Very Low
Low
Moderate
Above Moderate
920
600
1,692
3,462
Create the environment for housing
production (rules, procedures,
incentives)
Housing programs
Monitoring safety – code
enforcement
Grant/gap funding and special
projects
But not a housing developer
RHNA:*6,674
Required part of the General Plan
Establishes the City's goals and policies for addressing housing needs
Updated every eight years. Must be reviewed and certified by the State Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD)
Implements Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
CITY'S ROLE IN HOUSING
City of Salinas
Housing Element Update
2023-2031
WHAT IS THEHOUSINGELEMENT?
May
30- day PublicReview Period
June
Draft sent toHCD- 90 days toreview
Sept-Oct
Revise Draft
November
City Review
December
City CouncilAdoption
2023 HOUSING ELEMENT TIMELINE
SITES INVENTORY
Salinas 2023-2031 RHNA by Income Level
*RHNA is the number of homes the City of
Salinas is required to plan for. This number
is triple what it was in 2015 because of the
continued need for housing. The Sites Inventory map shows the land available for potential development.
*Ambassador Tool Kit
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
(25) Twenty-five community workshops
exploring housing topics
(12) Twelve AVP & Visión Salinas Housing
Working Group Meetings
(4) Four citywide budget meetings for
2023-2024 budget cycle
(40) Budget pop-up activities for 2023-2024
budget cycle
(6) Visión Salinas pop-up activities
(3) Housing Element Workshops
(95) Ninety-five house meetings facilitated
by GPU Ambassadors reaching over three
hundred and forty (340) residents in
Spanish, Mixteco and Triqui.
GPU Ambassadors presentations and
community conversations reaching over
one thousand two hundred (1,200)
farmworkers.
Following the adoption of the 2015-2023
Housing Element, the City has continued
extensive bilingual community outreach.
*GPU Ambassadors used a tool
kit to facilitate discussion around
housing and other topics.
GOAL 1: Increase Housing Supply and Opportunities for All.
GOAL 2: Provide Tenant Protection.
GOAL 3: Access to Safe and Healthy Housing for All Residents.
GOAL 4: Advance Housing Affordability and Opportunity at all Income Levels.
GOAL 5: Stabilize and Support Neighborhoods.
GOAL 6: Improve City Homeless Response.
HOUSING ELEMENT GOALS
HOUSING ACTIONS
Prohousing Designation: Funds will be used towards the
development of affordable housing and First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program.
Pre-approved ADU plans.
Re-establish Low-Interest House Rehabilitation loans and grants.
Supporting Renters: rental assistance, rental registry program, Fair Housing services, etc.
Homeless Services: Salinas Outreach Response Team (SORT), Project Homekey, SHARE Center, Encampment Resolution
Grant, and more!
In-fill development and future growth areas.