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Regional Housing Need Allocation & Sub-regions

Paul Fassinger

ABAG Research Director

May 25, 2010

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Regional Housing Needs Allocation will occur in parallel

to the Sustainable Communities Strategy and Regional

Transportation Plan

SB375 calls for further coordination between the

RHNA-SCS-RTP with a 2010-13 timeframe

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The State Department of Housing and Community Development is Required to Identify the Housing Need for Each Region in the State

The Council of Governments works with jurisdictions to allocate a share of the regional need to each city and county.

Local Jurisdictions Update their Housing Elements

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It is an effort of state and local government

The overall objective is to meet the

state’s housing goal:

Housing for all Californians

including farmworkers

This will be the 5th Regional Housing Needs Determination.

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State Provides Regional Need

Number of Housing Units

By Affordability CategoryThe Region Adopts a Method and Allocates Housing Units to Each Jurisdiction

Individual Cities and Counties Revise their Housing Elements

Sub-Region

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Allocation Methodology Can Be Changed for the 5th Round Past methodologies

emphasized transit oriented development

Could just use SCS housing forecast as the allocation mechanism

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Council resolution for each jurisdiction

wishing to participate in sub-region

Sub-region responsible for running its own

process

Region steps-in if the sub-region is unable to complete the allocation

Sub-region follows the same general rules as the region

Sub-region: contiguous, and at least two or more cities and a county, or

counties

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SB 375 extends the RHNA period from 5 years to 8 years

RHNA allocation Should be consistent with the SCS

Stricter rules for local housing element adoption

Jurisdictions are required to rezone, penalties for non-compliance

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Preliminary Sub-Regional Timeline

Sub-region designation Mar 2011

Proposed allocation method Jul 2011

Final allocation method Sep 2011

Sub-regional need assigned Oct 2011

Draft allocation Nov 2011

Revisions, appeals, final allocation Sep 2012

Region adopts RTP/SCS/RHNA Mar 2013