In Reply to: How Building Affordable Housing Became the Hottest Game in L.A. posted by mh on November 17, 2025 at 12:30:41
A quick scan of AI turned up this information
"To qualify for affordable housing, your household income must fall within specific limits set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which are based on a percentage of the Area Median Income (AMI) for your specific county or metropolitan area. These limits vary significantly by location and household size and are updated annually.
General Income Categories
Affordable housing programs typically use the following standard income categories based on the AMI for a given area:
Extremely Low Income: 0% to 30% of AMI.
Very Low Income: 30% to 50% of AMI.
Low Income (or Lower Income): 50% to 80% of AMI.
Moderate Income: 80% to 120% of AMI".
There are other factors like family size, etc. But at the lower AMI levels, affordable housing would most likely be rental housing.
Where I live a developer has proposed to build an 18 story 220,000 sq. ft. residential development consisting of 88 market rate units and 22 very low income units. The proposed project is surrounded by single story residential units, a telephone switching station and access will be limited to a two lane residential street.
The same developer had proposed a large five story residential building in Santa Barbara in an area that includes the Santa Barbara Mission.
Recent actions taken by the state legislature to facilitate housing development has created an open season for all sorts of whacky proposals. The ability of local communities to decide for themselves what works best for them has been severely compromised by Sacramento.