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Title	Housing Affordability Task Force, Final Report
Highlights	The Task Force recognized that lengthy review processes have a negative impact on affordable housing   The Task Force recommended that the City create an expedited approval process for affordable housing developments.                       The Task Force recognized that the City fees increase the cost of providing affordable housing.   The Task Force recommended that the City increase the number of fees waived for affordable housing.                       The Task Force recognized that the city did not provide for accessory housing units.   The Task Force recommended that the City amend the General Plan to permit accessory housing.
Description	In this document, the Pasadena City Housing Affordability Task Force undertakes a study of issues related to the provision of affordable housing. Several of those issues involved hindrances in the City’s approval process, incentives for participation in housing programs, accessory housing and rent control. The Task Force recommendations included the following: allow affordable housing developments to have an expedited approval process, increase the number and types of fees that are waived for affordable housing projects, amend the General Plan to include a second unit ordinance, and adopt an ordinance that requires landlords to give tenants 90 days notice if they raise the rent more than 10% per year or if the landlord plans to evict the tenant due to the demolition of the building or unit. For the minority report see: http://www.huduser.org/rbc/search/rbcdetails.asp?DocId=955
Publication Date	2003
Organization	Pasadena Housing Affordability Task Force
Web Location	http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/housing/housing/HATFFINALRecommendationsReport.pdf

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