October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
Riaz Taplin is the founder and CEO of Riaz Capital, a Bay Area based development and asset management company focused on building affordable "missing middle" workforce housing and student housing. Riaz serves on several prominent Boards including the Oakland Promise, the urban planning think tank SPUR, and the American India Foundation. He earned a B.A. in Economic History from the London School of Economics.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center, West Exhibit Hall A – Area B
The State of California has set an ambitious goal to build 2.5 million housing units by the end of 2031 as part of the State’s 6th Cycle of Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), allocating roughly 420,000 units, for Moderate Income (80-120% AMI) residents. The challenge for cities and local planners is how to encourage the development of this notoriously difficult “missing middle” housing. While government subsidies exist for Low Income housing development, there are no subsidies or assistance programs to develop Moderate Income housing. Statewide, the average cost of projects to house low-and moderate-income families is well above $500,000 per unit. […]