Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
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Overview
This bill changes the timeline for cities and counties to plan for and allocate regional housing needs. It extends the deadlines for determining regional housing needs, forming subregional entities to allocate those needs, and developing methodology for distribution. Additionally, it incorporates changes from other recent legislation related to housing element requirements, primarily focusing on emergency shelter zoning and reporting, to ensure greater consistency and fairness in housing planning across California.
Key provisions
- Extends the deadline for determining regional housing needs from 2 years to 3 years prior to a housing element revision.
- Extends the deadline for cities and counties to form subregional entities for allocating housing needs from 28 months to 34 months.
- Extends the deadline for the council of governments to determine the share of regional housing need assigned to each subregion from 25 months to 31 months.
- Incorporates changes from SB 340, AB 610, SB 486, AB 1275, AB 507 to sections of the Government Code.
- Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting format for affirmatively furthering fair housing.
- Specifies requirements for emergency shelter zoning, including minimum standards and capacity requirements.
- Mandates that local governments analyze and address governmental and nongovernmental constraints on housing development.
- Requires local governments to incorporate fair housing considerations into their housing element planning.
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