The Village Farms project in Davis has been criticized for its affordable housing strategy, but this criticism is unfounded as land dedication has been a successful model for producing affordable housing in California and Davis, and the project includes additional guarantees to ensure the housing is built.
The Davis City Council voted to clarify language in the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance to ensure that land dedication is accompanied by sufficient resources to realistically allow affordable housing units to be constructed.
The City of Davis is proposing an ordinance amendment that would require developers who dedicate land for affordable housing to also provide financial resources to ensure the homes are actually constructed.
The Davis City Council is divided over how to guarantee affordable housing in a proposed development, with some councilmembers arguing for baseline guarantees and others advocating for a development agreement that could be amended in the future.
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