PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND HEARING
Workshop 1: Fresno Planning Commission
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
https://fresno.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx to locate the agenda Hearing: Fresno City Council
Thursday, April 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m.
https://fresno.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx to locate the agenda Annadale Commons
For more information on the Housing Element Annual Progress Report please visit www.fresno.gov/HousingElement
or call
Sophia Pagoulatos at (559) 621-8062
CITY OF FRESNO
2021 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL
PROGRESS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Gary McDonald Homes Standard Accessory Dwelling Unit Bashian Custom Accessory Dwelling Unit Workshop 2: On-Line Workshop
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
https://tinyurl.com/HEWorkshop2
HOUSING ELEMENT
ANN UAL REPORT
The
Housing Element is a State-mandated planning document that provides the City of Fresno with a coordinated and comprehensive strategy for promoting the production of safe, decent, and affordable housing for all community residents. Every year, the City of Fresno completes an annual progress report as part of the ongoing planning process. The report this year lists the residential building activity for the year 202 1, identifies the affordability level of these new housing units, and provides a status update on each housing program listed within the Housing Element. The Housing Element has been in place since it was adopted in April 2016 and will be updated in 2023.
The 2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report is available online at www.fresno.gov/HousingElement and highlights are summarized below.
HOUSING PRODUCTION
HOUSING SITES
INVENT ORY
The
Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) is a
state-mandated process that determines the total
number of housing units (by affordability level) that
each jurisdiction must show it can accommodate in
its Housing El
ement. The Fresno Housing Element
identified enough vacant and underuti lized land
zoned for housing to meet its future housing needs
at a variety of income levels. The City of Fresno
maintains this list of parcels and monitors new
housing permit activity to ensure that adequate
capacity i
s retained at all times. In 2021, the City
continue
d to hold a surplus of capacity in all income
categories for the 2013-2023 RHN
A.
LEAP GRANT
In 2021, the Planning & Development Department
was awarded a
Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant
from
the State of California for $750,000 to help
accelerate housing
production. In 2021, the City
established a Local Housing Trust Fund, conducted a
small-scale developer training program, worked on
Phase 1 of creating a sites inventory for catalyst
housing and ADU demonstration, and reached the
final draft stage for the ADU ordinance update, pre-
approved plans, and guidebook.
Housing units built
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
The Public Works Department coordinates and implements neighborhood infrastructure improvements. In 2021, 52 infrastructure improvement projects were completed:
SINGLE FA MILY APARTMENTS TOTAL UNITS
1,241 473 1,714 12 8 11
SEWER TRAFFIC
SIGNALS & WELL
Housing units with
permits issued and
ready to build
2,262
SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING & EMERGENCY SHELTER ASSISTANCE
The City received
$59 million in Federal and State funds between July 2019 and December 2021 to address homelessness. Four milestones represent two years of progress towards housing the homeless:
Triage Centers, COVID response, Motel Conversion, and Project OffRamp. Fresno Homeless Programs Outcomes Achieved-Statistics: 8,019 Persons Assisted with one or more services for unsheltered persons utilizing City of Fresno funds; 510 Beds added to the system; 2,793 Unduplicated persons assisted with overnight shelters; 4,017 Persons have exited the system; 1,039 Exits to permanent Housing .
HOME REHABILITATION GRANTS
The City offers funding
for programs that provide paint and minor home repair to seniors, distressed properties and home rehabilitation funds for lower-income households. In the last 2 years there were 30 grants awarded: 11 for painting homes for seniors and 19 for low-income home repairs.
HOUSING FUNDING SOURCE
The City receives funding
through annual entitlement programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 2021, the City received: $7.2M from CDBG; $0.6M from ESG; $3.3M from HOME; and $0.7M from HOPWA. The City also receives entitlement grants from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. In 2021, the City received: $5.3M from PLHA; $7.5M from HHAP. The City was also awarded $2.5M through a competitive LHTF grant.
DENSITY BONUS
Density
bonuses are granted for projects in which the developer agrees to include a certain number of affordable housing units in exchange for an increase in density or other development concessions.
Five projects received density bonuses which will result in 262 new affordable housing units once constructed.
MOBILE HOME PARKS
The City allocated $800,000 for low-income owner-occupied mobile home repair and adopted the Mobile Home Park Act resulting in the creation of the Mobile Home Inspection Team to oversee health and safety and a permit and inspection team to oversee permitting of mobile home placement and site improvements. $100,000 was allocated towards conducting a Mobile Home Park Assessment.
DOWNTOWN DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM
The Anti-Displacement Task Force held 4 meetings to continue guiding the City’s anti-displacement efforts and identified top policy priorities for consideration by Planning Commission and City Council . Two public workshops and four Community Study Sessions were held to consider the Here to Stay Report and companion Public Comment Report authored by the Thrivance Group.
HOME BUYERS ASSISTANCE
The City has allocated $2.5M of funding through PLHA for down payment assistance for low- and moderate-income first-time home buyers.
10 PARK
IMPROVEMENTS
$2.6M
$43.2M
11 STREET
CONSTRUCTION
$11.4 M $3M $23.6M
52 TOTAL
TOTAL UNITS
(214 Affordable, 7 Accessory Dwelling Units, and 2 Mobile Homes) (Webster, Ivy-Annadale, Yosemite, Ericson, and Burroughs received neighborhood street improvements) WATER