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in [density bonus law].'' The "forms of assistance'' specified in the relevant code sections include density bonuses, "incentives and concessions" (almost any regulatory concession), waivers of development standards, and reduced parking requirements. Some communities now give incentives for inclusionary housing through mechanisms that are distinct from density bonus law. It may be prudent to specify that all forms of assistance granted to projects at being provided pursuant to state density bonus law, to ensure that all of these incentives can be recognized in an agreement requiring the provision of affordable rental housing.' Some communities have adopted density bonus ordinances that provide bonuses and incentives only when the developer vuhemarihy agrees to construct affordable t nits. If affordable units are required by an inclusionary ordinance, the developer is not eligible for a density bonus. Practitioners should note that, pursuant to Pa/wer, because cities cannot require the provision of affordable rental housing, any affordable rental unit provided in a new development is, by definition, provided voluntarily and hence is entitled to state density bonuses ar.d incentives. Relation to Redevelopment Production Requirements. State law requires that 15 percent of housing produced in redevelopment areas he affordable (6 percent to very low income households, 9 percent to moderate-income households). As the Housing Set Aside money used for this purpose has disappeared into the giant State maw, more communities have been relying upon inclusionary ordinances to ensure that each project in the redevelopment area meets its production requirement (i.e., includes 15 percent affordable housing). Communities that lose the ability to obtain this affordable housing may have few opportunities to meet their production requirements. " I lowever, at least one publication has opined that the"plain language" of the exception requires only that a/arm of assistance mentioned in density bonus law be provided, not that the incentive must actually be provided pursuant to density bonus law. See Legal Issues,supra note 28, at 27. 98x151 I -72072.1 s ' ?NH