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October 29, 2007

Best Practices in Administration and Oversight of Inclusionary Housing

Delivering on the Promise of Inclusionary Housing:
Best Practices in Administration and Oversight
By Rick Jacobus for PolicyLink

This paper outlines some of the challanges of ongoing administration of Inclusionary housing programs and highlights the policies, procedures and systems that successful programs have been using to address these challanges. The paper identifies common approaches to staffing these programs over time including partnerships with local consultants or nonprofit organizations and looks at scalable revenue sources to support the ongoing costs of administration.

Click here to download the PDF File (2MB).

Posted by Rick Jacobus at 04:26 PM | Comments (0)

Administration of Inclusionary Housing Programs

This panel at the National Inclusionary Housing Conference focused on the complex programs and systems necessary to successfully oversee inclusionary housing programs. It offered the audience a chance to learn from experienced administrators about what to anticipate, pitfalls to avoid, and partnerships that can make it easier.

Panelists:

John Payne
Acting Deputy Director for Real Estate and Development
Fairfax County, VA
John.Payne@fairfaxcounty.gov

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rha/adu/aduprogram.htm
* Affordable Dwelling Unit Section of the County Zoning Ordinance
* ADU regulations
* Specifications for Prototype Affordable Dwelling Units
* ADU Covenants (for sale and multifamily rental)
* Rider to Residential Contract of Sale
* Income Certification Forms

Bonne Gabler
Housing Administrator, City of Petaluma, CA
bgaebler@ci.petaluma.ca.us

cityofpetaluma.net/cdd/housing.html
* Eligibiliy Criteria
* First Time Homebuyer Application
* Frates Square Flyer

Annabel Yurutucu
Housing Officer, City of Sunnyvale, CA
408-730-7698
AYurutucu@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us

sunnyvale.ca.gov/Departments/Community+Development/
* BMR Administrative Procedures
* BMR Purchase Waitlist Information
* BMR Sales Prices

Moderator: Rick Jacobus
Partner, Burlington Associates in Community Development

www.BurlingtonAssociates.com
* Understanding Subsidy Retention
* Designing Resale Formulas
* Starting a Community Land Trust
* Administration of Inclusionary Housing Programs

Handout:
Delivering on the Promise of Inclusionary Housing: Best Practices in Administration and Monitoring.

See Also:
Inclusionary Housing Production Study

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