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Will New Affordable Housing Legislation Help?

The State government is tackling the affordable housing crisis with a new package of bills that target a wide range of housing issues.

By Kelsi Maree Borland | kelsimareeborland | Updated on October 02, 2017

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The California Assembly and the State Senate have passed a package of affordable housing bills that will—at least start—to combat the affordability crisis growing throughout California. While there are several bills in the package, the staple bills are SB 2, SB 3 and SB 35. We sat down with Beth Mullen, national director of CohnReznick‘s Affordable Housing Industry Practice, to talk about the bills, how they will help combat the affordability issues and how the development community is responding—especially in the wake of Measure JJJ and a new linkage fee that the development community is opposing.

GlobeSt.com: There are a number of affordability bills that have recently passed, but the main bills seem to be SB 2, SB 3 and SB 35. Can you tell me about each, and how they will help combat the affordable housing issues?

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