SCALING UP Equitable Housing on public land in Los Angeles

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Scaling Up <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> Executive Summary Scale Up <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> on Public Land is a strategic plan to create 10,000 units of <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> on public land within 5 years. The plan focuses on using public land to drive a scaled housing solution, using technology to drive efficiency in planning and construction, and working with future residents and key stakeholders throughout the design and development process. The plan calls for the creation of a $500 million infrastructure fund to address barriers to development. The four key elements are: 1) Marshal 300 acres of public land for <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> Development 2) Plan 10,000 units of housing using cutting edge technology with input from future residents 3) Standardize housing typologies & create ten 1,000-unit <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> Development opportunities 4) Create a $500 million <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> Infrastructure Fund to address critical funding gaps Those four steps constitute the “Brains” of the plan, but the “Heart” of the plan lies in the definition of <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>. In this report we use the term <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> to mean affordable housing that fosters equity in the Los Angeles housing market. The affordable industry has long recognized that implicit bias and discrimination has created an extremely inequitable housing system. Therefore, this plan focuses on driving down cost, while scaling up equity in the form of beautiful, sustainable, resilient affordable housing with ample community spaces, gardens and publicly-accessible parks, and access to public transit and good schools. Using public land will enable affordable housing to be spread throughout the city enhancing the affordable housing stock in every neighborhood of Los Angeles. 1
Responding to the Priorities of Los Angeles’ Elected Officials One of the most challenging aspects of being a non-elected government official is to develop an effective plan when multiple motions come to the department, or to several departments, in a short time – which is what happens during a crisis. Scaling Up <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> on Public Land is a response to City Council motions and Mayoral directives made by Los Angeles’ elected leaders during the past few years. It is not a response to one specific motion or directive, rather it is a strategy that grew out of the collective ideas expressed by the elected leaders of Los Angeles through numerous motions and directives, many of which are included in this report. We begin by highlighting a Mayoral directive and three Los Angeles City Council motions and which were a catalyst to the ideas presented in this report and which provide a framework for the strategies and goals of this plan. A Mayoral Directive On October 23, 2015, Mayor Eric Garcetti directed City departments to support affordable housing development by streamlining the permitting and entitlement process for all housing developments and to create priority processing for affordable housing. This Executive Directive spurred housing development during the past 5 years beyond levels previously seen in Los Angeles. The Mayor’s directive to departments set the stage for rapid innovation and interdepartmental coordination on a scaled affordable housing development strategy. Without the Mayor’s directive, City departments would not have the capacity to move quickly to advance a scalable housing solution, and the Scale Up <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> Plan could not be implemented. The full text of Mayor Garcetti’s executive directive to Support Affordable <strong>Housing</strong> can be found in Appendix 1 -Executive Directive No. 13. Three City Council Motions 1) USE PUBLIC LAND TO SCALE <strong>UP</strong> AFFORDABLE HOUSING MOTION: Wesson, Bonin, Cedillo, Harris-Dawson, Krekorian Approved: 12/10/2019 Council File 19-1362 I HEREBY MOVE that Council RESTRICT the use of City-owned land identified for housing purposes to housing development that is 100% affordable, with an effective start date of January 1, 2020, unless the Council determines that an increased number of affordable units can be achieved through a different business model. In a built-out urban environment, land is a scarce resource. Real estate developers often say that land is more valuable than cash because “you can’t make more of it.” In addressing the housing crisis, the plan to Scale Up <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> on Public Land in Los Angeles prioritizes public land as a valuable asset that can be leveraged into large scale affordable housing production. 2
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