CA: Huntington Beach Mayor (R) Fights Housing Goals While Living in Affordable Housing
After long nights spent boxing the state over local housing goals, Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland goes home to a condo on Breezy Lane.
It’s part of a residential community built in 1999, and there’s a reason that Strickland’s residing there has been of interest to his critics:
It’s affordable housing.
Known as Cape Ann, the 146-unit development has an affordable housing covenant, according to the City of Huntington Beach.
Its income eligibility is listed as ‘moderate,’ with a price set not by market conditions, but by the city, to ensure buyers spend no more than a certain amount of their income toward their housing expenses.
While living there, Strickland and his Republican council colleagues have fought against state-mandated goals to increase the town’s housing stock, including affordable homes, through lawsuits and news conferences outside of City Hall.
Critics say the majority’s effort will threaten efforts to house people, but the majority says Sacramento’s unfairly burdened the city with unrealistic goals.
https://voiceofoc.org/2023/03/fighting-californias-housing-goals-while-living-in-affordable-housing/
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