Estimated cost of the housing shortage to the Marin economy: $500 million per year #isthatalot
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The populations of the Bay Area, California as a whole, and Marin especially are aging. But the good news is our tax base and pension system financing are stable and secure, right?pic.twitter.com/RPIGLXEwOi
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What does it mean to have the state’s lowest unemployment rate and no housing growth? 62% of Marin’s workforce commutes in from outside the county. 8% commute over an hour – with high costs for their health, environmental health, and community + family health.
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Displacement risk is highest in Marin and San Mateo counties, probably the two NIMBYest in the region. Lowest in Contra Costa, probably the friendliest to new construction.pic.twitter.com/jtS1zKImtM
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MEF’s recommendations: -develop a county plan for infill growth on underutilized land -use EIFDs to bundle community improvements -streamline permitting, which takes on average 11.5 (uncertain) months in Marin -proactive EIRs for priority sites -train construction workers
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Discussing efforts to support minority homeownership, MEF’s Robin Sternberg notes “in Marin there’s not really any affordable housing to buy”
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Sternberg concludes with a call to study the opinions of everyone, not just the “vocal few”
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Senator McGuire is up next. Says that if we don’t get a handle on housing we’re going to “hit the wall” on our economic growth due to workers having nowhere to live
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Sen McGuire: “We have built our own wall, before President Trump, and that wall is a lack of affordable housing”
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Hearing McGuire talk about housing demand, I continue to believe that RHNA segmenting the housing market into discrete income segments is a really pernicious concept. It’s all interconnected
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They should income segment *all* existing housing not just new housing.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
that could work! Would make a lot more sense than looking only at new construction in a vacuum
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