Last week we sent you a note about Fairfax’s Victory Village Affordable Senior Housing proposal, and we asked you to attend the Planning Commission meeting this Thursday in support. BUT– based on community input, the Victory Village proposal per se is not on Thursday’s agenda but a zoning ordinance amendment is. So rather than come to the meeting,…
On January 19, the Fairfax Planning Commission will consider Victory Village, a proposed 54-unit affordable senior housing project. The Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative – MEHC – is standing up for this badly needed environmentally friendly, affordable housing. Victory Village needs your support now. Here’s how: Attend and speak at the hearing. Email a support letter…
Actions you can take: Show your support! Attend a public meeting – virtually or in person – or write a letter/email to advocate for important housing policies and projects. MEHC will continue to update and alert our community about key opportunities for leverage and moments of decision, and we are always ready to help…
By the end of the year – and after five years of persistent effort – Oma Village will welcome its first residents. This ground-breaking, employment-focused housing, designed particularly for families with children, is the kind of environmentally friendly affordable housing that MEHC supports. It offers twelve 2-bedroom/2-bath and two 1-bedroom/1-bath apartments on a small lot…
THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR ACTION ALERT regarding the Fair Housing Ordinance! There is a subtle form of housing discrimination that goes on in Marin County: refusing to rent to a would-be tenant who holds a Section 8 voucher. On November 8 the Marin Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to bar this kind of…
Why Bother, Indeed. Today, Marin is in a severe housing crisis. Fully 96% of our housing is market-rate; this means that households with only moderate income can afford to live in only 4% of our housing units, and only 3% of our homes and apartments are within the affordability reach of lower income folks. In the past 12 months, the median price…
Marin IJ Readers’ Forum It’s been a good month for fair housing. The Supreme Court decision three weeks ago on disparate impact upheld the 2013 Housing and Urban Development department rule clarifying the use of disparate impact analysis, affirming that even unintentional discriminatory policies are against the law. Last week, the administration released a new…
10 reasons to VOTE for a County Supervisor who supports environmentally friendly affordable housing… Almost 27,000lower-income Marin households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. The single largest source ofgreenhouse gas emissions is transportation. Our lack of affordable housing is a major factor. 68,000 people commute from other counties to work lower-wage jobs in Marin because they can’t afford to…
The lack of affordable housing costs everyone The majority of Marin’s workforce commutes from other counties to work in lower-wage service jobs…which are the fastest-growing sector of Marin’s labor market. Why do 68,000 people endure the cost, time, and stress of long commutes? Most cannot afford to live close to where they work. Maybe you think that it…
Is housing a problem? Or a solution? jobs not housing cause traffic Does your candidate think that housing is part of the traffic problem, or part of the solution? Traffic is getting worse and worse. What are the candidates for the Marin Board of Supervisors going to do about it? 62% of the people who…