City Moving Toward a Permanent Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For the last several years—since 2018—the city of…
Commentary: Can the City Meet Its Low Income Housing Requirements Under RHNA?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for…
My View: We Don’t Have High Enough Affordable Housing Requirements, But There is a “But” There…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Mark me as one of those disappointed that…
City Council Again Asked To Punt Permanent Affordable Housing Ordinance To Future Date
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Set to expire next month, the council is…
Public Pushes Back on Affordable Housing Amendment, But Council Still Backs It
By David M. Greenwald The Yolo Crisis Nursery, running out of room had an agreement with the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Faith Leaders Are Well-Meaning but Don’t Understand Fiscal Pitfalls of Affordable Housing
by David M. Greenwald The faith leaders write: that they are disappointment at the council 3-2 vote…
Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”
By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the…
Once Again City Looks to Extend Affordable Housing Ordinance
Once again the city is not ready to create a permanent Affordable Housing Ordinance. Last June, the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing
Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC…
Council Looks to Extend Affordable Rental Ordinance until June 2020
The interim alternative Affordable Rental Housing Ordinance is set to sunset in a few weeks. Council is…
Council to Consider Amendment to Affordable Housing Ordinance
Prior to the council’s consideration of the Chiles Road Apartments, they will be asked to approve an…
Social Services Commission Not Ready to Support Changes to Affordable Housing Ordinance
On Monday, the Social Services Commission was unable to support a motion that would have recommended to…
Social Services Commission to Look at Affordable Housing Ordinance Amendment
At last week’s Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission recommended forwarding a project to the city council…
Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things
This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a…
Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance
Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. …
Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?
The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what…
Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use
The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the…
Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions
While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both…
Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing
The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance just as the…
Analysis: A Comparison of Affordable Housing Policies
During Wednesday’s discussion at the Planning Commission on the Affordable Housing Ordinance, several of the commissioners referenced…
