Live at the Forum: Learn More About the Upcoming National Inclusionary Housing Conference

Join us on Tuesday, October 5 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific to learn more about hot topics being discussed at the upcoming National Inclusionary Housing Conference, and get answers to your questions from speakers who will be at the Conference.

Topics to be introduced during this “Live at the Forum” event, and covered in-depth during workshops at the Conference, include Overcoming Legal Challenges to Inclusionary Housing, Making the Most of Inclusionary Homeownership, Creating Inclusive Communities near Transit, and the Practitioner’s Perspective on Inclusionary Housing.

Hear about the Conference: The two-part event begins at 2:00 p.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. PDT) with a 30-minute conference call with Rick Jacobus (NCB Capital Impact), Mike Rawson (The Public Interest Law Project/Affordable Housing Law Project), Jaimie Ross (Innovative Housing Institute), Doug Shoemaker (City of San Francisco), and Sarah Treuhaft (PolicyLink). The call-in number is (712) 432-1001 and the access code is 452746624#.

Interact with the speakers: Immediately following the call, from 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. EDT, the speakers will be online to answer your questions. All questions should be posted to this thread, and you are welcome to post at any time leading up to or during the event. Any questions that are not addressed immediately after the call will be answered in speakers’ workshops at the National Inclusionary Housing Conference, which will be held in Washington, DC on November 3-5. If you can’t make it please be sure to check back, as we will be adding responses after the event.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the call. If you missed it, an audio recording of the call is available.

About the National Inclusionary Housing Conference
The National Inclusionary Housing Conference will be held on November 3-5 at Washington, DC’s L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. This Conference is the third national conference on this topic that has been co-sponsored by the Innovative Housing Institute (IHI), the National Housing Conference (NHC), PolicyLink, and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI). This year’s Conference focuses on Building Sustainable and Inclusive Communities and will inform and inspire attendees at various levels of expertise on the topic. Visit http://www.inclusionary.org/10nihc.html to learn more and register.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Sherriff on October 5, 2010 at 10:34am

Are any of the speakers familiar with mandatory inclusionary zoning ordinances that apply different regulations to “low-cost” neighborhoods – basically, those neighborhoods where market-rate homes are selling and/or market-rate apartments are renting at a level already affordable to a household at or below the target area median income? If not, do you generally think mandatory IZ ordinances should make exceptions or apply different regulations to such neighborhoods?

Permalink Reply by JAIMIE ROSS on October 5, 2010 at 1:34pm

Yes, in Tallahassee, the mandatory inclusionary zoning ordinance does not apply in low income census tracts.

Permalink Reply by Maya Brennan on October 5, 2010 at 1:38pm

Rick, you mentioned that you had generated list of 100 best practices for implementation of an inclusionary zoning ordinance. Can you share some of the top or most popular items on that list?

Permalink Reply by Rick Jacobus on October 5, 2010 at 1:46pm

Sure, in the case of the 14 programs in San Mateo County that completed our assessment, we were able to highlight 12 "high impact" practices that were being successfully implemented by some of the programs but overlooked by others. They were:
1. The program has stated goals and objectives.
2. The program has incorporated ongoing evaluation into program design.
3. The program has a written marketing plan.
4. The program makes special efforts to connect with difficult to reach
populations.
5. The program tracks ongoing affordability of assisted homes and the amount
of homeowner equity gains at resale.
6. There is a backup sales strategy for homes that do not sell within a specified
timeframe.
7. All owners are contacted by mail annually to remind them of program
requirements.
8. There are written policies on repairs required at resale.
9. The program has adequate staffing available for support, monitoring &
enforcement.
10. The program has written mortgage criteria describing what types of loans are
permitted.
11. The program has written procedures for responding to a notice of default.
12. All buyers receive a concise disclosure document that summarizes the
program guidelines and resale restrictions in plain language.

The full assessment report for San Mateo County is available online at http://affordableownership.org/publications/smc-assessment/

Permalink Reply by Clare Duncan on October 5, 2010 at 1:42pm

Mike (or any other panelists): Are you familiar with any communities that have completed a nexus analysis to protect their inclusionary ordinance from challenges? Are there any examples of nexus analyses that you can point to online?

Permalink Reply by Michael Rawson on October 5, 2010 at 1:47pm

There are several communities in CA that have done them or are in the process of doing them. I don't have a list, but check out Napa, San Carlos, S.F and Fremont. Folks at the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California are keeping track of this: http://www.nonprofithousing.org/
Contact Evvy Stivers there: evelyn@nonprofithousing.org

Permalink Reply by Emily Salomon on October 5, 2010 at 1:43pm

Jaimie,
You mentioned that circumstances are unique given the current economic downturn. Do any of the speakers have advice on how to make the case for adopting an inclusionary housing policy in this tough real estate market? Will this topic be covered at the Inclusionary Housing Conference?

Permalink Reply by JAIMIE ROSS on October 5, 2010 at 1:52pm

Absolutely. This issue is likely to be addressed in a number of sessions, including the Administrators session, and those that deal with new growth opportunities around sustainable development. Also, a key piece of advise on how to make the case for adopting an inclusionary housing policy in this tough real estate market is how to educate policymakers and stakeholders about land value recapture-- and this is a topic at the luncheon plenary on November 4th with authors Alan Malach and Nico Calavita of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Permalink Reply by HousingPolicy.org team on October 5, 2010 at 2:01pm

Thank you to our panelists and to everyone who joined the call. Please be sure to check back in November for more responses, and visit http://www.inclusionary.org/10nihc.html to learn more and register for the National Inclusionary Housing Conference.