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In 2016, housing policy emerged as a major focal point for the California Legislature.
For the rental housing industry, perhaps the most significant highlight was CAA’s successful sponsorship of four housing-production bills to ease California’s housing shortage.
When California fails to build enough housing, rent prices rise precipitously, leading to calls for onerous policies such as rent control.
A wide range of bills proposed in the state Legislature this year take aim at California’s dearth of affordable housing.
The proposals, consistent with recent recommendations from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, would provide dollars to build housing and homeless shelters, while lifting obstacles to private residential construction.
The following pro-housing bills supported by the California Apartment Association would:
Bring more units to new projects
AB 1934 (D-Santiago) would clarify that a local government may issue a density bonus (allowing for more units in a project) to commercial developers when they include affordable housing as a component of their… Read More
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