Upscale Suburban City Looks At Options For Creating Affordable Housing

Planning commissioners from Santa Clarita, California, have recent visited several Southern California cities with affordable housing ordinances in hopes of gaining insight for a possible inclusionary housing ordinance.

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August 6, 2006, 5:35 PM PDT

By davarnado

"With the median price of a single-family home in Santa Clarita about $600,000, the term 'affordable housing' probably seems archaic and maybe even a bit ridiculous to some potential homebuyers, but city officials are hoping to ensure that reasonably priced homes survive.

The City is discussing...the idea of creating a city ordinance requiring developers to include and provide certain numbers of affordable units."

Thanks to Debra A. Varnado, AICP

FULL STORY: City Looks at Other Affordable Housing Ordinances

Saturday, August 5, 2006 in The Signal News

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