Inclusionary Housing Programs and Policies

Inclusionary Housing
Programs and Policies

Inclusionary Housing is a government program or policy that requires or encourages home builders to include affordable units in their developments. Links to inclusionary housing or zoning websites and publications are included directly below. There is also an article on Inclusionary Housing in our Mar 2004 Newsletter. Links to local - San Luis Obispo - inclusionary housing programs are included on the Local Resources page of this website. Links to other local inclusionary programs can be found through the California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database.

The Housing Trust Fund and Home Builders Association of the Central Coast met for over a year to discuss affordable housing and inclusionary housing. At the conclusion of these meetings the two organizations issued a joint statement which is available online at www.slochtf.org/files/JPS.pdf. A similar statement, On Common Ground: Joint Principles on Inclusionary Housing Policies, was issued by the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California and the Home Builders Association of Northern California in 2005.

If you know of other sites or publications that should be listed here, please let us know about them.

California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database
The California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) maintains a free database of California inclusionary housing. The database contains the key characteristics of inclusionary policies for over 130 jurisdictions as of 2006.

California Inclusionary Housing Surveys

Affordable By Choice: Trends in California Inclusionary Housing Programs is a 2006 survey of 170 local inclusionary housing programs commissioned the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) and other nonprofit housing associations. The report is $25, but the executive summary is free.
Inclusionary Housing in California: 30 Years of Innovation is a 2003 survey of 107 local inclusionary housing programs in California by the California Coalition for Rural Housing and Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California.

Publications and Websites

Inclusionary Zoning and its Effects on Housing Markets is a new by the Center for Housing Policy and New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy that was released in March 2008.
How Does Inclusionary Housing Work? A Profile of Seven Southern California Cities is a 2005 study of inclusionary housing policies by the Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing (SCANPH).
Nine Lessons for Inclusionary Zoning are the keynote remarks of David Rusk to the National Inclusionary Housing Conference, in Washington, DC on October 5, 2005.
Inclusionary Zoning: The California Experience is February 2004 issue of the National Housing Conference’s Affordable Housing Policy Review. It attempts to provide a comprehensive up-to-date, review of inclusionary housing.
Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons Learned in Massachusetts is the January 2002 issue of the National Housing Conference’s Affordable Housing Policy Review.
Making Inclusionary Zoning Work is an excerpt from the Urban Land Institute's 2004 book, Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing.
California Inclusionary Housing Reader is a 2003 guide for communities that are considering inclusionary policies, including a model ordinance from the Institute for Local Self Government.
In 2002, the California Affordable Housing Law Project & Western Center on Law and Poverty have produced two guides to inclusionary housing - Inclusionary Zoning: Legal Issues and Policy Considerations and Inclusionary Zoning: Best Practices.
Field Guide to Inclusionary Zoning is a website with extensive links from the National Association of Realtors.
Development Tools: Inclusionary Zoning—PolicyLink website.