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Commission asks staff to develop Housing First policy and pursue pocket‑neighborhoods, redevelopment incentives and mixed housing types
Summary
After a February housing summit and a staff presentation of 11 policy options, commissioners directed staff to draft a Housing First policy, participate in a countywide fair‑housing assessment and to explore 'pocket neighborhoods', redevelopment incentives and mixed housing types with municipal and private stakeholders.
Growth Management presented findings from a February housing summit and proposed eleven policy options to address housing affordability, ranging from 'Housing First' supportive‑housing models to tiny‑house villages, community land trusts and inclusionary zoning.
Staff emphasized that implementation will require changes to land‑use rules, funding priorities and coordination with city and nonprofit…
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