Testimony to the Fremont Planning Commission
Feb. 21, 2008
| My name is Marilyn Singer, and I am here tonight speaking for
the League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark and Union City.
The League encourages the Planning Commission to communicate to the Council that it is important that Fremont meets ABAG's affordable housing goals. Housing for people who have extremely-low incomes is a special concern. We realize the difficulties the City faces in providing housing for people at the extremely- low income level, but we ask that you explore all avenues of funding to provide it. League policy supports "an adequate housing supply of all types, a distribution of housing types in each high school attendance area and a level of public services, amenities and maintenance to ensure that residential environments will maintain their viability and livability." The League believes that a well-planned city like Fremont can plan for and build affordable housing using increased redevelopment funds supplemented by private funds and city-owned parcels of land so that all the City's residents will have the opportunity to find adequate housing no matter their income levels. Planning our City begins with you, and the League depends on you to
seriously work toward providing the stability of a home for every resident
of Fremont.
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