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B. Promote the City's goal to add affordable housing units to the City's housing stock in proportion to the overall increase in new jobs and housing units; C. Offset the demand on housing that is created by new development and mitigate environmental and other impacts that accompany new residential and commercial development by protecting the economic diversity of the City's housing stock, reducing traffic, transit and related air quality impacts, promoting jobs/housing balance and reducing the demands placed on transportation infrastructure in the region; and D. Increase the supply of affordable ownership and rental housing in San Leandro as identified in the established Housing Element Goal 53, Affordable Housing Development. Policy 53.03 of Goal 53. requires the inclusion of affordable housing in new housing developments - both inside and outside the redevelopment project areas. 6-3002 Findings. The City Council finds and determines: A. Both California and the City face a serious housing problem that threatens their economic security. Lack of access to affordable housing has a direct impact upon the health, safety and welfare of the residents of City. The City will not be able to contribute to the attainment of State housing goals or to retain a healthy environment without additional affordable housing. The housing problem has an impact upon a broad range of income groups including many who are not impoverished by standards other than those applicable to California's and the City's housing markets, and no single housing program will be sufficient to meet the housing need. B. Rising land prices along with limited available land have been key factors in preventing development of new affordable housing. New housing construction in the City which does not include affordable units aggravates the existing shortage of affordable housing by absorbing the supply of available residential land. This reduces the supply of land for affordable housing and increases the price of remaining residential land. At the same time new housing contributes to the demand for goods and services in the City, increasing local service employment at wage levels which do not permit employees to afford housing in the City. Providing the affordable units required by this ordinance will help to insure that part of the City's remaining developable land is used to provide affordable housing. C. The Cites adopted Housing Element has determined that 35 percent to 40 percent of the Households in the city have very low or low incomes. There is an affordability gap for low and very low income Households in San Leandro for both rental and for sale units. Among City groups identified in the Housing ORDINANCE NO. 2004-023 3