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"[http://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder’s-perspective-fix-california-housing-crisis 25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis]" is an January 10, 2018 article by @housingforLA, pseudonym of a Los Angeles-based homebuilder. Published in ''Urbanize.la. '' |
"[http://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder’s-perspective-fix-california-housing-crisis 25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis]" is an January 10, 2018 article by @housingforLA, pseudonym of a Los Angeles-based homebuilder. Published in ''Urbanize.la. '' |
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At 9500 words, it's a long but highly worthwhile read. Here we summarize by presenting the 25 header points, crosslinked to related material. |
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== Allow 100% Residential Development On Commercially Zoned Properties == |
== Allow 100% Residential Development On Commercially Zoned Properties == |
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== Stop Killing Housing By Delaying Approvals – Honor Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive == |
== Stop Killing Housing By Delaying Approvals – Honor Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive == |
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== Create New Zones For Missing Middle Housing == |
== Create New Zones For Missing Middle Housing == |
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== We Need Uniform Statewide Zoning Rules for Properties Within ½ Mile Of a Rail Stop == |
== We Need Uniform Statewide Zoning Rules for Properties Within ½ Mile Of a Rail Stop == |
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== We Must Woo The Publicly Traded Homebuilders Back To California == |
== We Must Woo The Publicly Traded Homebuilders Back To California == |
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== Legally Enforce That All Jurisdictions Take Senate Bill 35 Seriously == |
== Legally Enforce That All Jurisdictions Take Senate Bill 35 Seriously == |
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== Give Our Local Communities Appropriate New Housing Goals And Mandate They Meet Them == |
== Give Our Local Communities Appropriate New Housing Goals And Mandate They Meet Them == |
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== Measure Progress By Certificates of Occupancy Minus Units Demolished == |
== Measure Progress By Certificates of Occupancy Minus Units Demolished == |
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== Allow Housing Construction To Begin Immediately After Planning Approvals == |
== Allow Housing Construction To Begin Immediately After Planning Approvals == |
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== Be Very Careful Adding New Fees To Developments That Create New Housing == |
== Be Very Careful Adding New Fees To Developments That Create New Housing == |
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== Audit Planning Documents Regularly To See If They Are Creating Housing – Be Careful Not To Over Zone == |
== Audit Planning Documents Regularly To See If They Are Creating Housing – Be Careful Not To Over Zone == |
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== Incentivize and Remove Planning Approvals For As Much Affordable Housing As Possible == |
== Incentivize and Remove Planning Approvals For As Much Affordable Housing As Possible == |
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== Reform, don’t repeal The Costa Hawkins Act and The Ellis Act == |
== Reform, don’t repeal The Costa Hawkins Act and The Ellis Act == |
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There is room to reform Costa-Hawkins. Maybe rent control doesn’t start for 15, 20 or 25 years. Maybe older single-family homes should be rent controlled. Maybe annual rent increases at first can be more than the rate of inflation, but not unlimited. I would like to see an academic, not an activist, propose some solutions. |
There is room to reform Costa-Hawkins. Maybe rent control doesn’t start for 15, 20 or 25 years. Maybe older single-family homes should be rent controlled. Maybe annual rent increases at first can be more than the rate of inflation, but not unlimited. I would like to see an academic, not an activist, propose some solutions. |
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== Publicly Funding Construction Of Below Market Rate Housing Is Important, But Should Not Be Our Primary Focus == |
== Publicly Funding Construction Of Below Market Rate Housing Is Important, But Should Not Be Our Primary Focus == |
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== Make The Los Angeles Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance Statewide Law == |
== Make The Los Angeles Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance Statewide Law == |
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== CalPERS Needs To Start Investing In California Homebuilding Again == |
== CalPERS Needs To Start Investing In California Homebuilding Again == |
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== We Need To Look At Dodd-Frank Reform == |
== We Need To Look At Dodd-Frank Reform == |
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== Fannie Mae Needs To Finance Construction Loans For Homebuilding == |
== Fannie Mae Needs To Finance Construction Loans For Homebuilding == |
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== Digitize and Open Source Zoning Information For All Property In California == |
== Digitize and Open Source Zoning Information For All Property In California == |
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== The Building Trades Need To Educate Builders on Prevailing Wage Requirements == |
== The Building Trades Need To Educate Builders on Prevailing Wage Requirements == |
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== Give Our 120 California Legislators a Pay Raise == |
== Give Our 120 California Legislators a Pay Raise == |
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== Care About State Elections == |
== Care About State Elections == |
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== We Need More Labor == |
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== We Need More Labor - recruit out-of-state, train, overhaul immigration == |
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== We Need a Real Lobby == |
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== We Need a Real Lobby - support YIMBY movement and California YIMBY == |
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*HousingForLA. "[http://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder’s-perspective-fix-california-housing-crisis 25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis]." ''Urbanize.la. ''http://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder%E2%80%99s-perspective-fix-california-housing-crisis. |
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Latest revision as of 06:53, 11 January 2018
"25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis" is an January 10, 2018 article by @housingforLA, pseudonym of a Los Angeles-based homebuilder. Published in Urbanize.la.
Allow 100% Residential Development On Commercially Zoned Properties
Stop Killing Housing By Delaying Approvals – Honor Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive
Create New Zones For Missing Middle Housing
We Need Uniform Statewide Zoning Rules for Properties Within ½ Mile Of a Rail Stop
We Must Woo The Publicly Traded Homebuilders Back To California
Legally Enforce That All Jurisdictions Take Senate Bill 35 Seriously
Give Our Local Communities Appropriate New Housing Goals And Mandate They Meet Them
Measure Progress By Certificates of Occupancy Minus Units Demolished
Allow Housing Construction To Begin Immediately After Planning Approvals
Be Very Careful Adding New Fees To Developments That Create New Housing
Audit Planning Documents Regularly To See If They Are Creating Housing – Be Careful Not To Over Zone
Incentivize and Remove Planning Approvals For As Much Affordable Housing As Possible
Reform, don’t repeal The Costa Hawkins Act and The Ellis Act
There is room to reform Costa-Hawkins. Maybe rent control doesn’t start for 15, 20 or 25 years. Maybe older single-family homes should be rent controlled. Maybe annual rent increases at first can be more than the rate of inflation, but not unlimited. I would like to see an academic, not an activist, propose some solutions.
Publicly Funding Construction Of Below Market Rate Housing Is Important, But Should Not Be Our Primary Focus
Make The Los Angeles Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance Statewide Law
CalPERS Needs To Start Investing In California Homebuilding Again
We Need To Look At Dodd-Frank Reform
Fannie Mae Needs To Finance Construction Loans For Homebuilding
Digitize and Open Source Zoning Information For All Property In California
The Building Trades Need To Educate Builders on Prevailing Wage Requirements
Give Our 120 California Legislators a Pay Raise
Care About State Elections
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- Papers of record should questionnaire and endorse state legislature candidates.
- Papers of record should questionnaire and endorse state legislature candidates.
We Need More Labor - recruit out-of-state, train, overhaul immigration
- recruit out-of-state skilled workers that have lost manufacturing jobs.
- train via state’s Community Colleges
- overhaul our nation’s immigration laws.
Threaten to Take Away Local Control From Bad Actors
We Need a Real Lobby - support YIMBY movement and California YIMBY
Support the YIMBY movement and California YIMBY.