Accessory dwelling units

Acquisition and operation of moderate-cost rental units

Activation of housing finance agency reserves

Asset building programs

Assistance for home safety modifications

Below-market financing of affordable housing development

Brownfields

Capital subsidies for building affordable housing developments

Changes to increase the predictability of the regulatory process

Code enforcement

Community land trusts

Dedicated revenue sources

Deed-restricted homeownership

Demolition of neglected properties

Demolition taxes and condominium conversion fees

Density bonuses

Discounted sales of city-owned property

Down payment and closing cost assistance

Employer-assisted housing programs

Energy-efficiency retrofits

Energy-efficiency standards

Enforcement of fair housing laws

Expanded access to capital for owners of unsubsidized affordable rental properties

Expedited permitting for qualifying projects

Fair housing education for real estate professionals and consumers

Foreclosure and disposition of tax-delinquent properties

Foreclosure prevention programs

General obligation bonds for affordable housing

Home repair and homeowner rehabilitation assistance programs

HOME tenant-based rental assistance

Housing and building codes

Housing choice vouchers

Housing education and counseling

Housing rehabilitation codes

Housing trust funds

Incentives to encourage the development of lower-cost housing types

Inclusionary zoning

Increased use of multifamily private activity bonds to draw down 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Increased voucher payment standards in high-cost areas

Increases in the supply of buildable land by expanding growth boundaries

Joint development on land owned by transit and other agencies

Just cause eviction policies

Landlord recruitment and retention

Lead abatement

Legal assistance for victims of discrimination

Limited equity cooperatives

Linkage fees/affordable housing impact fees

Low income housing tax credit

Manufactured housing and manufactured home communities

Missing middle housing

Mobility counseling for housing choice voucher holders

Operating subsidies for affordable housing developments

Preservation inventories

Project-basing of housing choice vouchers

Property acquisition funds

Property tax relief for income-qualified homeowners

Protection from condo conversions

Reduced or waived fees for qualifying projects

Reduced parking requirements

Reductions in impact fees and exactions

Reforms to construction standards and building codes

Regional collaboration to support the development of affordable housing in resource-rich areas

Regulating short term rentals

Rent regulation

Rental registries

Rights of first refusal

Security deposit and/or first and last month’s rent assistance

Shared appreciation mortgages

Small balance home mortgages

Source of income laws

Special Purpose Credit Programs

Stabilizing high-poverty neighborhoods through a mixed-income approach

State or local funded tenant-based rental assistance

State tax credits for affordable housing

Streamlined environmental review processes

Streamlined permitting processes

Subsidized home mortgages

Targeted efforts to create and preserve dedicated affordable housing in resource-rich areas

Targeted efforts to expand the supply of rental housing and lower-cost housing types in resource-rich areas

Tax incentives for new construction and substantial rehabilitation

Tax incentives for the maintenance and rehabilitation of unsubsidized affordable rental properties

Tax increment financing

The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

Transfers of development rights

Use of publicly owned property for affordable housing

Weatherization assistance

Zoning changes to allow for higher residential density

Zoning changes to facilitate the use of lower-cost housing types

Tax abatements or exemptions

Eviction prevention programs

Reduced parking requirements for qualifying developments

Legal assistance for at-risk renters
