2023-2031 Housing
Element Update
City Council Study Session
January 25, 2022
Agenda
Overview
Community Engagement
Fair Housing Assessment
Housing Sites Inventory
Policies and Programs
Joint Session Feedback
Next Steps
2 What is the Housing Element?
Required element General Plan
Housing needs of community
Accommodating City’s fair share of regional
housing
Updated every 8 years
State-mandated deadline January 31, 2023
Required Review and Certification
Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD)
3 Policies
and
Programs
Needs
Assessment
Fair
Housing
Analysis
Sites
Inventory
Constraints
Evaluation
Housing Element Contents
Housing Needs Assessment
Fair Housing Analysis
Evaluation of Previous Housing Element
Housing Sites Inventory
Analysis of Constraints
Policies and Programs
4 Outreach/Meetings
Adoption / HCD
Certification
HCD Review
Updating the Housing Element
Stakeholder
Interviews
Project
Website
Public
Review Draft
Housing
Element
Final
Housing
Element
Deliverables
2022
2021
Joint HHS & PC
Study Session
City Council
Study Session
Planning
Commission
Hearing
City Council
Hearing
CEQA
Document
Revised
Housing
Element
Revised
Housing
Element
Online
Survey
Joint HHS &
PC Study
Session
City Council
Study Session
Project Schedule
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan HHS
Commission
Hearing
Community
Workshop
Community
Workshop
Project
Initiation
Countywide
Engagement Meeting
We
Are
Here
Community Engagement
6 Community Engagement Strategy
7 Stakeholder
Focus Groups
Online
Survey
ABAG and Let’s Talk Housing Santa Clara Co.
1. Advocacy & Special
Interest Groups
2. Housing Developers
1. Household Info
2. Housing Needs
3. Priorities
Community
Workshops
1. Housing 101 (Spanish)
2. Housing 101 (Chinese)
3. Public Draft
Social
Media
NextDoor –Twitter –Facebook
WeChat - Project Website
On the Ground
Saturday Farmers Market –Public Library
Local Grocery Stores
Interagency
Collaboration
7 8
Fair Housing Assessment
8 Fair Housing
AB 686 expands duty to
affirmatively further fair
housing (AFFH)
Housing Elements are required
to:
Equitably include community
in outreach process
Assess fair housing
Evaluate and address how
sites will AFFH
Adopt policies and program
that remediate identified fair
housing issues
9 Fair Housing
Enforcement and
Outreach Capacity
Segregation and
Integration
Racially and Ethnically
Concentrated Areas of
Poverty and Affluence
Disparities in Access
to Opportunity
Disproportionate
Housing Needs and
Displacement Risks
Housing Sites Inventory
10 Regional
Housing Needs
Allocation
(RHNA)
HCD
ABAG
Regional Housing Needs Determination
(RHND) = 441,176 units
Local Jurisdictions RHNA
Sunnyvale = 11,966 units
City of Santa Clara = 11,632 units
Mountain View = 11,135 units
Palo Alto = 6,086 units
https://abag.ca.gov/our-work/housing/rhna-
regional-housing-needs-allocation
State
Region
Cities &
Counties
Housing Needs by Income Level
Income Category
2015-2023
RHNA
(Housing
Units)
2023-2031
RHNA
(Housing
Units)
Percent
Increase
Very Low Income
(<50% of Median Income)
1,640 2,968 81%
Low Income
(51-80% of Median Income)
906 1,709 89%
Moderate Income
(81-120% of Median Income)
932 2,032 118%
Above Moderate Income
(>120% of Median Income)
1,974 5,257 166%
TOTAL 5,452 11,966 119%
12 Source: Association of Bay Area Governments, 2023-2031 Draft RHNA Plan, May 2021 What is Affordable Housing?
Income Category
Max.
Percent of
Median
Income
Annual Income
1-Person
Household
3-Person
Household
4-Person
Household
Extremely Low-Income 30% $34,800 $44,750 $49,700
Very Low-Income 50% $58,000 $74,600 $82,850
Low-Income 80% $82,450 $106,000 $117,750
Median Income 100% $105,900 $136,150 $151,300
Moderate Income 120% $127,100 $163,400 $181,550
13 Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, 2021 Income Limits Strategies to Meet the RHNA
City does not build
housing: City must plan for
housing
Zoning that allows >30
units/acre considered
suitable for lower-income
Lawrence
Station
Area Plan
Pipeline
Projects
Downtown
Specific
Plan
Village
Centers
Moffett
Park
Specific
Plan
ADUs
El
Camino
Real
Corridor
Plan
Other
LUTE
Sites
14 Preliminary Sites Inventory
0 1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Lower Income Moderate Income Above-Moderate
Income
861
694
2,604318
254
6 727
138
287
16 1,176
191
66 94
28 ADUs
ECR Sites
DSP Sites
LSAP Sites
Other LUTE Sites
Pipeline Projects
15 RHNA = 4,677
units
RHNA =
2,032 units
RHNA = 5,257
units
Preliminary Sites Inventory
0 1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Lower Income Moderate Income Above-Moderate
Income
1,241 Unit Gap
644 Unit Gap
2,619 Unit Gap
Gap
ADUs
ECR Sites
DSP Sites
LSAP Sites
Other LUTE Sites
Pipeline Projects
16 RHNA = 4,677
units
RHNA = 2,032
units
RHNA = 5,257
units
+ Potential for ~5,000 units in Moffett Park Specific Plan No Net Loss
Must maintain sites through 8-year planning period
If site approved with fewer units or different
income category, the City must:
Ensure sites in inventory are adequate to meet
the RHNA for income level; or
Within 180 days, identify new sites suitable for
needed income level.
City must build in a buffer!
17 Policies and Programs
18 Potential
New Policies
and
Programs
Complete industrial to
residential rezoning
Incorporate Housing Strategy
Right to Lease & Tenant Protections
ADU Production
Age Friendly Housing
Safe RV Parking Program
Missing Middle Housing
Meet new State laws and AFFH
Objective Design Standards
Navigation Centers
Emergency shelter parking/zoning
Large group homes
Reasonable Accommodation
19 PC & HHSC Joint Session
20 Commissioner Feedback
Interest and importance placed on fair housing
Support for age-friendly housing and Safe RV
Parking Ordinance
Consider environmental justice when identifying
lower-income sites
Concern about housing sites and potential
hazardous materials contamination
Adopt pending Specific Plans - meet the RHNA
Interest in engaging young adults, non-English
speakers, and community service partners
21 Public Comment
Request for transparent and effective
community engagement
Need more affordable housing and more
funding for affordable housing
Put more housing in high resources areas –be
bold with Fair Housing
Encourage green building
Right-size parking requirements
Interest in low cost, convenient public
transportation
Provide shelter for the unhoused
More progressive and flexible zoning
22 Discussion
23 What other policy topics are we
missing?
Is there any special housing issue we
should focus on or research?
Any constraints that should be
analyzed?
Attend Upcoming
Housing Element 101
Workshops!
24 Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022
English and Spanish
Virtual Meeting
6:30 - 8 PM
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
English and Chinese
Virtual Meeting
6:30 - 8 PM
Thank You!
Visit
https://sunnyvale.ca.gov/
property/housing/housing
element.htm to sign up
for more information
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