...Title
Barriers to Affordable Housing Construction.
...Recommendations
Accept the report on barriers to affordable housing construction, and approve the following:
(a) Add the following work items to the Housing Crisis Work Plan to further assist affordable housing development based on the feedback received during outreach:
(1) Create an impact fee registry;
(2) Establish internal coordination meetings to help facilitate key deadlines for affordable developments; and
(3) Evaluate the City’s bond issuance and monitoring fees and consider strategies to eliminate the incentive to use outside bond issuers and encourage participation in the City’s bond program.
(b) Explore a new temporary suspension, and clarification of existing exemptions, for the collection of the residential construction taxes listed below for affordable housing development:
(1) Building and Structure Construction Tax;
(2) Commercial-Residential Mobilehome Park Building Tax;
(3) Residential Construction Tax; and
(4) Construction Portion of the Construction and Conveyance Tax.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-003, Agreements/Contracts (New or Amended) resulting in no physical changes to the environment and File No. PP17-006, Grant Application with no commitment or obligation to enter into an agreement at the time of application. (Economic Development and Cultural Affairs/Housing/ Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)