Blue
Ribbon Commission (Inclusionary Zoning Condo
Conversion, etc.)
Concentration of Poverty, Race and Assisted Housing
Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments
Homelessness
Homeownership Programs and Policies
Housing Development Task Force
Hunger Programs Report
Inclusionary Zoning
Jobs-Housing Linkage Fee
SRO Housing/Residential Hotels
Blue
Ribbon Commission on Inclusionary Zoning, Condominium
Conversion and Other Housing Policy Issues
In October 2006, the City Council voted to establish a Blue Ribbon Commission
to review and make recommendations regarding a proposed Inclusionary Zoning
ordinance. In December 2006 the mission of the Commission was expanded to include
Condominium Conversions and a comprehensive housing strategy.
The final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission was presented to the City Council
in September 2007. All of the Commission's materials and meeting minutes are
available online at this site.
Concentration
of Poverty, Race and Assisted Housing
View a PowerPoint presentation on the concentration of poverty, race and assisted
housing in Oakland, with some comparisons to the Bay Area and to Alameda County.
Originally presented to the City Council on October 21, 2003.
Fair
Housing Analysis of Impediments (AI)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires
that all cities that receive housing and community development
funds prepare an analysis of impediments to fair housing,
and include strategies in their consolidated plans for
removing those impediments.
77p.
06/05.
Homelessness
Homelessness
Task Force - Recommendations to City Council
At the direction of the City Council, the
City of Oakland Task Force on Homelessness and
Very Low Income Housing was convened by Councilmembers
Nancy Nadel and Larry Reid between April and
December 2001. The Task Force included 38 members from various sectors
including representatives
of city and county government, businesses
and banks, homeless services and housing providers, advocates, formerly
homeless persons, and
faith- and community-based organizations.
- Staff Report:
Staff Report which accompanies the study by the City
of Oakland Task Force on Homelessness.
8p. 1/29/2002.
- Study:
A study by the City of Oakland Task Force on Homelessness,
which was charged with making recommendations
to address
homelessness and the shortage of housing for persons
with very low incomes in the City of Oakland.
20p. 12/11/2001.
2003
Alameda Countywide Shelter and Services Survey
Survey Report: This
study provides comprehensive data about homeless
and marginally housed people in Alameda County
who use emergency services and housing. It provides
an estimate of the number of homeless persons
in Alameda County and examines the characteristics,
service use, and unmet needs of the County’s
homeless population and of the sector of
the non-homeless population that uses food,
shelter,
and other services
designed to serve homeless persons.
227p. May 2004.
Homeownership
Programs and Policies - Reports to City Council
Policy
Regarding Distribution of Affordable Housing Funds
between Rental and Homeownership Projects.
- Staff Report
and Study: This information report discusses the
distribution of funds for affordable rental and ownership
housing
development. In this report, staff recommends that
future allocations of housing development funds
give greater
weight to the need of the population to be served,
the length of the affordability restrictions and
the project’s
ability to leverage outside funding, rather than
the tenure of housing.
18p. 6/18/2002.
NOTE: In response to this report, the City Council
reaffirmed its policy of dividing HOME and Redevelopment
Agency funds equally between rental housing
development and homeownership (development and first-time
homebuyer
assistance). The Council also adopted a policy
that development of ownership housing would be targeted
to households at
or below the area median income. Rental housing
activities are already targeted to households at or
below 80 percent
of median income, with some units reserved
for households with incomes as low as 35 percent of
median.
Affordable
Homeownership Issues and the City's Efforts to
Encourage and Expand Affordable
Homeownership Opportunities
- Staff Report
and Recommendations: An
informational report and recommendations to the City Council
on program and policy issues regarding development of
new homeownership housing and expansion of ownership opportunities
for low and moderate income households.
32p. 12/10/2002.
- Supplemental
Report: A follow-up report recommending
several possible changes to the City's Downpayment
Assistance Program.
The City Council adopted the proposal
to increase loan limits to $20,000.
4p.
12/17/2002
Modification of Policies Regarding Income Targeting
in Homeownership Developments and Allocation of Funds
Between Ownership and Rental Housing
- Staff
Report and Recommendations: A staff report with
analysis and recommendations to (a) modify income
targeting in
homeownership developments from a maximum income
of 100% of median income to allow a maximum income
of 120% of median income with a project-wide average of
100% of median income; and (b) limit future allocations
of funds only to new ownership housing and preservation
of existing rental housing until cumulative allocations
for rental and ownership housing are equal.
16p. 3/9/2004
NOTE: The
City Council adopted recommendation (a) and did not
adopt recommendation (b).
A Report and Recommendations on Policies for Homeownership
Programs and Development of Affordable Owner-Occupied
Housing
- Staff
Report and Recommendations: A staff report
that analyzes a number of issues and
trade-offs in homeownership policies, and
discusses obstacles that had been encountered
with the City's affordable homeownership
development program. The report recommends
modifying the City's homeownership
policies
to discontinue
the use of long-term resale controls in favor
of deferred loans payable on sale or refinancing.
The report also recommends increasing loan
limits in the first-time homebuyer Mortgage
Assistance Program (MAP) from $50,000 to
$75,000 and increasing annual funding from
$2.5 million to $3.5 million.
22p. 7/12/2005
NOTE: The
City Council adopted the recommendations regarding
the homebuyer program but asked staff to
return for further discussion regarding the
affordable homeownership development program.
In response to a request to modify the terms
of pending homeownership developments,
the City Council approved modifications for
two of the four projects.
Housing
Development Task Force - Recommendations to City Council
- Staff
Report and Study:
The final recommendations of the Housing Development
Task Force. The Task Force met from February to June
2000 to consider a wide range of housing issues.
14p. 7/14/2000.
Hunger
Report
- Staff
Report: A staff report on hunger issues and the
programs that make up the Federal and local hunger safety
nets.
12p. 10/01/2002.
Inclusionary
Zoning
- Staff
Report: An informational staff report on inclusionary
zoning programs for affordable housing.
9p. 5/15/2001.
- Staff
Report: A staff report on the status of a proposed
study of the feasibility of inclusionary zoning in Oakland.
4 p. 12/10/2002.
- Staff
Report: A staff report describing inclusionary
zoning programs in other California jurisdictions and
a recommendation that the City Council not take any
further action on inclusionary zoning.
16p. 12/09/2003.
- Staff
Report:
An information report and analysis of the
inclusionary zoning policy recommendations
submitted by the Oaklanders for Affordable
Housing coalition.
22p. 04/25/2006.
- Inclusionary
Zoning Economic Impact Analysis: In
late 2006, the City commissioned Hausrath
Economic Group and Vernazza Wolfe Associates
to prepare
an economic analysis of a proposed inclusionary
zoning ordinance. The report assessed the
impacts that the ordinance might have on
the feasibility
of market-rate development, analyzed impacts
under alternative parameters for the ordinance,
and calculated
possible in-lieu fees. Completed in August 2007.
Executive
Summary
Main
Report
Technical
Appendices
Jobs-Housing
Linkage Fee
-
Staff Report:
Informational report regarding the Housing Nexus Study
and recommendations for the establishment of a housing
linkage fee. 14p. 10/16/2001.
- Nexus
Study: A City of Oakland study examining the
link between new non-residential development and the
demand for affordable housing.
- Staff
Report: This is a follow-up report to the City
Council that reports on the outcome of a working group
that included developers and housing advocates, and
made revised recommendations to the City Council.
15p. 6/18/2002.
- Staff
Report: Recommendation for adoption of ordinance
and establishment of a housing trust fund.
6p.
7/23/2002.
- Jobs-Housing
Impact Fee Ordinance: This is the final linkage
fee ordinance as adopted by the City Council on July
30, 2002.
18p. 7/30/2002.
SRO
Housing/Residential Hotels
- Staff
Report: Informational
report on preservation of single-room occupancy
hotels.
11p.
5/13/2003.
- Staff
Report: Supplemental
report on SRO housing.
8p. 7/15/2003.
- Resolution: Redevelopment
Agency resolution 2003-54 adopting a replacement
housing policy for single room occupancy units.
3p. 7/15/2003.
- Research
Report: Residential Hotels in Central Oakland,
a study of residential hotels in downtown Oakland.
30p. January 2004
