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Supervisors clear charter amendment to raise inclusionary housing ceiling, set trailing ordinance and feasibility study timeline
Summary
The Board voted to place a charter amendment on the June ballot that removes a fixed inclusionary cap from the charter, sets interim inclusionary targets and directs a feasibility study and trailing ordinance; the board also adopted a companion policy resolution setting near-term drafting dates and analysis requirements.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to put a charter amendment on the June 7, 2016 ballot that would remove the charter’s existing ceiling on inclusionary (on-site affordable) housing obligations and return authority to the Board to set inclusionary requirements by ordinance.
Supervisor Jane Kim, the measure’s author, described the amendment as a tool to raise the city’s inclusionary housing obligations to help meet local affordable- and middle-income housing goals and said the interim proposal asks market-rate developers to meet a 15 percent on-site affordable requirement and an additional 10 percent…
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