OAKLAND — Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, is gearing up for a bill to help produce more middle-income housing.

The bill, he said, could be paired with a second attempt to boost tax credits for low-income housing, Thurmond said at a Workforce Housing Town Hall meeting Thursday in Oakland.

Tax credits are used by nonprofit developers to build below-market rate housing.

Brown vetoed a bill to increase the low-income tax credit program by $100 million, along with other tax credit legislation, citing budgetary concerns after the legislature failed to extend a tax on managed health care organizations.

Following a round table discussion that included Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay, Thurmond said he thought Brown would be more amenable to the legislation this term and workforce housing for higher-income people should also be prioritized.

“I just want to help working people afford to live in their community,” he said.