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Planning Commission backs 10% inclusionary requirement and local preference policy for new large projects
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended that City Council adopt ordinance amendments creating Chapter 17.27 and revising 17.18.03 to require residential projects of 20+ units to set aside 10% of units as affordable (with specified AMI targets), implement a local live-work preference for city-funded or city-entitled BMR units, and provide multiple alternative compliance options; the recommendation passed unanimously.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council adopt amendments to Newark Municipal Code section 17.18.03 and add a new Chapter 17.27 that would apply an inclusionary housing requirement to large residential projects and codify a local preference policy for certain below-market-rate (BMR) units.
Michael Coolum, the city's housing policy and programs manager, said the changes implement elements of the city's 6th-cycle housing element and respond to a displacement study showing a decline in lower-income households and rising rent burdens in Newark. Under the staff…
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