Affordable Housing
Siting Policy
November 28, 2022
CED Committee
Item (d)3
Rachel VanderVeen
Deputy Director
Joshua Ishimatsu
Senior Development Officer
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
San José’s History
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3 San José’s Growth and Development
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Affordable Housing follows Historic Patterns
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Affordable Housing with City Funding
5 Fairways at San Antonio Court Villas in the Park
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2022 Income Limits
Santa Clara County Area Median Income
Expand Choice – consistent with California, Federal Fair Housing Law, build affordable housing in
neighborhoods where they have been excluded
Mitigate displacement
Transparent to developers stakeholders and easily
administered by City staff
Affordable Housing Siting Policy Goals
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Consider
violent crime data
by census block
group level and at
the 90th percentile
level
Consider limiting
the criteria to
only include
income levels
Council Direction - Definitions
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Council Direction – NOFA Results
11/23/2022
Neighborhood Area(s)
Total
Affordable
Homes
% of Total
Affordable
Homes
Total
Developments
Affordable Housing
Expansion Areas 227 16% 2
Continued Investment
Areas 1,234 84% 14
Total 1,461 100% 16
Council Direction – Housing Element Analysis
11/23/2022
Neighborhood
Areas
Estimate of
Lower Income
Units can be
built
% Of
Lower
Income
Capacity
# Of Parcels
w/capacity to
develop Low
Income Units
% Of all 529
HE Sites for
projected Lowincome units
Affordable
Housing
Expansion Areas
8,565 36% 96 18%
Continued
Investment Areas 14,954 64% 148 28%
Total 23,519 100% 244 47%
What We Heard...
Words Matter
Labels undermine
and stigmatize communities
Opportunities Exist
throughout the City
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What Research Supports – Opportunity Atlas
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BUILDING GREAT PLACES INVESTING IN PEOPLE PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ALL Neighborhood Areas (Updated Map)
13 Blue - Affordable
Housing Expansion
Areas
Light Blue -
Continued
Investment Areas
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Distribution of Affordable Homes
14 BUILDINGGREATPLACES INVESTINGINPEOPLE PROVIDINGHOUSINGFORALL Neighborhood
Areas
Percentage of
the City
Current
Distribution of
Units
New Unit Distribution
Goal 5 year for
FY21-22 to FY 25-26
Affordable Housing
Expansion Areas 34% 9% 35%
Continued
Investment Areas 66% 91% 65%
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Further Review
If affordable homes are
greater than 50% of the
housing stock in a
census block.
If a census tracts has
more than 20% of
households living at or
below the poverty
threshold.
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Allow Affordable to Move Forward
Neighborhood facing displacement
Growth area
Mixed-income development
Part of a community development investment plan that has approved funding
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Reporting
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Evaluation of all affordable housing that
house residents earning up to 80% AMI
Evaluation begins immediately after the
award of the NOFA fiscal year 2025–2026
Evaluate Siting Policy against its distribution
goals
Why the Change
Previous
Increasing the threshold to 90%
percentile, limits housing choice
even more
Contribute to the negative
stereotypes of affordable
housing and harms lower
income neighborhoods
Lack of consensus on crime
definition
Proposed
Expand choice by creating
more opportunities in the
City
Invest in all parts of the City,
especially including where
historically disinvestment
has occurred
Methodology based on
income consistent with
research
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Additional Recommendations
Prioritize CDBG
funding to targeted
neighborhoods,
including areas with
racial segregation and
concentrated poverty
(FY24-25)
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Staff Recommendation
11/23/2022
1. Accept the staff report on the proposed Affordable
Housing Siting Policy which includes research addressing City Council direction from the August 31, 2021, City
Council meeting and a recommendation that the City
Council at the December 6, 2022, meeting adopt a
Resolution approving the proposed Siting Policy; and
2. Cross reference this item to the December 6, 2022, City Council meeting.
Affordable Housing
Siting Policy
Thank you
Rachel VanderVeen
Deputy Director
Joshua Ishimatsu
Senior Development Officer
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director