Housing - Andrew Grant Houston
- Limit rental and commercial increases to “inflation plus 2%” or 4% , whichever is higher.
- If or when a unit becomes vacant, rent control still applies for both residential and commercial units.
- Limit removals of stabilized, affordable housing. Tenants should get the “right of first refusal” for any units taken off the market, providing opportunities for renters to become homeowners.
- Capping major capital improvements at reasonable rates so that they are timely, match the actual cost of repairs, reduce fraud, and discourage harassment and displacement.
- Capping major capital improvements at reasonable rates so that they are timely, match the actual cost of repairs, reduce fraud, and discourage harassment and displacement.
- Restricting owner’s and owner’s-relatives’ move-in provisions by prohibiting it for vulnerable tenants, having property owners apply for approval, allowing contestation of application and, should it go through, providing relocation assistance.
- Simplify the Land Use Code
- Eliminating parking requirements
- Eliminating floor-area ratio requirements
- Establishing maximum impervious cover for all zones
- An option for commercial uses on the ground floor of all zones
- Replace Single-Family-only with Neighborhood Residential which would allow
- Up to eight homes on each lot
- Maximum height for 45 feet
- Maximum lot cover of 50%
- Update Mandatory Housing Affordability
- Double city investment in homeownership programs offered by the Office of Housing
- Development Displacement Mitigation Fee
- Make the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance universal
- Permanent local rental assistance
- Create an Evergreen Building Public Development Authority that would build green public housing
- Certify buildings that qualify as “Zero-Carbon” would receive expedited permit review as well as the ability to skip Design Review entirely.