Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

The League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley supports changes in local government regulations to reduce the cost of housing.
Position History: 

Adopted 1981, Edited 2005.

Supports changes in local government regulations to reduce the cost of housing in the following ways: streamlining he building approval process, continuing requirements to provide open space and parks, encouraging residential units above commercial uses, considering rezoning some commercial land to residential use, considering zoning changes which preserve the neighborhood character and address parking and traffic impacts, preserving the current housing stock, encouraging the building of rental units; and increasing the amount of housing available for moderate- and low-income residents.

League to which this content belongs: 
Southwest Santa Clara Valley