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Santa Fe District 2 candidates differ on how to define and boost affordable housing
Summary
At a District 2 forum, candidates disagreed on definitions and solutions for affordable housing: some favor raising AMI thresholds and fee reforms, others propose supply increases, ADUs and market‑based fixes to keep locals housed.
Candidates at a Santa Fe District 2 forum offered competing definitions and remedies for what counts as "affordable housing."
Paul Bustamante said affordability isn’t a $2,400 studio and urged raising eligibility thresholds: "Right now, it's a 120%. We need to raise that to at least 150, 160," he said, arguing that raising AMI thresholds would enable more residents to qualify for programs. He cited the Las Estrellas project as an example of re‑evaluating income assumptions.
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