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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?

by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for a litt ...

by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for a little over 4 years. The reason I choose to serve on the commission was that my expertise with sale ...

January 30, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Ser ...

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Services Commission (who were writing for themselves) when they pushed for more affordable housing ...

August 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordabl ...

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordable Housing Program proposal from Brixmor Property Group for the University Mall project. Our Soc ...

August 16, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2019
| (37) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perha ...

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perhaps less of a plan and more of a vague roadmap to a plan. I remain a strong supporter of the pr ...

December 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2019
| (16) Comments

Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Socia ...

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Social Services Commission, skeptical that current affordable housing policies are too weak, reject ...

December 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Commission Got It Wrong – Revenue Stream Is a Good Deal for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2019
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Commission Got It Wrong – Revenue Stream Is a Good Deal for Davis

Several of the commissioners and public commenters lamented the fact that the projected revenue stream fr ...

Several of the commissioners and public commenters lamented the fact that the projected revenue stream from the 3820 Chiles Road apartment project at only $125,000 or so to start was insufficient. Cla ...

February 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2018
| (1) Comment

Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions

While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both the Planning Commiss ...

While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both the Planning Commission and Social Services Commission took up earlier this month, staff is asking the council to a ...

November 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2018
| (28) Comments

Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing ...

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing is in no danger of going away in Davis anytime soon. Not with the rising costs of housing and ...

November 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2018
| (31) Comments

Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan

The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing pr ...

The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing predominantly one and two bedroom units rented by the unit that meet community needs for housing ...

November 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2018
| (25) Comments

Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing

The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance ...

The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance just as the Planning Commission had done last week. After a long and structured conversation ...

November 20, 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

| (21) Comments

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Developer Tells Commission Nishi is Not a Mega-Dorm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2017
| (11) Comments

Developer Tells Commission Nishi is Not a Mega-Dorm

On Monday night, the Social Services Commission was asked to offer a preliminary assessment of the Nishi ...

On Monday night, the Social Services Commission was asked to offer a preliminary assessment of the Nishi affordable housing project. Given the lack of a final project proposal, that was difficult and ...

December 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Commentary: The City Needs a Family Housing Workshop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2017
| (10) Comments

Commentary: The City Needs a Family Housing Workshop

Last night at the Social Services Commission meeting – as I listened to the students get up and talk abou ...

Last night at the Social Services Commission meeting – as I listened to the students get up and talk about their hardships finding housing, the cost of that housing, the choices that students were mak ...

November 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Social Services Commission to Look at Affordable Component for Sterling Apartments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2016
| (30) Comments

Social Services Commission to Look at Affordable Component for Sterling Apartments

Following the demise of the EMQ FamiliesFirst facility, the new property owner has submitted a formal pla ...

Following the demise of the EMQ FamiliesFirst facility, the new property owner has submitted a formal planning application to build an apartment complex that would provide high-density apartment units ...

January 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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