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September 2009 presentation by Libby Seifel and Abbie Conlee to the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, regarding affordable housing programs and their success stories. 

Sustainable Communities
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 10-21-2012

September 2009 presentation on sustainable communities by Pedro Peterson (Seifel Consulting), Eileen Fogarty (City of Santa Monica), Billi Romain (City of Berkeley), Sarah Dennis Phillips (San Francisco Planning Department), and Amit Ghosh (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency).
Presented by Libby Seifel, November 30, 2009.  Discusses Redevelopment as "Key tool in affordable housing" and several case studies.
An October 2008 presentation by Libby Seifel to the Florida Redevelopment Agency regarding California redevelopment and housing. 
Part one of an October 2009 presentation by Libby Seifel and various panelists to the CRA/CAL AHFLA regarding Neighborhood Stabilization Programs.
Part 2 of an October 2009 presentation by Libby Seifel and various panelists to the CRA/CAL AHFLA regarding Neighborhood Stabilization Programs.
Panelists: Libby Seifel of Seifel Consulting Inc.; Roger Asterino of the City of Berkeley; Jeff Wells of Opportunity Fund; Tom Webber of Goldfarb & Lipman LLC; Charles Loveman of Heritage Housing Partners.  
Housing California Annual Conference, April 2008.
The Best Elements of Programs that Work and How to Avoid What Doesn't.  Panelists include Barbara Kautz and Lynn Hutchins (both of Goldfarb & Lipman LLC), Libby Seifel (of Seifel Consulting Inc.), and Sandy Council of the City of San Mateo.  Presented at Housing California Conference, April 2008.
Presented at League of California Cities Annual Conference, September 2009.  Panelists include Claudio Albano (City of Oakland), Salvador Alvarez (City of San Jose), and Jeffrey Eley (City of San Fernando).  Includes case study presentations.

CRA Housing Set-Aside Article
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 10-21-2012

Marie Munson wrote “Agencies Spend 80% Funds on Affordable Housing in Addition to 20% Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund Deposits” published in the November 2004 issue of  CRA Journal. The article observes that many communities, such as San Jose and Santa Monica, have found the mandated 20% housing set aside is not sufficient to meet their affordable housing needs. Munson identifies one solution.
In this 2005 Annual California Redevelopment Association Conference presentation, “Inclusionary Housing: How to Make City and Agency Inclusionary Housing Programs Work Together Effectively,” Libby Seifel examines Inclusionary Housing policy and implementation from the perspective of cities, redevelopment Agencies, and developers.

CRA Inclusionary Housing Article
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 10-21-2012

“How to Design a Successful Inclusionary Housing Program to Help Your Agency Meet its Affordable Housing Requirements,” by Elizabeth Seifel was published in the January 2005 issue of CRA Journal. The article outlines key policy considerations and economic principles to be explored, including alternative methods of compliance.

Housing Program Implementation
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 10-21-2012

Libby Seifel’s presentation on "Housing Program Implementation under AB 637" at CRA’s October 2002 Housing Conference includes suggestions on how to develop action plans to meet a community’s housing needs and redevelopment agency’s obligations.
An October 2009 presentation by Roger Asterino (City of Berkeley), Anne Torney (WRT/Solomon E.T.C.), Lisa Motoyama (Resources for Community Development), Elizabeth (Libby) Seifel (Seifel Consulting Inc.) regarding lessons learned from Oxford Plaza and The David Brower Center.

Inclusionary Housing Financial Analysis Report prepared by Seifel Consulting for San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing, December 2012.


San Francisco’s Inclusionary Housing Program represents a significant resource for the production of affordable housing in the City of San Francisco. The Program allows developers several options to provide affordable housing as part of any new residential development in the City. In 2006, the Program was modified, and the Program ordinance required a financial program evaluation to occur five years after program implementation.


The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) administers the Program and retained Seifel Consulting Inc. (Seifel) to evaluate the financial viability of the Program in 2012, given changes in residential development conditions that have occurred since 2006. The information and findings in this report have been developed based on extensive input from a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), as well as information and insights gathered from City staff and local developers, contractors, and other knowledgeable real estate professionals.

 


The report begins with a summary of the existing Program and an overview of the changes in thedevelopment climate that have occurred since 2006. The report next describes the four development prototypes that were chosen and the results of the financial analysis for each of the prototypes under the alternative methods of Program compliance. The report concludes with an overview of how the Program affects development within different geographic areas and presents more generalized conclusions.

Bay Area TOAH Fund
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 05-25-2016

The Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund (TOAH Fund or Fund) is a $50 million public-private financing resource that provides up-front funding for the development of affordable housing and other community services near transit lines throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. From 2007 through 2011, the TOAH Fund progressed from concept to launch through the efforts of numerous key partners and stakeholders. This report describes why the Fund was formed, the key components and the critical steps in the Fund formation, the important lessons learned, and best practices utilized for its development.

Bay Area TOAH Fund
 4.11 MB
 05-25-2016

The Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund (TOAH Fund or Fund) is a $50 million public-private financing resource that provides up-front funding for the development of affordable housing and other community services near transit lines throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. From 2007 through 2011, the TOAH Fund progressed from concept to launch through the efforts of numerous key partners and stakeholders. This report describes why the Fund was formed, the key components and the critical steps in the Fund formation, the important lessons learned, and best practices utilized for its development.