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• or indirectly in one way or another , the City should leave some say about the spread of housing types . Mr . Mohr saw the city ' s housing problem as more than just a local one . He has found that no city is facing up to its housing needs , but that they tend to pass on low- income housing needs to the next community- _ There may be a need for a land bank for low-income housing on a regional basis _ There is development going on now , and there should be a mix, but this can ' 1: be forced . Subsidies for the land to encourage low-income housing offers orte possible avenue . Mr . Floyd reacted by saying that the City is involved in housing even now . His point is that where the City is so involved , it should be in the best interests of the whole City , and where it proved not to be so , the City can simply refuse to allow the development to proceed . Mr . McGuire reacted also with his thought that the Co smittee should limit its concern about housing matters 'to the Redwood City area , that the Committee should focus in on our own problems and maybe thereby set a pattern for others . He endeavored to dispel some myths about low-income housing and its occupants by stating that rent subsidized housing is profitable just like traditional moderate- and high-cost housing , and its occupants are just as decent as any others . Myths about low-income people are bunk . We should plan for low-income housing here and hope that it will develop . We should be leaders in the field in providing good housing for all segments , upper- , middle- , and low-income . City Manager Fales alluded to the earlier comment about the Housing Element which would have to be adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council , and questioned what the Committee ' s involvement would be , for example , in the } area of goals formulation. Chairman Keckley reponded that it would be very logical for the Committee to z make a major input here . Be commented further that when he speaks about high- , medium- , and low-income housing , he is thinking in all cases about first-class 4 quality construction. •a Mr . Floyd , referring back to the discussion on land subsidies , stated that HUD t recognizes that Redwood City is a high land cost area and that they take this into account when they allow for the cost of land as being separate from what they allow for the cost of construction . 1 Mr . Mohr agreed that they give different allowances , but that even so , the allotments given come no where near the actual economic price of the land . Mrs . Henderson sees the Housing Concerns Committee as an action committee , improving the ability of people in Redwood City to get, housing that they need . The learning process by Committee members is also very important . Education I " should include researching the solutions of other cities and learning which approaches were successful , but she saw action programs still as being first in ' 3 importance . Current developers must be encouraged to accommodate all income levels in their housing developments . The Committee should act as advocates for the less- vocal of those who are in need . Some of the burden for satisfying 4 lower income housing needs should be put on the developers and not left . to the government alone . The Committee could , in turn , aid developers in finding MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 20 , 1971 PAGE 3 OF I+ ttit 4 b t 9 I