Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan
Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
February 24, 2025
Item (d)3.
Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, PBCE
Erik L. Soliván, Director, Housing Department
1 Background
2 2018
Housing Catalyst
Team Established
November 2022
Final Update on
Housing Crisis Work
Plan
Creation of
Housing Catalyst
Team Work Plan
June 2023
Council Adopts
Housing Element
February &
March 2024
Housing Catalyst
Work Plan at CED
Committee & City
Council
January 2024
HCD certifies
Housing Element
Prevention
Unhoused
Outreach
Encampment
Resolution
Lived in
Cars & RV
PSH Units
Rent Subsidized
& Restricted
Rent Stabilized
Market
Rate
Units
Subsidized
Homeownership
Home
Ownership
Board & Care Beds
[County]
Safe Sleeping &
Parking [City]
Congregate
Shelter Beds
[County]
Interim
Housing Units
Permanent
Unit
Preservation
Interim
Housing Units
Temporary
ED
NSE
Unit
Preservation
Prevention
Hoteling &
Congregate [City]
Housing Continuum
3 Color Key:
Blue: Neighborhood Services & Education City Service Area Orange: Community & Economic Development City Service Area Housing Production
4 Housing Production
5 Impact and Level of Effort
6 • High Impact
• Moderate Impact
• Low Impact
• Legally Required
• To Be Determined
Impact Effort
• Low Effort
• Moderate Effort
• High Effort
State Housing & Community Development
Emphasis on Specific Programs
7 • Affordable Housing Tools for North San José (P-4)
• City Infill Housing Ministerial Approval Ordinance (P-7) • Diridon Affordable Housing Production Goal (P-9)
• Small Multifamily Housing (P-35)
• Evaluation of Urban Village Planning Process (P-40)
• Review and Revise Planning Permit Conditions(P-41)
• Housing Balance Report (I-4)
Key Anti-Displacement Work Items
8 • Preservation & Community Development Capacity Building (N-4) • Soft Story Program (R-13)
• Eviction Prevention - Eviction Prevention Court Clinic (S-12) • Tenant Preferences that Help Fight Displacement (S-20) • Local Enforcement of State Tenant Protections (S-32)
• Preservation NOFA (R-2)
Completed Items
9 • Housing in Business Corridors (P-14)
• Housing on Public/Quasi-Public Lands (P-24)
• Mobilehome Park General Plan Designation for Remaining 56 Mobilehome Parks (R-6)
• Regional Homeless Response Coordination and Planning (H-13) • Emergency Shelters Zoning Ordinance Update (H-14)
• Lived Experience with Homelessness Seat on Commission (I-10) Newly Added Items
10 • Development Incentives for Residential Construction (PZ-1):
Incentives to help entitled developments meet 2025 and 2026 timelines in growth areas and downtown. • Technology (Automation/Software) Needs to Address
Recommendations from the Tenant Protection Ordinance
Audit Report (SZ-2): Procurement of software that will help the Housing Department coordinate with Code Enforcement to enforce the City’s Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO).
Next Steps
11 • Study Session with Planning Commission on March 12th • Combined City Council item on Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Report on March 18th • Updates to the Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan on the PBCE dashboard
• Housing Department Production and Preservation Data
Dashboard
11 Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan
Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
February 24, 2025
Item (d)3.
Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, PBCE
Erik L. Soliván, Director, Housing Department
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