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RCPC Virtual Town Hall: The Economics of Affordable Housing
03/14/2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
On Zoom – Register here (HYPERLINK https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FNFlEnpNQPmD8uQBskSLUg)
Panel of Housing Experts:
- Jeff Levin, Policy Director, East Bay Housing Organizations
- Rick Jacobus, Economic consultant to East Bay municipalities on housing
- Ben Metcalf, Managing Director of UC Berkeley’s Terner Center and former Director of CA’s Housing Community Development Agency
Questions we seek to answer in this panel:
- What makes affordable housing affordable?
- How is it financed? Overview of local tax measures, state funds, federal funds, & Oakland Impact Fees (funds collected for the City’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund from new housing
- developments)
- What actually pencils? A Case Study to reviewing a proforma of a local housing project
- Do “affordable or nothing” developments pencil here in Rockridge? Why or why not?
Time permitting, we hope to answer additional questions from the community. To share your questions, email Chair@Rockridge.org in advance or during the meeting, you can submit them through the Zoom Q&A feature.