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Home My WebLink About4A Public CommentAnthonyMe'ia Subject: RE: Public comment: 4A Inclusionary Housing Program (Today's Palm Springs City Council meeting) From: Maribel Nunez<maribelCa�iniandequitvpartnership.org> Sent: Thursday, September 9, 20215:03 PM To: Christy Holstege <Christy_Holstege palmskringsca.gov>; Lisa Middleton <Lisa.Middletongpalm springsca.g_ov>; Grace Garner<Grace.Garnernalmsprings ca.goy>; Dennis Woods <Dennis.00ds(cDoalmsprin sca.gov>; Geoff Kors <Geoff.Kors c@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Public comment: 4A Inclusionary Housing Program (Today's Palm Springs City Council meeting) INOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Dear Palm Springs Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council: My name is Maribel Nunez from Inland Equity Partnership. I have members that live in the City of Palm Springs. Our organization sees health care and housing as the two primary drivers of poverty impacting the most people of color, low income communities. We see housing is health and as a human right. I am writing for today's September 9th 2021 Palm Springs City Council Meeting New Business Agenda Item #4A 1-N-CLUSI NAR`f HOUSING PROGRAM: Discuss inclusionary housino oroaram and provide direction to City Staff and City Attorney I am e-mailing you to show support of the city's efforts to introduce an inclusionary housing program and to move forward with an economic feasibility study for a Palm Springs Inclusionary Housing Program. I attended all of the Inclusionary Housing working groups meetings last month and gave community input and shared the "Inclusionary Housing Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities" by Lincoln Institute to the working group and staff. We ask the city council to think of these values and issues when giving staff direction on inclusionary zoning. It's important that we reference the History of Palm Springs racism and displacement impacting Latino and African American communities. Affordable housing should include permanent affordability, stable housing not just rentals. The city to incentivize and remove barriers for housing zoning and development and to support your efforts you proposed in April's city council meeting for mixed integration approach for inclusionary housing program. I Jol 12-6 ZI FFAIWU Co rvk A&t-,f- rMM NO. � A We Thank you and city staff for being pro -active and for having Affordable housing covenants agreements that are set to expire (due to RHNA) not expire. I know we don't want to lose housing stock. Thank for initiating the Inclusionary Housing working group and setting up meetings to address our affordable housing crisis. I read through the city staff report and here are our thoughts. City Staff report Regarding the Alternatives to Inclusionary Ordinances listed in the Palm Springs City staff report related to Inclusionary Housing that we recommend: The Fee Reductions/Waivers were adopted in 2019 so this can be included as part of the Inclusionary housing policy. Expanding the TOT Tax to include short term rentals would generate revenue that could be used to support the development of affordable housing. Homebuyer Assistance and Self -Help Housing Programs, EIFD's, CRIAs and other increment financing can and should be done along with Inclusionary housing as opposed to being seen as an alternative. The city can also Revise Exclusionary zoning Regulations for SRO's (single -room occupancy residences), boarding houses, and 'tiny houses" and encourage the development of duplexes and other forms of appropriate multifamily development and hotel conversions while also employing inclusionary housing policies. The need for affordable housing is defined as a "crisis" by the state for good reason and we should employ all the tools in the tool box Studies of inclusionary housing successes from Lincoln Institute Report (included in today's staff report) Introduction: What is Inclusionary Housing and Why City of Palm Springs should move forward with economic feasible study to introduce inclusionary housing? Roughly 500 communities in the United States have developed inclusionary housing policies. Inclusionary housing is one of the most promising strategies available to ensure that the benefits of development are shared widely. Inclusionary housing policies must be designed to suit local conditions and guarantee that requirements do not overburden development. The policy needs to establish reasonable expectations for developers and ensure the development of affordable housing. Inclusionary housing strategies are being developed in many cities across California to foster the development of affordable housing. Inclusionary housing policies are a recognised tool by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, which demonstrate that a city has a plan to meet some of their RHNA requirements. Inclusionary housing policies produce a modest yet steady supply of new affordable housing. Because programs generally preserve long-term affordability, the pool of local inclusionary units can grow steadily into a significant share of a city`s housing stock. Inclusionary housing is one of the few proven strategies for locating affordable housing in neighborhoods where residents are likely to benefit from access to quality schools, public services and better jobs. Increasingly, communities across the country are investing in the creation of new transit -oriented urban neighborhoods, and inclusionary housing policies are one of the only ways to ensure that these places develop in an equitable manner and reduce gentrification. In most cities, inclusionary housing is just one tool in a suite of local policies intended to address affordable housing. Cities also manage the investment of federal housing funds and issue tax-exempt bonds to finance affordable housing. Many also used local tax resources to finance a housing trust fund and many have supported land banks and community land trusts. Inclusionary housing policies are also used along with tax increment financing and tax abatement programs that exempt affordable housing projects from property taxes for some time. I ask the council when voting for agenda item 4A that you take some of our input in directing the city staff when they draft a Palm Springs inclusionary housing program ordinance. Thank you for your time, Maribel Nunez Inland Equity Partnership (562) 569-4051 Monique Lomeli From: Sent: To: Subject: Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Mayor City of Palm Springs Begin forwarded message: Christy Holstege Sunday, September 12, 2021 4:18 PM City Clerk Fwd: Last Time I'll Bug You On This Subject.. From: Jim Gazan <jimgazan@gmail.com> Date: September 11, 2021 at 4:31:11 PM PDT To: Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Last Time I'll Bug You On This Subject.. NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Hello Again, After reading this Desert Sun article and your quote. I totally agree with you! "An inclusionary ordinance isn't going to solve the housing crisis in Palm Springs. It's one tool, but we need an entire toolbox of bold strategies, and we need them urgently." One of those tools is to cap the vacation rentals in our city. We currently have well over 2000. At one point (a few years ago) there was talk that when we hit 2000 vacation rentals in PS it would be time to talk about limits. Having a cap will not reduce prices dramatically, but it could temper the market and skyrocketing values. We know the market is solid in this city with or without short term rentals, this is evident by the sharp increase in Condo values and high home sales that don't rent. I know of three Rental Management Companies that agree with this position. They are nervous that there is too much competition that may drive rental prices lower as they did this summer, and the possible backlash of a referendum to ban outright, that would have stronger support the second go around. Again thank you for your consideration. Best, Jim Gazan I J� `2-bU Fvtbllc IUM NO. -1-i PC Monique Lomeli From: U B <ubaldoboido@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:35 PM To: City Clerk Cc: Grace Garner; Christy Holstege; Dennis Woods; Geoff Kors; Lisa Middleton Subject: Public Comment - Item #4a unfinished business discussion of inclusionary NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Dear Palm Spring city council: My name is Ubaldo Boido and i feel strongly the Palm Springs city council should support an effort for an economic feasible study for inclusionary zoning program. signature, Ubaldo Boido h , �UAVL. C,O yykyy\'ZT�-� ITEM NO.