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Council adopts higher 2026 in-lieu affordable housing fee for single-family homes
Summary
After a staff presentation on 2025 home sales and the inclusionary in-lieu fee formula, council adopted resolution 6485 to raise the 2026 in-lieu fee for single-family dwellings to $1,042,100; the condominium fee was left unchanged.
Carpinteria ' City staff presented the annual calculation of the in-lieu affordable housing fee required by the inclusionary housing ordinance and the council adopted a resolution adjusting the 2026 single-family in-lieu fee.
Senior planner Cindy Sauter explained the calculation: the single-family median sale price used in the formula, the affordable-price benchmark based on Area Median Income (AMI), and the subtraction that produces the in-lieu fee. "This year, the calculations worked out for $1,042,100 for a single family dwelling," Sauter said. Staff recommended adopting the 2026 single-family fee and leaving the condominium fee at the previous adopted 2023 level.
Council members asked about extending inclusionary requirements to rental projects as part of the city's housing-element updates; community-development staff said that possible changes to the inclusionary ordinance (including applying it to rental projects or altering targeted income tiers) would be part of a later wave of housing legislation and committee review.
Motion: Receive and file the report on 2025 home sales prices and adopt resolution 6485 as read by title only to adjust the 2026 affordable housing in-lieu fee for single-family dwellings.
Outcome: Motion passed unanimously.
