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Comment 12 for Comments on the RTAC (sb375-rtac-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Michael
Last Name: Rawson
Email Address: mrawson@pilpca.org
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Subject: Data-housing affordability
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Received by ARB staff via email May 20, 2009. 'Lezlie-- Here are some data sources that address housing affordability, income, wages, parking and commute patterns: Income and Housing Affordability Out of Reach 2009 (Nat. Low Income Housing Coalition) http://www.nlihc.org/oor/oor2009/area.cfm?state=CA Housing Affordability Compared to Wage Levels and Commute Distances Locked Out 2008 (Cal. Budget Project) http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2008/080212_LockedoutReport.pdf See especially: Table 3.2 (How Long Does It Take to Get to Work) [Analyzing Data from 2006 ACS] Appendix A: HUD Fair Market Rents Appendix B: Wages Needed to Afford Fair Market Rents Tech. Notes, p. 49 Parking and Car Ownership Data for Below Market Rate (BMR) Housing Parking Requirements and Affordable Housing (Congress for the New Urbanism) http://www.cnu.org/node/2241 Rethinking Residential Parking (Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH)(2001) Commute Patterns of Low Income Persons Daily Travel By Persons with Low Income (Federal Highway Administration) http://nhts.ornl.gov/1995/Doc/LowInc.pdf Bureau of Labor Statistics--Vehicle ownership and fuel consumption by income class http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm In addition, several of California's major nonprofit housing developers are now conducting studies of the commute distances and car ownership of their substantial low income tenant populations. Those results should be available in less than a month. Let me know if you or other staff have questions. Mike Rawson Michael Rawson Public Interest Law Project/ California Affordable Housing Law Project 449 15th Street, Suite 301 Oakland, CA 94612 510-891-9794, ext. 145 Fax-891-9727 www.pilpca.org'
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2009-05-21 07:48:46
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