ATTACHMENT D
HOUSING TASK FORCE LIST OF PUBLIC COMMENT TOPICS
(DECEMBER 8, 2021)
Housing Task Force Categorized List of Housing Suggestions
12.8.21 Production & Preservation
Counts for RHNA
Needs Policy Direction
In Progress
High Impact
Easy ImplementationComments Potential Measures
Housing Element
Program
21 – ADUs X X
HTF Top 10. More than 400 ADU
permit applications have been
submitted to Planning Dept since
2018. Affordable Housing ADU
Pilot underway with 5 ADUs.
New state funding for ADUs
being explored by Housing Dept.
Pending available
funding, launch
additional rounds of
ADU loans perhaps
targeting low income
senior homeowners on
fixed-incomes as a
means to generate
additional household
income.
Program 11-
Alternative
Housing
Opportunities
29 – Public Land for Housing; 2 – Opportunities for Additional Housing Sites; 14 – Increasing Affordable Housing Production X X
HTF Top 10. Two city-owned
sites, Heritage Square South and
Ramona, have been designated
for affordable housing. One
Caltrans single family housing has
been acquired and rehabed for
affordable shared housing. City is
awaiting additional Caltrans
properties to be made available.
Pending availability of
homes and funding,
pursue acquisition of
vacant Caltrans homes
for use as affordable
housing. Engage
institutions with land
potentially available for
affordable housing
including educational,
religious, health and
nonprofit
organizations.
Program 11-
Alternative
Housing
Opportunities
30 – Affordable Housing Funding
X X
HTF Top 10. Housing Dept has
received Permanent Local
Housing Allocation funds, applied
for Housing Trust Funds and is
investigating new state funding
(e.g., Calhome, CalHFA, Project
HomeKey, Regional Housing Trust
Fund).
Pursue and advocated
for additional non-City
funding sources for
affordable housing.
Program 12-
Financial
Assistance
1 35 – More Permanent Supportive Housing
X X
HTF Top 10. Salvation Army is
starting construction. Heritage
Square South is seeking funding.
Additional PSH development will
be difficult since Pasadena's
Project Based Voucher cap has
been hit.
Pursue and advocate
for additional Project
Based Vouchers to
facilitate future
permanent supportive
housing development.
Program 19-
Homeless Services
37 – Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing
X
HTF Top 10. One small NOAH
property has been acquired. LA
County is likely to issue NOAH
funding in early 2022 which may
make more and larger NOAH
projects feasible.
Pursue and advocate
for non-City funding to
acquire and rehab
existing naturally
occuring affordable
housing (NOAH) and
deed restrict them to
become formal long-
term affordable
housing. Explore an
ordianance to preserve
NOAH in development
projects.
Program 15-
Affordable Housing
Preservation
40 – Manufactured Housing
X
HTF Top 16. Affordable housing
developers and ADU
homeowners have not utilized
manufactured housing in
Pasadena.
Encourage
manufactured housing
as one way to produce
cost-effective ADUs.
Program-9
Removal of
Constraints
28 – Missing Middle Housing
X X
Over 600 missing middle housing
rental units have been recently
acquired. Another 100 units are
pending. An additional 400 units
are being reviewed. Over 40
missing middle rental
homeownership units are under
construction. Over 50 additional
units are in the development
pipeline.
Program 20 - Fair
Housing
44 – Freeway Stub
X X
The development of this future
reclaimed Caltrans land will likely
include housing which at
minimum will need to comply
with inclusionary requirements.
Program 6-
Housing Sites
2 5 – Produce Affordable Housing in Northwest Pasadena
X X
Affordable housing development
in NW Pasadena includes over 40
homeownership units under
construction (Lincoln Orange
Grove), 2 homeownership units
in plan check (Howard &
Navarro), a recently acquired 5
unit NOAH building, and 70 units
of permanent supportive housing
in the pipeline (Heritage Square
South).
Program 2-
Northwest
Pasadena
42 – Senior Supportive Housing
X X
Heritage Square South is seeking
funding. The Ramona
development agreement is
pending.
Pursue and advocate
for additional Project
Based Vouchers to
facilitate future
permanent supportive
housing development.
Program 17-
Housing for Seniors
Planning & Land Use
Counts for RHNA
Needs Policy Direction
In Progress
High Impact
Easy ImplementationComments Potential Measures
Housing Element
Program
9 – Amend the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance X
HTF Top 10. Affordable
percentage and in-lieu fee were
increased 2 years ago.
Given the large number
of Missing Middle
rental housing recently
produced, consider
shifting some of the
existing Moderate
Income requirement to
Low Income for
Inclusionary rental
developments.
Program 8-
Inclusionary
Housing
3 25 – Housing in Commercial Zones X
HTF Top 10. Majority of
commercially zoned property in
the City permits housing
currently. Higher densities would
potentially incentivize additional
housing.
Program 6-
Housing Sites
43 – Adaptive Re-Use
X HTF Top 10.
Program 6-
Housing Sites
22 – Parking Minimums
HTF Top 16. Concession Menu
includes a 50% reduction in
minimum parking requirements,
but no projects have utilized this
reduction to date.
24 – Local Density Bonus
X
HTF Top 16. General Plan and
Specific Plan Updates address
this by increasing allowable
density near transit. Not a
"bonus", simply increased
density.
26 – Streamline Approvals HTF Top 16. Policy HE-2.8 in the draft Housing Element is to
streamline entitlements for
affordable housing.
Program 9-
Removal of
Constraints
3 – Congregational Housing Overlay
X X
Program 11-
Alternative
Housing
Opporunities
1 – Strengthen Housing Element Program Language
8 – Amend Motel Conversion Ordinance
X
Motel ordinance has yet to be
used.
Program 19-
Homeless Services
23 – Affordable Housing Overlay Zone
X
Changes to Density Bonus Law
and Congragational Housing
Overlay are comparable tools.
4 27 – Form-Based Code
X
The General Plan Land Use
Element includes Policy 6.3
requiring a form-based approach,
but also includes density
limitations. Would require
fundamentally revisiting the
General Plan to deemphasize
density limitations.
38 – Enhance Code Enforcement
45 – Housing Incentives and Disincentives
X
46 – Access to Green Space
Specific Plan Updates include
increased open space
requrements for development
projects.
Programs
Counts for RHNA
Needs Policy Direction
In Progress
High Impact
Easy ImplementationComments Potential Measures
Housing Element
Program
13 – Interim/Bridge Housing X
HTF Top 10. Motel vouchers are
the preferred means of providing
interim housing.
Program 19-
Homeless Services
36 – Community Land Trust
X X
HTF Top 10. Heritage Housing
Partners is exploring this for their
future developments.
4 – Programs to Address Homelessness; 34 – Ending
Homelessness
X
HTF Top 16. A wide variety of
homeless programs are provided
in Pasadena.
Program 19-
Homeless Services
5 11 – Fair Housing; 39 – Distribute Affordable Housing X X
HTF Top 16. Inclusionary units
and missing middle rental
housing have largely been
located outside of NW Pasadena
and in TODs.
Consider additonal
incentives &
streamlining measures
for affordable housing
outside of NW
Pasadena. Consider
additonal ways to
better connect
residents of NW to
citywide affordable
housing opportunities.
Program 20- Fair
Housing
7 – Proactive Housing Authority
X X
Pasadena Public Housing Agency
(Housing Authority) has
maintained lease-up in a tight
rental market with marketing and
landlord incentives and applied
for and received new
Mainstream vouchers and
Emergency Housing Vouchers.
Pursue and advocate
for additional rental
vouchers.
Program 19-
Homeless Services
41 – Expand Section 8
X
Recently received Mainstream
and Emergency Housing
Vouchers.
Pursue and advocate
for additional rental
vouchers.
Program 14- Rental
Housing Assistance
10 – Gentrification and Vacancy Surcharges
X
31 – Separate Housing and Parking Costs Specific Plan Updates include requirement to unbundle parking
from housing for new projects.
Tenant Measures
Counts for RHNA
Needs Policy Direction
In Progress
High Impact
Easy ImplementationComments Potential Measures
Housing Element
Program
18 – Just Cause X
19 – Rent Control X
15 – Rent Registry
16 – Tenant Right to Purchase
20 – Legal Right to Counsel
6 Other
Counts for RHNA
Needs Policy Direction
In Progress
High Impact
Easy ImplementationComments Potential Measures
Housing Element
Program
6 – Housing Task Force or Commission X
32 – Housing Dept Funding X
12 - Provide Sufficient Infrastructure and City Services 17 – COVID Impacts
X
An emergency rental assistance
program was implement for
COVID-impacted households.
33 – COVID-19 Economic Losses
X
A micro business loan program
was implemented for COVID-
impacted micro-businesses.
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