Support Amending the Inclusionary Housing Program

San Francisco is suffering from a housing affordability crisis.

At ConnectedSF, we believe one of the ways City Hall can be more effective is to reform policies that create obstacles to building housing and add unnecessary bureaucracy to the process.

In 2023, on-site requirements were temporarily lowered to 12% for projects approved and already in the pipeline before November 1, 2023 and to 15% for projects approved after that date. At the same time, it also provided a temporary 33% reduction on other development impact fees. These temporary reductions are currently in effect and are set to expire on November 1, 2026.

These efforts and reductions were well-intended, yet they came at a time when San Francisco’s recovery was still uncertain. Interest rates remain high and construction and labor costs have increased. Simultaneously demand for housing has increased.

Now Mayor Lurie, alongside a handful of his colleagues, is proposing amendments to the the Inclusionary Housing Program, this time by reducing the on-site affordable rates from 12 to 15% down to 5% and the off-site rates from 20% to 20.5% down to 10%, all while eliminating area-specific inclusionary housing fees. This is just common sense!

Send an email TODAY to the Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors and Mayor Lurie to see these reforms passed and over the finish line.

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To the Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Lurie, &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;We support the Affordable Housing Technical Advisory Committee’s recommendation to amend and reduce the Inclusionary Housing Program requirements. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;As a result, we encourage the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors to pass the recommendations made by the Technical Advisory Committee. Specifically to: &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;1) reduce the on-site affordable rates from 12-15% to 5%,&#13;&#10;2) reduce the offsite rates from 20%-20.5% to 10%,&#13;&#10;3) eliminating area specific inclusionary housing fees&#13;&#10;4) deleting certain Article 4 affordable housing and development impact fees&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;These types of reforms that provide a better chance for existing pipeline projects to get built is exactly what ConnectedSF has expressed interest in supporting in the past year. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Reducing or outright cutting various line items that result in added costs to build housing at a time when various costs are at an all-time high is not benefiting people looking to move to San Francisco, residents of San Francisco, nor the City as a whole. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;We appreciate these reform efforts and would encourage taking this initiative a step further by completely removing the inclusionary affordable housing program to market rate development. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sincerely,&#13;&#10;

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