked to approve an interim ordinance for affordable housing that would ...

On Tuesday, the council is being asked to approve an interim ordinance for affordable housing that would allow the council to accept projects with less than 35 percent of the units as affordable units ...

February 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Tweaks, but No Big Changes in Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance Update

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2018
| (21) Comments

Tweaks, but No Big Changes in Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance Update

One of the bigger issues that has emerged in the city of Davis is the Affordable Housing Ordinance. With ...

One of the bigger issues that has emerged in the city of Davis is the Affordable Housing Ordinance. With the rise of new apartment proposals that are structured more as student housing complexes, som ...

January 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will the City Have to Revise Its Affordable Housing Guidelines?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2017
| (23) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Will the City Have to Revise Its Affordable Housing Guidelines?

One of the big questions facing the city is why they are not getting any market rate multi-family project ...

One of the big questions facing the city is why they are not getting any market rate multi-family projects anymore that have 35 percent affordable units, as required under the city’s affordable housin ...

December 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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Commentary: Can We Solve Our Housing Crisis through Market Rate Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2017
| (11) Comments

Commentary: Can We Solve Our Housing Crisis through Market Rate Housing?

My View: We are not going to build our way into affordability. Twenty years ago when I rented my first ap ...

My View: We are not going to build our way into affordability. Twenty years ago when I rented my first apartment in Davis, I moved in with a buddy of mine from graduate school and we shared a two-bedr ...

November 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Where is the Council Going with Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2017
| (34) Comments

Where is the Council Going with Affordable Housing?

What does the future of affordable housing look like in Davis? The council had the discussion and one th ...

What does the future of affordable housing look like in Davis? The council had the discussion and one thing that seemed clear from the comments, the city will no longer be able to have dedicated site ...

October 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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City Council to Look at Affordable Rental Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2017
| (15) Comments

City Council to Look at Affordable Rental Housing

The current rental vacancy rate, along with a growing student population and high overall rents, has seve ...

The current rental vacancy rate, along with a growing student population and high overall rents, has severely impact affordability for both students and workforce housing. As such, staff writes that ...

October 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Commentary: Opponents Called the Nishi Affordable Housing Exemption Illegal; Opponents Were Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2017
| (22) Comments

Commentary: Opponents Called the Nishi Affordable Housing Exemption Illegal; Opponents Were Wrong

During the Nishi campaign last year, opponents of Nishi argued that the city gave away millions to the de ...

During the Nishi campaign last year, opponents of Nishi argued that the city gave away millions to the developer in affordable housing commitments. But they went further than that, when Alan Pryor in ...

August 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (22) Comments

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Legal or Illegal: Exemption of Nishi Project from City’s Affordable Housing Ordinance Is Morally Wrong!

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 26, 2016
| (46) Comments

Legal or Illegal: Exemption of Nishi Project from City’s Affordable Housing Ordinance Is Morally Wrong!

By Nancy Price On Sunday, April 10, Alan Pryor wrote an Op-Ed in the Enterprise in which he claimed that ...

By Nancy Price On Sunday, April 10, Alan Pryor wrote an Op-Ed in the Enterprise in which he claimed that the City Council's actions to exempt the proposed Nishi project from all low income housing req ...

April 26, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (46) Comments

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Guest Commentary: City Did Not Violate Affordable Housing Requirements on Nishi

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 17, 2016
| (48) Comments

Guest Commentary: City Did Not Violate Affordable Housing Requirements on Nishi

by Robb Davis In his Sunday, April 10, Op-Ed Alan Pryor stated that the City had violated its own afforda ...

by Robb Davis In his Sunday, April 10, Op-Ed Alan Pryor stated that the City had violated its own affordable housing ordinance in approving the Nishi project. In what follows I describe why I believe ...

April 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (48) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Nishi a Vertical Mixed Use Project?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2016
| (45) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Nishi a Vertical Mixed Use Project?

There has been a lot of discussion about the Nishi Affordable Housing Component. Last week, we cited the ...

There has been a lot of discussion about the Nishi Affordable Housing Component. Last week, we cited the city’s explanation from a November 2015 staff report which states, “The current affordable hou ...

April 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (45) Comments

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Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2015
| (2) Comments

Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal o ...

By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal of increasing the supply of safe, accessible, and affordable housing and ending homelessness in ...

January 15, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

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Council Reverses Vote to Allow ADUs to Count Toward Affordable Housing Requirements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2014
| (46) Comments

Council Reverses Vote to Allow ADUs to Count Toward Affordable Housing Requirements

In July of 2013, by a narrow 3-2 vote, the Davis City Council voted to amend the Affordable Housing Ordin ...

In July of 2013, by a narrow 3-2 vote, the Davis City Council voted to amend the Affordable Housing Ordinance to allow credit for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs, or granny flats) to count toward inclu ...

September 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (46) Comments

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Affordable Housing Advocates Once Again Protest Changes to City’s Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2014
| (39) Comments

Affordable Housing Advocates Once Again Protest Changes to City’s Ordinance

Once again affordable housing advocates came out in opposition to the city’s policy that would allow acce ...

Once again affordable housing advocates came out in opposition to the city’s policy that would allow accessory dwelling units to count as affordable housing units for the purposes of the city’s Housin ...

February 26, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (39) Comments

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