MEHC template email to support Oak Hill

In the MEHC Coming Up Week of March 31st newsletter a template email was included to support Oak Hill at the Marin Office of Education board meeting. You can view the template below:

Dear Marin County Office of Education,

I am writing to you today in support of the Oak Hill project. 

The lack of affordable housing is hurting Marin schools. School districts and other local governments are struggling to hire and retain educators and staff due to our extremely high housing costs. 

The workforce housing project will provide 135 housing units for educators and county staff.

Given the huge demand for housing, the convenient location, and projected rents 30% below market, this project is not likely to face significant vacancies.

The program includes significant risk mitigation for participating agencies, including the ability to sublet these units to another agency or even rent them to the general public if necessary. 

There are enormous benefits to this project. The Joint Powers Authority (JPA) has put in place a structure that provides significant risk mitigation for the schools. We believe these benefits far outweigh the theoretical risks.  Delaying this project to seek alternative forms of financing will be costly and puts this project at risk.

There is no other significant project in the pipeline targeted to our teachers and local government workforces. Let’s not miss this opportunity. 

Sincerely, 
[Your Name]