Housing and Land Use Committee
June 6, 2023
Submittal of Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element
The Housing Element . . .
Establishes the City’s Housing goals and policies
Must be updated every eight years
Must be adopted by December 2023
Serves as a condition of applications to HCD for various funding opportunities
Community Engagement and Themes
(3) Housing Element Workshops
(60+) Participants
Mixteco interpretation
GPU Ambassadors:
(101) House Meetings
(340+) Farmworkers reached
(19) Meetings conducted in Mixteco.
Housing Goal 1
Increase Housing Supply and Opportunities for All
Incentivize/support production
Encourage/facilitate ADUs
Encourage diverse housing types
Housing Goal 2
Provide Tenant Protections
Policies/programs to prevent displacement
Develop tenants' rights programs
Provide education and connect tenants to legal services
Housing Goal 3
Access to Safe and Healthy Housing for all Residents
Improve the quality and condition of rental housing
Promote rehabilitation of housing
Promote sustainable and healthy housing
Housing Goal 4
Advance Housing Affordability and Opportunity at all Income Levels Advance rent stabilization
Facilitate production of affordable housing
Connect residents to financial resources
Provide assistance to special populations
Provision of housing and services for unhoused residents
Housing Goal 5
Stabilize and Support Neighborhoods
Collaborate with residents to improve neighborhoods
Leverage code enforcement strategies
Encourage preservation and restoration of historic neighborhood resources Work to reverse patterns of discrimination
Housing Element - Timeline
May 12 – July 6
July 6 – October 6
October
October –November
November
December
Public Review Period + Two Weeks to address Comments
Send draft to HCD - 90 days to review
Revise draft Housing Element
General Plan Steering Committee Review and Final Community Engagement Planning Commission and Housing and Land Use Committee Review City Council Adoption – December 5
Recommended Motion
Motion to recommend that the Salinas City Council approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of the Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review
Questions & Comments