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What does “low income” mean? What are the income limits?

State law defines low income as “persons and families whose income does not exceed the qualifying limits for lower income families as established and amended from time to time pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.”  The 2020 income limits are: 

  • for a 4-person household, the annual income limit for low income is $55,900.
  • for an individual, the annual income limit for low income is $39,150.

The qualifying income limits for very low income and extremely low income are less than the above amounts.  HUD updates the income limits typically every year.

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1. What does “low income” mean? What are the income limits?
2. Will passage of Measure I increase my property taxes or sales taxes?
3. Does Measure I apply inside the cities?
4. Do the land use and building rules apply to Article 34 housing?
5. Where can Article 34 housing can be built?
6. What kind of housing would be built?
7. The voters in the cities of Eureka and Arcata already approved Article 34 measures. What kind of Article 34 housing was built? What does it look like?
8. What does Measure I’s language of “2.5% of the existing housing” mean in terms of the number of housing units that can be built?
9. Is there a time limit? Does Measure I expire?
10. If Measure I passes, are developers and builders required to build Article 34 housing?
11. Why did the County and Board of Supervisors put Measure I on the ballot?
12. When is the election?