Affordable Housing
Siting Policy
December 6, 2022
Rachel VanderVeen
Deputy Director
Joshua Ishimatsu
Senior Development Officer
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Kemit Mawakana
Division Manager
Item 8.2
San José’s History
2 3
San José’s Growth and Development
Affordable Housing follows Historic Patterns
4 Affordable Housing with City Funding
5 Villas in the ParkFairways at San Antonio Court
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
Siting Policy Goals
6 What We Heard...
Words Matter
Labels undermine
and stigmatize communities
Opportunities Exist
throughout the City
BUILDING GREAT PLACES INVESTING IN PEOPLE PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ALL Neighborhood Areas
8 Blue - Affordable
Housing Expansion
Areas
Light Blue -
Continued
Investment Areas
Distribution of Affordable Homes
9BUILDINGGREATPLACES 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%
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.
Allow Affordable to Move Forward
Neighborhood facing displacement
Growth area
Mixed-income development
Part of a community development investment plan that
has approved funding
Reporting
Evaluate after five years
Consider target populations
Determine performance towards 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
Additional Recommendations
Prioritize CDBG
funding to targeted
neighborhoods
including areas with
racial segregation and
concentrated poverty
(FY24-25)
Affordable Housing
Siting Policy
December 6, 2022
Rachel VanderVeen
Deputy Director
Joshua Ishimatsu
Senior Development Officer
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Kemit Mawakana
Division Manager