Inclusionary

SGI promotes the use of a system called Inclusionary Zoning.

Lowell Sun Forum 2009

Maybe it's the way he just refused to implement the Inclusionary Zoning law for two years.

DeAfternoon DeBonis: Aug. 31, 2010 2010

Inclusionary zoning could have brought in many more units, but D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty decided to stall, possibly illegally, for almost two years before implementing the law.

Too soon to judge D.C. affordable housing law 2010

Maybe it's the way he just refused to implement the Inclusionary Zoning law for two years.

Would Fenty do a better job if he did nothing at all? 2010

San Francisco has been using mandatory Inclusionary Zoning since 2002 with great success.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009

If New York City's Inclusionary Zoning program produced new units at the same rate as San Francisco's, the city would have produced 5,800 affordable units since 2005, twice as many units as the city has actually produced through its program.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009

A recent investigation by the Gotham Gazette found that since 2005, only 768 affordable units have been created in Williamsburg and Greenpoint through the city's Inclusionary Zoning program, a far cry from the 3,500 Bloomberg promised over four years ago.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009

In order to create the affordable housing, the city created a new Inclusionary Zoning program.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009

But the city relied on voluntary Inclusionary Zoning, in which developers can opt into the program in exchange for the right to build taller and denser buildings.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009

Since developers clearly have an interest in opening up more of the city to new development, mandatory Inclusionary Zoning would ultimately be in their best interests.

John Petro: Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing 2009