The City of San José faces important challenges in providing affordable housing for all socioeconomic segments of its population, given the highly competitive housing market and limited public dollars for financing affordable housing production. As a result, the City is exploring ways to increase production of affordable housing. One option would to make the City’s current inclusionary housing requirement in redevelopment project areas apply Citywide. The Department of Housing will hold a series of public meetings to explore inclusionary housing and other potential means of increasing affordable housing production in the coming weeks.

What is inclusionary housing? Inclusionary housing requires all new residential developments to have a certain number of homes and apartments available to lower and moderate income individuals and families.

Stakeholder Meetings
Participation in these meetings will generally be limited to the invited representatives of stakeholder groups. At the end of each meeting, there will be allotted time for public comment.

Stakeholder Meeting with Affordable Housing Advocates
Tuesday, September 23rd 6- 8 pm
Willow Glen Senior Community Center
2175 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, California

Stakeholder Meeting with Developers
Thursday, September 25th 6 – 8 pm
City Hall Public Wing Room 120
200 East Santa Clara Street San Jose, California

If additional meetings are needed for either group, an announcement will be made at the end of the meetings on September 23rd (Affordable Housing Advocates Stakeholder Meeting) and September 25th (Developer Stakeholder Meeting).

Open Forum Meetings
Opportunities for the general public to provide comments and feedback on a Citywide inclusionary housing program will be scheduled for late-October or early-November on dates to be determined. If you would like to be on the Housing Department’s list of e-mail addresses to receive notices of public meetings on inclusionary housing, please contact Colleen Lopez at 408.975.4489.

Other Ideas for Increasing Affordable Housing Production
Open Forum on Ways to Finance and Produce Affordable Housing
Tuesday, October 14th 6 – 8 pm
City Hall Public Wing Rooms 118, 119 + 120
200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California 95113

To request an accommodation or alternative format to participate in these meetings, please call Colleen López at 408.975.4489 or 408.294.9337 (TTY) at least three business days prior to the meeting.