Spend $30,000 in housing fees to hire law firm for inclusionary housing law changes
In Plain English
The city collects fees from developers who build market-rate housing instead of including affordable units. Richmond wants to update its inclusionary housing law, which requires new developments to include affordable units or pay fees instead. If approved, the city uses $30,000 from these collected fees to pay Goldfarb & Lipman law firm for drafting the changes.
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Votes
Hold the item over until a study session was with the City Council
5 to 1
Approve the item and immediately start the process of how inclusionary fees could be spent and what the fees were spent on in the past
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