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Build housing with 20% low-income set asides or take your chances with environmental review. I think the intention is you can't shortcut all the bureaucratic bu

by yardie 4y ago

Build housing with 20% low-income set asides or take your chances with environmental review. I think the intention is you can't shortcut all the bureaucratic bullshit with this neat trick.

93po 4y ago
I see this in Seattle and it makes no sense and just annoys the shit of me when I'm looking for housing. They'll list their income restricted units as their entry level price online, then you look at their actual listings and they're all $1000 more expensive per month. The real problem that makes no sense, however, is that these income restricted units are sometimes like $2000-2500 a month. And to qualify you have to make less than like 60k a year or something. They can't afford to the rent. I don't get it.
- pandaman 4y ago
  From what I understand those are for the Section 8 tenants.
  - 93po 4y ago
    Right. But for section 8 it's still only for low income people right? And they can't afford the listed (already discounted) rent.
    - pandaman 4y ago
      Section 8 pays their entire rent less 25% or 30% of their income (AGI) so they can afford anything, provided it fits Section 8 requirements.
      - 93po 4y ago
        That makes these make a lot more sense, thanks for clarifying this!
mannerheim 4y ago
I don't think the 20% low-income gets you out of CEQA.