Does Lafayette require affordable units in new housing?

Lafayette's code: Units must stay restricted to the applicable income level for not less than 45 years. (Applies to for-sale inclusionary units.) (§ 6-3709); Units must stay restricted to the applicable income level for not less than 55 years. (Applies to rental inclusionary units, including rentals proposed under Section 6-3712.) (§ 6-3709).

Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Lafayette

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How long units stay affordable	Units must stay restricted to the applicable income level for not less than 45 years. Applies: Applies to for-sale inclusionary units. § 6-3709 · code text For-sale inclusionary units shall be restricted to the applicable income level for a period not less than 45 years. Units must stay restricted to the applicable income level for not less than 55 years. Applies: Applies to rental inclusionary units, including rentals proposed under Section 6-3712. § 6-3709 · code text Rental inclusionary units shall be restricted to the applicable income level for a period not less than 55 years, including inclusionary units proposed as rentals under Section 6-3712 of this chapter. The affordability term resets when the unit is sold. Applies: Applies to for-sale units. § 6-3709 · code text The term of for-sale units' affordability resets upon sale of the unit(s).
Fee instead of units	Based on a fee study, updated over time. Effective only after adoption or update by resolution. § 6-3707 · code text The city council shall establish the amount based on an appropriate fee study and shall update the fee over time.
Share of affordable units	15% of the units must be inclusionary units sold or rented at an affordable price to moderate-income households. Applies: Applies to projects creating single-family dwellings. § 6-3704 · code text For projects creating single-family dwellings, 15 percent of the units must be inclusionary units sold or rented at an affordable price to moderate-income households. 15% of total units must be inclusionary: 9% for low or moderate-income households and 6% for very low-income households. Applies: Applies to projects creating multiple for-sale family dwellings. § 6-3704 · code text For projects creating multiple for sale family dwellings, 15 percent of the total units must be inclusionary units, with nine percent sold at an affordable sales price to low or moderate-income households and six percent sold to an affordable sales price of very low-income households. 15% of total units must be inclusionary: 9% for low-income households and 6% for very low-income households. Applies: Applies to multi-family rental dwellings. § 6-3704 · code text For projects that are multi-family rental dwellings, 15 percent of the total units must be inclusionary units, with nine percent rented at an affordable price to low-income households and six percent rented at an affordable price to very low-income households. 40% of the off-site units must be affordable to very low-income households and 60% to low- or moderate-income households. Applies: Applies to off-site for-sale inclusionary units, regardless of how many off-site units are required. § 6-3712 · code text Regardless of the number of off-site for-sale units that are required, 40 percent of the off-site units shall be affordable to very low-income households and 60 percent shall be affordable to low- or moderate-income households. 40% of the off-site units must be affordable to very low-income households and 60% to low-income households. Applies: Applies to off-site rental inclusionary units, regardless of how many off-site units are required. § 6-3712 · code text Regardless of the number of off-site rental units that are required, 40 percent of the off-site units shall be affordable to very low-income households and 60 percent shall be affordable to low-income households. 15% of total units must be affordable: 9% rented to low-income households and 6% to very low-income households. Applies: Applies to a residential ownership project using the for-rent alternative. § 6-3712 · code text Fifteen percent of the total units must be affordable to lower incomes, with nine percent rented at an affordable rent to low income households and six percent rented at an affordable rent to very low income households.

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