Promoting land use intensification with proffers to communities and benefits to developers

Sounds good to me. See "L.A. group unveils affordable-housing plan with perks for builders " from the Los Angeles Times. From the article:

Its centerpiece is a network of “housing incentive zones” where developers building housing with at least some workforce units would be allowed to relax height and parking requirements and receive expedited approvals.

The plan also calls for giving increased benefits to neighborhoods that accept higher density, in the form of sidewalk repairs, park expansions or other improvements. And it calls for building housing on industrial land and surplus city property.

Generally, I don't favor calling for building housing on industrial land within DC except in upper story situations, but not on the first 2-4 floors of a site), because DC (unlike Los Angeles which is far bigger), has fewer than three square miles of land zoned as industrial use. As it is, churches and charter schools are increasingly bidding up the value of industrial land in DC, making it hard for "Production, Distribution, and Repair" uses to be housed within the city.