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      • Inclusionary Housing Explained
        • What Is Inclusionary Housing?
        • What Problems Does It Address?
        • What Are the Downsides?
        • Racial Equity in Inclusionary Housing
        • Resources
      • Designing a Policy
        • Program Structure
        • On-Site Development
        • Compliance Options
        • Incentives
        • Affordability Preservation
        • Inclusionary Housing Calculator
      • Making It Work
        • Supporting Builders
        • Program Administration
        • Monitoring Rental Units
        • Stewarding Homeownership Units
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    Should we allow ownership units to be used for affordable rental housing?
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    Posted June 27, 2016

    Should we allow ownership units to be used for affordable rental housing?

    While this is not common practice, several jurisdictions have programs that allow for or even encourage local housing authorities or nonprofits to purchase some inclusionary units. For example, [...]

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    By Kim Anicker
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    Posted June 16, 2016

    Should developers be allowed to access public subsidies for affordable units required under the inclusionary program?

    A few communities actively encourage developers to utilize other housing subsidies to help offset the cost of building required affordable units. This position seems to be more common in [...]

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    By Kim Anicker
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    Posted June 15, 2016

    Why is long-term affordability so important?

    Some of the most compelling arguments for the need to ensure permanent affordability have come from analyses of federally-subsidized rental units (e.g. Project Based Rental Assistance). According [...]

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    By Kim Anicker
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    Posted June 15, 2016

    How can we make sure that our city’s inclusionary housing policy produces ownership units?

    Inclusionary housing programs create affordable homeownership opportunities in three distinct ways: On-site homeownership units. When developers produce for-sale projects, most inclusionary [...]

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    Posted June 15, 2016

    How do we ensure that the required affordable rents are below market rate for smaller units?

    It is not uncommon for cities to have a problem where their smaller units rent for close to market rate. This is largely the result of the unrealistic assumptions set forth in the federal income [...]

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    Posted June 15, 2016

    Why do cities have different income targets for homeownership units versus rental units?

    Cities often set affordability levels higher for ownership units than for rental units. For programs with a single income targeting requirement, 23 percent of programs set the maximum income at [...]

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