Draft Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study - Public Review Period Closes Soon

Comments Accepted through March 1, 2026

The public review period of the draft Inclusionary Housing and In-Lieu Fee Study ends in less than a week—on March 1. Staff is accepting comments emailed to InclusionaryHousing@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

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. 

More information is available on the Inclusionary Housing Requirements webpage. Stay Engaged with this project by subscribing to email updates.

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.