The Transit Oriented Communities program allows for large housing development projects near transit lines — if developers keep some units affordable for people of lower incomes.
An apartment complex under construction on Sawtelle Boulevard in Los Angeles is being built under the city's Transit Oriented Communities program.
Since the Transit Oriented Communities, or TOC, program launched in September 2017, developers have proposed more than 12,000 units, including at least 2,300 homes kept affordable for lower-income households, according to city data through the end of 2018. “The two biggest problems we have is our housing crisis and our traffic woes,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in an interview. “TOC is an incredible weapon to help us address both.”Not everyone is a fan. Some homeowner groups criticize the streamlined process for increased-density projects.
No public hearings are required, and the city has little discretion to deny a project if it follows TOC guidelines. The idea was to use the zoning code to make it profitable for companies to provide low-cost homes without public funding, which has beenBeyond an increase in density, developers say TOC is profitable for them because, unlike zone changes and general plan amendments, JJJ kept union-level wages optional.
Local political officials cited the flood of projects as one reason to oppose the controversial Senate Bill 50, “If TOC was not economically more profitable, developers would not do it,” Kahan said. “The city has come up with a procedure to provide more housing — and more affordable housing without using city coffers.”
Economists generally agree the root cause for both is that for decades too few homes were built relative to population and job growth. Opposition from existing residents is cited as a major factor. The housing department says that all rent-controlled units leveled for TOC projects must at a minimum be replaced with the same number of income-restricted affordable units or homes subject to rent control. In some cases, all the non-income-restricted units would be rent controlled, which means landlords set initial rent but then face limits on annual increases for as long as a tenant stays.
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