Residential nexus analysis

A residential nexus analysis (RNA) is a type of study sometimes conducted or commissioned by California municipal governments, regarding the effect of market‐rate residential development on the demand for affordable housing or other city services. It is generally designed to create a legally defensible justification for establishing city inclusionary zoning requirements (“IHRs” or “inclusionary percentages”) and/or “in‐lieu” fees, or other city fees such as development impact fees.  California courts have ruled [citation needed] that such policies and fees must be based on a reasonable showing of nexus, or causal relationship, between the market-rate housing and the inclusionary policies or fees imposed by cities. 

 

 

References

 

• Cray, Adam F. "The Use of Residential Nexus Analysis in Support of California’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinances: A Critical Evaluation."
  November 2011. (based on earlier UC Berkeley MPP master's thesis; funded through a grant from the California Homebuilding Foundation). http://www.cbia.org/uploads/5/1/2/6/51268865/residential_nexus_analysis_in_support_of_california_complete.pdf.
   
• Randolph, Yonathan. "Stop Quoting the Residential Nexus Analysis." Blog post, 15 Apr 2017. https://blog.yonathan.org/posts/2017-04-stop-quoting-the-residential-nexus-analysis.html.
   
• Trauss, Sonja. "Often Quoted San Francisco 'Nexus Study' is Junk Science." SFBARF, Oct 2, 2015. https://sfbarf.tumblr.com/post/131634715010/often-quoted-san-francisco-nexus-study-is-junk.