2025 Housing Element Progress Report – Executive Summary
HOUSING ELEMENT 2025 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Some significant facts about affordable housing efforts during the 2025 calendar year (January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025) include:
Awards
Chula Vista earned a Prohousing Designation from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
The City applied for and was awarded $500,000 in Local Housing Trust Fund matching grant dollars by HCD for the production of affordable housing. The City is expected to commit the funds to a qualified affordable housing project in 2026. The City, along with Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation as a co -applicant, applied for and was awarded $8,610,000 in Homekey+ funds from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for the rehabilitation and conversion of the Palomar Motel, at 1160 Walnut Avenue, into Permanent Supportive Housing.
Rental Assistance
28 new households received HOME Investment Partnership ( HOME) funded Tenant - Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) . Twelve of these were issued to households who were currently housed but in need of assistance, and 16 were issued to households who were homeless or are at risk of being homeless. The City also provided TBRA funding to SBCS, who issued vouchers to a n additional 29 households, mainly families experiencing homelessness.
Eleven households received assistance with past due rent and late fees through the City’s rental arrears program.
Through the Hotel /Motel Voucher Program , the City assisted one homeless family with temporary bridge shelter as they navigated towards a more permanent housing solution. Thirty-one households were assisted through SBCS's Homeless Prevention Program .
Assistance may take the form of short -term hotel vouchers, security deposit assistance, case management, and other resources.
Homeowner Assistance
The First Time Homebuyer Program continued in 2025, with administrative support from the San Diego Housing Commission. 10 applications were received, and eight loans were issued in 2025.
The City continued to operate its Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), providing funds to low -income homeowners complete necessary home repairs, such as flooring repairs and accessibility upgrades, to keep their homes habitable. A total of 10 applications were received the CHIP program, and four households successfully completed CHIP home repairs in 2025.
2025 Housing Element Progress Report – Executive Summary
Code Enforcement and Regulation Activities
In 2025 Code Enforcement conducted a total of 308 inspections for apartment communities through the Multifamily Housing Inspection Program.
Through Title 25, Code Enforcement staff completed 215-unit inspections throughout various mobile home parks in 2025.
For the year 202 5, out of 1,314 complaints received by Code Enforcement, 1,032 were from private residential properties that fit the category of building without a permit, inoperable vehicles and trash, junk debris.
A total of 159 Short-Term Vacation Rental Licenses were permitted in 2025.
Neighborhood Revitalization
Engineering CIPs completed in the west side of Chula Vista included:
North Second Avenue Shoulder Improvements – replaced an existing guardrail system located on North Second Avenue between C Street and Bayview Way. Sidewalk Gap at Third Avenue – installed new sidewalk, curb, and gutter on Third Avenue between Orange Avenue and Zenith Street.
Sewer Force Main and G Street Pump Station – upgraded an existing wastewater pump station and installed a new force main along G Street, west of Bay Blvd, to meet future demands of the area.
Completed CIP Maintenance Projects that support citywide locations:
Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation -- Maintenance project that includes the application of epoxy lining of various manholes located citywide. This application increases the lifespan and performance of the wastewater manhole structures throughout the city. Pavement Rehabilitation – Citywide pavement project for maintenance of streets to extend their lifespan.
Sidewalk Replacement – replacement of sidewalk panels in various neighborhoods to provide a safer path of travel for pedestrians.
Conservation and Energy Efficiency
The City continued to implement its 2017 Climate Action Plan (CAP) and develop a new CAP. Key implementation items include: San Diego Community Power continues to provide electricity to Chula Vista customers with 33% less greenhouse gas emissions than the traditional utility as of 2024; the Building Energy Saving Ordinance for commercial, industrial and multifamily properties is seeing roughly 50% of covered properties reporting their energy usage; City building and energy codes were updated; energy efficiency kits continue to be checked out from the libraries, with a goal of lending portable solar kits and batteries through the library in 2026. The City also made improvements to its municipal operations that include replacing water heaters with 61 high efficiency units and increasing the fleet vehicles that use alternative fuels to 22%.
2025 Housing Element Progress Report – Executive Summary
Accessory Dwelling Unit Construction
A total of 224 accessory dwelling unit (ADU) building permits were issued during 202 5, which accounted for 31% of all housing units permitted by the City. A survey of rental listings and market data indicates that virtually all of these units serve as “naturally occurring affordable housing,” to low or moderate-income households, filling an important niche in the housing market.
Construction began in 2025 for two homes that received an award of funds through a City program for homeowners to construct an ADU and rent it to low-income tenants. Seven building permits were issued using the City’s City Standard ADU Plans, saving homeowners time and money on the design of their accessory homes.
Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
The City, in partnership with Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation, secured all the necessary financing and completed other pre -development steps to begin construction on the Palomar Motel. When complete, the project will provide deeply affordable housing and wraparound services to 27 homeless households, including 7 homeless veterans. Construction is expected to commence in 2026. The Chula Vista Housing Authority awarded $4,000,000 in Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund (Low-Mod Funds) to a proposed affordable development to be located at 201 Third Avenue. When complete, the project will contain 78 units of affordable housing, including 20 units for people with an intellectual or developmental disability, and one manager’s unit.
In 2025, the City sup ported a substantial rehabilitation of the Seniors on Broadway affordable development, located at 845 Broadway, by resetting the term of its existing loan with a new 55 -year term. The City also supported rehabilitation efforts by holding a “TEFRA” hearing approving of tax-exempt bond financing for the project. In 2025, the Chula Vista Housing Authority authorized a bond inducement resolution for Sol Vista (formerly Enclave Montecito), a 96 -unit affordable housing development to be located at the southwest c orner of Santa Victoria Road and Santa Diana Road in Otay Ranch Village 2. The TEFRA hearing and bond issuance resolution are scheduled to be held in 2026.
Emergency Shelter
The city continued to operate the Village at Otay transitional housing shelter, w hich first opened in May 2023. In calendar year 2025, 115 clients were enrolled in the shelter, with 23 exits to stable permanent housing.
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