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Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Campbell

Campbell's own rules on affordable units in new housing (inclusionary), with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Campbell Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Campbell's code says

Campbell code What Campbell's code adds
Exemptions
  • Rental or for-sale projects with a recorded government affordability restriction on all units except manager's units are exempt.
    § 21.24.020 · code text
    This chapter shall not apply to rental projects or for-sale projects that are developed in accordance with, and subject to, a recorded governmental agency deed restriction or regulatory agreement that imposes affordable rent, occupancy, and eligibility restrictions or affordable ownership cost and sale price restrictions with associated eligibility and occupancy restrictions on all residential units in the development, except for manager's units.
Fee instead of units
  • Set by City Council resolution.
    Applies: Initial in-lieu housing fee.
    § 21.24.080 · code text
    The initial in-lieu housing fee shall be set by City Council resolution based on an affordable housing analysis or nexus study which supports the initial fee rate and fee calculation method established in this Section.
  • Adjusted annually on July 1 by the percentage change in the construction cost index from the previous year.
    Applies: Fee adjustments.
    § 21.24.080 · code text
    The initial fee established, in accordance with Section 21.24.080.A. (Initial in- lieu housing fee.), shall be adjusted annually on July 1, based on the percentage change in the construction cost index from the previous year.
Share of affordable units
  • At least 15% of all units must be affordable (rent or ownership).
    Applies: All residential projects; for-sale units go to low- and moderate-income households, rental units to low- and very low-income households.
    § 21.24.040 · code text
    At least fifteen percent of all units in a residential project shall be made available at affordable rents or affordable ownership cost
  • 6% of the total units, at affordable ownership cost for low-income households.
    Applies: For-sale projects (40% of the required 15%).
    § 21.24.040 · code text
    Of these affordable units in for-sale projects, forty percent of the required fifteen percent, or six percent of the total units in the residential project, shall be offered at affordable ownership costs exclusively to low-income households
  • 6% of the total units, at affordable rents for very low-income households.
    Applies: Rental projects (40% of the required 15%).
    § 21.24.040 · code text
    Of these affordable units in rental projects, forty percent of the required fifteen percent, or six percent of the total units in the residential project, shall be offered at affordable rents exclusively to very low- income households

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Frequently asked questions

Does Campbell require affordable units in new housing?

Campbell's code: Rental or for-sale projects with a recorded government affordability restriction on all units except manager's units are exempt. (§ 21.24.020); Set by City Council resolution. (Initial in-lieu housing fee.) (§ 21.24.080).

General information, not legal advice.

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