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Commissioners forward rival housing-preference ordinances for redevelopment certificate holders to Board of Supervisors
Summary
The commission considered two ordinances to allocate inclusionary housing for holders of redevelopment certificates: a mayoral bill limiting preference to 30% of inclusionary units and a broader supervisor's proposal to prioritize those holders and extend benefits. After public testimony and staff analysis, the commission recommended both be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for further action.
The Planning Commission heard competing proposals to give preference in certain affordable housing programs to holders of redevelopment "certificates of preference," a group created decades ago for residents displaced by urban renewal. Supervisor Mercarimi, who initiated hearings at the Board of Supervisors, urged a broad approach that he said should extend to children and grandchildren of certificate holders and to commercial jobs-housing linkage projects.
The mayor's ordinance, as presented to the commission, would reserve up to 30% of units produced under the inclusionary-housing provisions of planning…
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