In a world where Bay Area housing prices make millennial wallets weep, Antioch just dropped a mic-check on affordable housing. 🏠💥

Breaking the Segregation Cycle

The city council just approved a game-changing ordinance that’ll require developers to dedicate 15% of new housing projects to below market-rate units. Translation: No more pushing low-income residents to the housing margins.

Show Me the Money (or Lack Thereof)

Mayor Ron Bernal isn’t playing around. By mandating affordable housing units or contributions to housing funds, the city aims to create “stronger, healthier neighborhoods” - code for breaking down economic barriers that have long divided communities.

The Fine Print

Here’s the tea: Projects with 11 or more units will be required to participate. Developers can either include affordable units directly or pay into a housing trust fund. The city’s even considering incentives like increased project densities to sweeten the deal.

Interim Community Development Director David A. Storer emphasized the core mission: Getting people into housing they can actually afford. The plan includes income verification mechanisms to ensure the system isn’t gamed by rising incomes.

This isn’t just bureaucratic paperwork - it’s a direct challenge to the Bay Area’s brutal housing inequality. Antioch’s taking a stand, proving that affordable housing isn’t just a buzzword, but a fundamental right.

Stay tuned, because this ordinance is about to get real.