2021-2029 Housing Element Progress Report
May 16, 2023
Homelessness is a Housing Problem
2 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
3 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
4 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
5 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
6 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
7 • Limited government-owned property
• Zoning
• Impact fees (except for school fees)
• Development review process
• Entitlement and plan check fees (cost recovery)
• Limited local funds for affordable housing
• Investments in public infrastructure
• Additional regulatory controls for existing housing (e.g. rent caps) Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
8 Items Local Governments Control
• State and federal regulations (construction,
labor, immigration, banking/lending and
other laws)
• Workforce development programs
• Distribution of federal tax credits (Low-
Income Housing Tax Credit [LIHTC])
• State affordable housing funds
• State planning and zoning laws
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
• Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and other agency
budgets
• Macroeconomic conditions
• Interest rates
• Construction and materials costs and/or
shortages
• Migration patterns
• Insurance and underwriting criteria
• Major Building code changes
• Wages and labor force participation
• A global pandemic
Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
9 Items outside of Local Government Control
What is the Housing Element?
• Required “element” or chapter of the City’s General Plan • Assesses the condition of the City’s housing and the
housing needs of its residents
• Establishes a roadmap for accommodating projected
housing unit demand for existing and future residents over the next eight years
• Sets citywide goals, objectives and policies for housing • Shows how the City will meet demand for housing at all income levels, per State Law
• Must be updated every 8 years and submitted to the State by a specific date they prescribe (6th Cycle submitted to California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) by fall 2021)
10 Plan Overview: Housing Element Components
Housing Resources
Housing Constraints
Housing Plan
Appendices
11 Executive Summary
Introduction
Housing Needs Summary
Projected Housing Need
12 How is the Housing Element Used?
39 Programs
RHNA Sites
Inventory
7 Goals
78 Policies
94 Actions
• The Housing Element is the guiding document that sets the City's policy and program direction related to housing
• Used when reviewing development projects (both
housing and non-housing projects)
• Guides all future city ordinances that the City develops as they must be consistent with the General Plan
13 Housing in Long Beach: Population Characteristics
An Aging and Insufficient Housing Stock
14 > 30
years
>50
years
Rent Burden
15 2020
Household Overcrowding
16 Housing Development: 6th RHNA Cycle
The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
quantifies the need for housing within each
jurisdiction during specified planning periods. RHNA
establishes a target number of new housing units for
the region at different affordability levels. The new
6th cycle RHNA Allocation Plan covers the planning
period from October 2021 to October 2029.
Housing Unit Allocation:
• Southern California Association of
Governments (SCAG) Region: 1,341,827 units
• Los Angeles County: 812,060 units
• City of Long Beach: 26,502 units
6th Cycle Targets
7,141
4,047
4,158
11,156
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Long Beach RHNA Housing Unit Allocation
Very-Low Low Moderate Above-Moderate
15,346
Affordable Units
17 26,502 units total
What Does it Mean if a Property is in the Site Inventory? 18 • Does not mean housing will actually be
built on any given site
• Identifies locations that have the
potential and where regulations allow
housing to be built
• Affordable housing replacement policies
now required for all identified sites (no-
net loss requirements by the State)
• Reused lower-income sites are eligible
for a "by-right" process if 20% of the
units are affordable
Housing Development: 6th RHNA Cycle
In 2022, despite a global pandemic
and market volatility, Long Beach
maintained housing production
primarily due to increased Accessory
Dwelling Unit (ADU) activity.
However, new applications have
begun to slow down.
19 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Building Permits Issued for New
Residential Units Long Beach by Year
Affordable Market Rate
Development Trends Going Forward
ADU production has increased every year since statewide legislation went into effect. In 2022, out of the 980 building permits issued for new units, 509 were for ADUs. 20 Calendar Year ADU Building Permits
Issued
January 1st – December 31,
2017 22
January 1st – December 31,
2018 118
January 1st – December 31,
2019 151
January 1st – December 31,
2020 267
January 1st – December 31,
2021 445
January 1st – December 31,
2022 509
0 100
200
300
400
500
600
2-9 units ADU SFD 10-49 units 50+ units
Building Permits Issued by Building Type
Fair Housing Considerations
21 Commitment to
increasing
housing
production at all
income levels in
high-resource
areas to address
historic
segregation
• Housing Element Update – Certified April 2022
• Tools in the toolkit: Enhanced Density Bonus, Micro-Units, Inclusionary Housing • Implementation actions for Housing Element
• Continued implementation of ADUs, including garage conversions and modular structures - Ongoing
• Implementation of Everyone Home and Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable and Workforce Housing – Ongoing
• Additional EOC actions and initiatives: interim housing locations, motel conversion opportunities, affordable housing streamlining, tenant protections Housing Policy Milestones for the City
22 In the works:
• ADU Ordinance Update
• Pre-approved ADU plans
• Permit Software Replacement
• UPlan Phase II Adoption
• Zone In updates for: City Core, West Long
Beach, Greater Bixby Knolls
• Launch Zone In for Broadway/Historic
Corridors, Wrigley
• Omnibus Housing Zoning Code Updates
• Homeless Emergency transition to
Permanent Zoning Code Updates
• Permanent Ordinance of Micro-unit Pilot
Program
• PD-30/PD-6 Updates to Downtown and
Shoreline Plans
• Religious Facility Ordinance
• Housing Dashboard updates
Additional 2023 Housing Initiatives
23 For previous housing annual progress reports:
https://www.hcd.ca.gov/community-development/housing-
element/index.html
For information on General Plan updates in Long Beach, contact:
Alejandro Sánchez-López, Planner
[email protected]
(562) 570-6553
For More Information
24 Thank you
28 Alejandro Sanchez-Lopez
Planner
Development Services Department
[email protected]