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Bill # State Year Party Topic

AB 1763

CA 2019 D Affordable housing incentives and financing, Density bonus, Density Increases, Lands near transit, Minimum parking requirements

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Summary

  • Requires cities and counties to provide an 80% density bonus to developers constructing housing developments where 100% of units (excluding managers’ units) serve lower-income households, with up to 20% of units permitted for moderate-income households.
  • Qualifying developments receive 4 incentives or concessions, a height increase of up to 3 stories or 33 feet if within ½ mile of a major transit stop, and a full exemption from maximum density controls if within ½ mile of a major transit stop.
  • Developments receiving a density controls waiver may not also seek waivers or reductions of development standards under existing Density Bonus Law, except as expressly provided.
  • Requires rent for at least 20% of units to be set at affordable rent; remaining units must be set at levels consistent with state or federal low-income housing tax credit maximums.
  • Prohibits any minimum vehicular parking requirement for developments consisting solely of lower-income rental units that qualify as special needs or supportive housing.

Provided by lawmakers

Bill Title

Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing

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