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Consultants outline inclusionary-options, incentives and parking changes to encourage affordability
Summary
BHC consultants described mandatory and voluntary inclusionary zoning options, possible incentives (density/height bonuses, multifamily tax exemption, fee waivers), and parking adjustments to support affordable housing and state requirements for emergency shelter permissibility in residential zones.
Consultants recommended a menu of tools the city could use to encourage affordable housing as part of its Title 14 edits. Eli Mulberry (BHC) summarized two broad approaches to inclusionary zoning: a mandatory program, where an upzone requires a developer to provide a share of affordable units or pay a fee in lieu, and a voluntary program that uses incentives (height, density or other concessions) to encourage affordable units without requiring them.
Mulberry listed additional incentives and tools that could be paired with either program: height or density bonuses, a multifamily tax-exemption program, impact-fee or application-fee waivers, and other financial or regulatory incentives. He also noted state law updates requiring emergency and shelter housing to be permitted in residential zones and described proposed parking-code flexibility, such as allowances for tandem parking and reduced minimums in exchange for affordability.
