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Subject: New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City Council
Date: Tuesday,August 17,20215:47:49 PM
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New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City
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Lisa Talmage submitted a new eComment.
Meeting: Regular Meeting of the City Council
Item: 9. INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE INFO AND COMPARISON At its May 18,
2021 City Council meeting, Council asked staff to provide information regarding the City's
Voluntary Inclusionary Housing program and survey neighboring cities on their respective
inclusionary housing ordinances. A request was also made for similar information regarding
development impact fees. That information is still being gathered and will be provided at a
subsequent City Council meeting.
eComment: Dear Mayor Clark and Councilmembers, Many members of my group, the Tustin
Planning Partnership, are long-time residents of the City (including homeowners, renters, and
deeply connected community leaders and volunteers). All of us are committed to supporting the
City in expanding affordable housing opportunities for low-income families and individuals.
Affordable housing has been shown to directly benefit both individual and public quality of life as
well as health and economic outcomes. As a long-time Tustin renter myself, I know first-hand
how badly affordable housing is needed in our city for hardworking low-income residents to
participate in and contribute fully to the Tustin community. I love our city, but the cost of housing
is a constant stressor, limiting my ability to save, start a family, and become a homeowner. I
worry that the cost of housing will soon displace me out of Tustin entirely. The Tustin Planning
Partnership appreciates that the City is evaluating and comparing its voluntary inclusionary
housing program against other inclusionary housing ordinances in the region. We urge the City
to take the steps needed to meet the magnitude of the literal housing crisis that so many of your
tax-paying residents have been experiencing for years. Adopting a mandatory city-wide
inclusionary housing ordinance requiring that all developments of 10 or more units restrict 10%
to low-income renters and 10% to very-low-income renters would be one of the single most
effective and transformative actions the City could take to solve the housing crisis in its borders,
thus increasing the quality of life and opportunities for countless residents while also sustaining
strong, competitive economic growth in real estate development and related sectors. Please
consider adopting a robust city-wide inclusionary housing ordinance as soon as feasible; it is
immensely needed and long overdue. Sincerely, Lisa Talmage, representing The Tustin
Planning Partnership tustinpp@gmail.com
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