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2021-2029 Housing Element Update
NEW!
The 2021-2029 Adoption Draft Housing Element will be presented to the Planning Commission on April 8, 2021. This item will be heard at 10:05 a.m. The Planning Commission meeting agenda can be found here.
- 2021-2029 Adoption Draft Housing Element (60 MB)
- Click here to view each individual Adoption Draft Housing Element chapter, appendix and the track changes made since the draft was submitted to HCD on 12.22.2020
Project Timeline
Draft Housing Element released for public and agency review | October 30, 2020 |
Draft Housing Element submitted to HCD for 60-day review period | December 22, 2020 |
County received "conditional compliance" letter from HCD | February 18, 2021 |
Planning Commission Adoption Hearing | April 8, 2021 |
Board of Supervisors Adoption Hearing | May 11, 2021 |
Final HCD review and certification (up to 90 days) | May - July 2021 |
Overview
The Housing Element is one of seven mandatory elements of Placer County’s General Plan. Its purpose is to ensure that the existing and future housing needs for all Placer residents are met by identifying the County’s housing goals, policies, and programs. The County’s Housing Element Update will cover a period of 2021 through 2029 and will result in modifications to the current adopted 2013-2021 Housing Element to address the changing needs of County residents as well as changes to State housing law.
This website provides up-to-date information on the Housing Element Update process. It will provide you with information on upcoming community workshops, meetings, documents prepared for the Housing Element Update, and opportunities to be involved in the process and provide feedback.
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The 2021-2029 Housing Element Updates
The updates to the new Housing Element include:
- Overview of the County’s population and housing characteristics;
- Performance evaluation of how the County met implementation programs in the 2013-2021 Housing Element;
- Review of government and non-government constraints to housing production;
- Summary of goals and objectives that apply to the 2021-2029 housing cycle;
- Creation of new programs that demonstrate the County’s efforts to achieve housing needs; and
- Identification of vacant land that can accommodate the state-mandated allocation of 7,854 housing units with 3,409 units meeting the very low- and low- income limit categories.
Housing Element Components
- Housing Needs Assessment: Provides demographic and housing need information
- Constraints Analysis: Analyzes governmental and nongovernmental constraints to the development of housing
- Evaluation of Past Performance: Assesses the County’s progress in implementing the policies and programs set forth in the prior Housing Element
- Sites Inventory and Analysis: Identifies sites available for housing development in order to accommodate the County’s RHNA
- Housing Resources: Identifies financial and other resources available to support housing development, especially affordable housing
- Goals, Policies and Programs: Establishes new policies and programs and amends existing policies and programs to address the housing needs
- Public Participation: Summarizes the efforts to involve community members as part of the Housing Element update process as well as the feedback community members provided and how that has been addressed in the Housing Element
Regional Housing Needs Allocation
As a part of the Housing Element, the County is required to demonstrate that it can accommodate a specific number of units for each income category within a specific time frame – this process is known as the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) works with each region’s council of governments (COG) to determine the projected housing needs in the region. Placer County is within the jurisdiction of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and SACOG is responsible for distributing HCD’s housing needs allocation between the cities and counties within the region. More information on SACOG’s process for our regions RHNA process can be found hereBackground - Regional Housing Needs Allocation Background -Regional Housing Needs Allocation Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
Questions?
For any questions or comments, e-mail Anne Marie Novotny at AMNovotny@placer.ca.gov.