Public Review of Draft Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study
Public Review and Comments through March 1, 2026
City staff invite the community to participate in public review of the draft Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study and provide comments. The City’s Inclusionary Housing Requirements are being evaluated for possible amendments in this Study, per Housing Element Program HE-13.
The draft Study is available on the Inclusionary Housing Requirements webpage. Send comments to InclusionaryHousing@SantaBarbaraCA.gov no later than March 1, 2026.
After the public review period concludes, staff will review all received comments to inform revisions of the Study before publishing the final Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study in Spring 2026.
Stay Engaged with this project (including public engagement and public hearings) by subscribing to email updates on the Inclusionary Housing Requirements webpage.
About the Project (Inclusionary Housing Requirements)
The City of Santa Barbara requires inclusionary housing—units at affordable prices—for multi-unit residential developments. Inclusionary housing requires a certain number of units—calculated as a percentage of total units in a development—to be sold to middle- income households or rented to moderate-income households. Staff is evaluating the current inclusionary housing requirements to inform possible amendments to these requirements and to meet Housing Element goals of creating new housing and facilitating affordable housing. The Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study is the first of two steps (evaluation) to implement Housing Element Program HE-13.
More information about this project can be found at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Inclusionary-Housing-Requirements.