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Long Beach council advances citywide inclusionary housing ordinance with phased rollout and tweaks to affordability mix
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents and developers, the City Council approved changes to the citywide inclusionary housing proposal, directing staff to finalize an ordinance that expands the policy beyond downtown and midtown, phases compliance, and sets differing affordability mixes by submarket to meet state housing goals.
The Long Beach City Council voted to advance a citywide update to the municipality's inclusionary housing policy on Feb. 11, 2025, directing staff to finalize an ordinance that expands the requirement beyond the existing downtown and midtown zones and phases implementation across the rest of the city.
City planning staff and council members framed the measure as a tool to produce more permanently affordable units while meeting the city's state-required Regional Housing Needs Assessment targets and affirmatively furthering fair housing. Under the direction approved by the council, new multi-unit projects of 10 or more units would be subject to inclusionary requirements, applied by geographic submarket, with a multi-year phase-in schedule for areas outside downtown and midtown.
City staff told the council that the proposal responds to recent housing production patterns: Long Beach has seen record numbers of entitlements but remains short of state targets for very-low- and extremely-low-income housing. Staff described changes made after public outreach and formal…
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