Housing Community Feedback- Recurring/New Themes
Sources: Existing Conditions Workshop, Visión Website, Built Environment Working Group, Land Use Workshop, Community Design Workshop, EJ Element Workshop, Budget Survey 2022 & 2023
Current Housing Element Goals:
Goal H-1: Provide a range of housing types and a variety of affordability levels to address existing and projected housing construction needs in Salinas.
• Housing diversity
• Mixed use development
o More green spaces in new development
o More multi-family housing
• Missing middle housing
• Tiny homes
• Home share programs, housing cooperatives
• Homes with smaller land footprint
• New developments should have community spaces
• Development on City owned land
• Convert parking lots into housing
• Promote adaptive reuse projects
• Pre-approved plans
• Permit streamlining
• High density housing
o Downtown
o Near large shopping centers
• Transit oriented development
• Connection between housing and transit
• Walkable communities
Goal H-2: Maintain and improve existing neighborhoods and housing units.
• Code enforcement to mitigate overcrowding
o RV storage not used as living space
• Incentivize homeowner loans for home renovations
• Rehab projects, retrofitting current housing stock
• Housing education- City's role, tenants’ rights, landlord rights, homeownership, housing fraud
o Programs for landlords (financing) to make units ADA accessible, up to code, fix homes in poor conditions
o More homeowner relations/communication with City
• High density housing
• Climate resilient housing
o Solar
o Water conservation
• Redevelopment in underutilized sites
• Poor housing conditions
• Legal services for renters
GOAL H-3: Ensure that all segments of the community have access to safe and decent housing that meets their diverse needs.
• Housing for people with disabilities
• Homeless support
o Programs to reduce homelessness
o Housing for homeless
o Blight around homeless encampments
o Spaces for unhoused during winter
o Mental health support, rehab programs
o Public restrooms, mobile showers
o Outreach and support
o Donation stations, food banks, soup kitchens, more shelters • Policies to keep landlords accountable
• Collaborate with County, State and churches to provide housing services • Land trusts
• Create economic partnerships
• Work with districts to create housing for staff
• home share programs, housing cooperatives
• Housing for single moms and access to childcare
Topics missing from 2015-2023 Housing Element Goals and Policies
• Resources for undocumented residents
• Overcrowding
o Address health and safety concerns
• Policies to keep landlords accountable
• Rental housing inspections
• Clean/remove toxic waste close to housing
• Anti-displacement policies
o Retaliation prevention
• Prevent gentrification
• Eviction protections
• No Smoking- policies in rental properties
• Recognize your neighbor program
• Local preference policy
o Inclusionary lottery
• Parking
o Reduced parking requirements
o Parking mitigation
• Rent control, rent stabilization
• Beautification programs
• Developer fees
• Farmworker housing
o More control/coordination with H2A/temp worker housing o Local preference for farmworkers
o Work with Ag companies to build housing
• First time home buyers
o Loans for first time home buyers
o Education, trainings