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Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision: insights from the city of Santa Monica, California

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  • Bernard Nzau
  • Claudia Trillo

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Inclusionary housing is considered a powerful local policy tool that can help address housing affordability and social inclusion issues. This paper draws from empirical research conducted in the City of Santa Monica in California to provide fresh insights on a successful innovative inclusionary housing program, the Affordable Housing Production Program (AHPP). This program was established to increase affordable housing production and enable social integration. Based on the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) of the General Plan, the AHPP seeks to capture some of the increase in land value resulting from planned increases in the intensity of development. Our research shows that the program increased inclusionary housing production by market-rate developers by 15% over the previous inclusionary housing policy. The study finds that land use policies and planning can, through inclusionary housing, help harness the strength of the real estate market to (1) increase affordable housing production, and (2) achieve effective social integration in neighborhoods of opportunity.

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  • Bernard Nzau & Claudia Trillo, 2021. "Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision: insights from the city of Santa Monica, California," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(7), pages 1086-1121, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:36:y:2021:i:7:p:1086-1121
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1746244
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