Los Angeles' Water and Power Commission unanimously approved a new energy services policy Tuesday aimed at supporting affordable housing developments and permanent supportive units.
Los Angeles' Water and Power Commission unanimously approved a new energy services policy Tuesday aimed at supporting affordable housing developments and permanent supportive units.
Cynthia McClain-Hill, president of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, introduced a motion Tuesday directing Department of Water and Power staff to develop measures to cover the costs of public right-of-way power infrastructure upgrades for 100% affordable and permanent housing developments in the city.
The motion also called for an acceleration of the utility's processes for identifying an affordable housing developer's power services needs. “This is an important notion,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “We know that accelerating and lowering the costs of affordable and permanent supportive housing projects are essential to our agenda to urgently increase housing production in Los Angeles and save lives.
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