Bay Area towns are weighing whether to use developmentally disabled adults as a low-income-housing loophole.
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Hillsborough is required to zone for 554 units of additional housing by 2031, a portion of which must be “affordable” based on the area’s median income. As is the case with many ultra-wealthy neighborhoods, Hillsborough residents and local politicians have expressed skittishness at city council meetings about absorbing residents whose income levels are categorized as “very low” for the area.
“Very low- and low-income housing is going to freak out a lot of people in this community, because we all know what it brings with it, right?” Gib began. “But as the father of a special needs son … the very low- and low-income [housing units], a lot of those can be used up here by providing special needs housing for people here.”
After Gib concluded his remarks, Hillsborough Mayor Christine Krolik responded, “Thank you very much, that’s a great point.” when he tried to block new housing by invoking the supposed endangerment of mountain lions — made a similarly naked pitch that his city, too, should be considering housing for developmentally disabled adults as a means of staving off the possibility of unwanted neighbors and traffic.
The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities' models indicate that, out of a total population of nearly 4,300, there are about 67 adults in Portola Valley with developmental disabilities. However, on its, the town itself tallied just three adults with developmental disabilities in Portola Valley. In other words: Portola Valley politicians are under the impression there are very few developmentally disabled adults in their town, but they’re backing Willow Commons anyway.
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