[img]2171|right|||no_popup[/img]Sometimes Culver City’s paucity of affordable housing feels like a huge gift-wrapped packaged tumbling noisily, awkwardly down a long stairway.
On Monday, Dec. 8, it was announced today, the City Council will debate the format it will follow in striving for the government-mandated goal of 189 new affordable housing units in the next five years.
Increasing density is the quickest, most practical unit to attaining the goal, Councilman Jim Clarke said this afternoon.
“You are looking at more of those 4043 Irving Pl. projects,” he said. Culver Villas, as the still-new condo project across from the School District offices is called, consists of 13 units, all rated “affordable.”
In this context, “affordable” can be a fungible term.
“We are going to have to look at creating a bit more density on some of our housing developments,” Mr. Clarke said. “It seems like the only way affordable housing can pencil out is if you create more density that allows you to build more units so some can be made affordable.”
Officially, the subjects of rental housing shortage and rental rates will be at the top of the evening’s marquee.
It is not clear yet whether the entire 7 o’clock Council meeting will be devoted to this or it will be shoehorned into the meeting.
Whichever, no momentous decisions will be made.
Questions should be directed to Housing Administrator Tevis Barnes at Tevis.Barnes@culvercity.org.
