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Achieving Regional Housing Planning Objectives: Directing Affordable Housing to Jobs-Rich Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area

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  • Matthew Palm
  • Deb Niemeier

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Problem, research strategy, and findings: Low-income households face affordability issues and are often forced to live in areas with limited job access and inadequate transportation. Local communities exacerbate these problems through exclusionary zoning. We study the impact of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) change in allocation formula under California’s affordable housing mandate. The old policy followed a fair share strategy, whereas the new policy requires local jurisdictions to locate mandated affordable housing units in jobs-rich areas. We compare affordable housing produced in the region before and after ABAG adopted the jobs-housing policy; we also compare the new patterns to the location of market-rate housing and to the experiences of San Diego (CA) and Los Angeles (CA), both of which retain fair share allocation. We do not control for variables that may have affected affordable housing location. ABAG’s policy shift is associated with a 104% improvement in the balance of housing and jobs at the local level; affordable housing units are more likely than market-rate housing to locate in jobs-rich areas, which may indicate that localities prioritize affordable housing. We also find that more affordable housing locates in such areas in the San Francisco Bay Area (CA) than in San Diego or Los Angeles.Takeaway for practice: A voluntary regional government in a state with mandatory affordable housing requirements can affect the production and distribution of affordable housing. A total of 25 U.S. states require localities to include affordable housing elements in their comprehensive plans; we suggest that regional and local planners use these opportunities to meet multiple policy goals by directing affordable housing to jobs-rich neighborhoods.

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  • Matthew Palm & Deb Niemeier, 2017. "Achieving Regional Housing Planning Objectives: Directing Affordable Housing to Jobs-Rich Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 83(4), pages 377-388, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjpaxx:v:83:y:2017:i:4:p:377-388
    DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2017.1368410
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    1. Gurran, Nicole & Hulse, Kath & Dodson, Jago & Pill, Madeleine & Dowling, Robyn & reynolds, margaret & Maalsen, Sophia, 2021. "Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions," SocArXiv qrdb6, Center for Open Science.
    2. Ali Sharghi & Abdolmajid Nourtaghani & Mehrnaz Ramzanpour & Reza Bagheri Gorji, 2022. "Low-income housing location based on affordable criteria Using AHP Model and GIS Technique (Case Study: Babolsar City)," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(8), pages 10337-10377, August.
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