18.05.010 Purposes of article—Findings.

The city council finds and determines:

(a)    The city has a goal to provide a range of housing for its local workers and has chosen to take action to ensure that affordable housing is constructed and maintained within the City of Davis.

(b)    Housing purchase prices in Davis are generally higher than the rest of the region, particularly Woodland and West Sacramento.

(c)    Rents in Davis have been rising and the majority of new apartments are four-bedroom units which are not suitable for most families. Small, very low income households have trouble finding affordable unassisted housing, and larger households of any income level have difficulty finding affordable units.

(d)    Federal and state funds for the construction of new affordable housing are limited.

(e)    In order to meet the city’s fair share of the regional housing need for very low, low and moderate income households, the city included implementing policies within the housing element of the general plan to provide for such housing.

(f)    General plan implementing policies require that, to the extent feasible, for sale residential developments should provide for housing units that are affordable to very low income households, low income households and moderate income households as part of the development, with tiered requirements that are reduced or eliminated for housing products that are more affordable by design. General plan policies also require that affordable ownership units include a means for sustained affordability, maintaining them as affordable units into the unforeseeable future. (Ord. 2418 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2646 § 2, 2023)