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City of San Leandro 2023-2031 Housing Element Update 4-14 housing projects. Conversely, affordable housing developers may be unable to finance the scale of project necessitated by parcels greater than 10 acres. The average parcel acreage in the Sites Inventory is 0.73. Some parcels that are less than 0.5 acres are adjacent to other parcels in the City’s inventory, allowing for the possibility of lot consolidations. The City will provide technical assistance for lot consolidations for housing developments (Program 5 in Chapter 6, Housing Plan), with priority for developments that support low- and moderate-income housing. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing The California legislature adopted AB 686 (2018, Santiago) in 2018 to expand upon the fair housing requirements and protections outlined in the Fair Employment and Housing Act. The law:  Requires all state and local public agencies to facilitate deliberate action to explicitly address, combat, and relieve disparities resulting from past patterns of segregation to foster more inclusive communities.  Creates new requirements that apply to all housing elements due for revision on or after January 1, 2021.9 For purposes of evaluating the appropriateness of the Sites Inventory through the lens of the City’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH), HCD suggests a geo-spatial analysis using a series of indicators that consider patterns and degrees of integration and segregation of households based on racial and ethnic, income, and disability; areas at risk of displacement; environmental health concerns; and other factors. As described in the analysis in Chapter 5, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, the City’s Sites Inventory will not exacerbate conditions of economic or racial/ethnic segregation, nor displace existing populations. Conversely, the Sites Inventory would accommodate opportunities for distribution of households of low-, moderate-, and above moderate-income levels across the city, and provide opportunities for mixed-income developments on several large sites. The City will also implement housing programs to increase housing opportunities and promote housing and neighborhood equity, as outlined in Section 6, Housing Plan. Sites Inventory Buffer To ensure that sufficient capacity exists in the Sites Inventory to accommodate the RHNA throughout the planning period, it is recommended jurisdictions create a buffer in the housing element inventory by including least 20 percent more capacity than required for lower- and moderate-income units. The Sites Inventory has a buffer of 29 percent for lower-income units and 26 percent for moderate-income units. Jurisdictions can also create a buffer by projecting site capacity at less than the maximum density to allow for some reductions in density at a project level. The Sites Inventory includes a projection of densities at 70 percent of the maximum du/ac, which is a highly conservative estimate. As shown in Table 4.2, most of the recent permitted or constructed residential developments in the city have achieved an average of 165 percent of the maximum dwelling units per acre. There are minimum residential densities in all mixed use zoning districts. By projecting densities lower than recent patterns, the City has accounted for the potential for sites to be developed with fewer residential units than anticipated. 9 HCD. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in California. https://www.hcd.ca.gov/community-development/affh/index.shtml