Support and Protect Affordable Housing Options

Under the existing affordable housing laws, development projects with more than 10 units that receive a density variance are required to set aside at least 10 percent of the units as affordable units. Emily believes this is not enough.

She feels the community needs to do more to increase the affordable housing stock for low and middle-income families, as well as for members of our arts community. She has supported and will continue to support a larger set-aside of affordable units in new developments. She will also find ways to protect the existing stock of affordable units, like addressing the loop-hole in the rent control ordinance that allows for short-term rentals like Air BnB. And she will continue to work with the Administration to seek out creative ways to use existing City property to develop additional solutions.