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JOINT STUDY SESSION REGARDING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND POLICY DISCUSSION
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DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT/PLANNING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: JENNIFER LE, ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND NANCY HUYNH, SENIOR PLANNER
CONTACT INFORMATION: NANCY HUYNH, SENIOR PLANNER, (714) 754-5609
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council and Planning Commission receive the staff presentation, provide feedback, and provide direction regarding a potential inclusionary housing ordinance for Planning Commission and City Council consideration.
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BACKGROUND:
Housing Element and Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
The Housing Element is a chapter of the City's General Plan required by State law to be updated every eight years. The purpose of the Housing Element is to evaluate community housing needs and identify a high-level strategy for addressing the City's needs over the eight-year planning cycle. Each eight-year planning cycle, the City is allocated a specific number of housing units including affordable units called the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) that the City needs to plan for which is determined by the State and the Southern California Associations of Governments (SCAG). The City's RHNA allocation, which is intended to reflect the City's "fair share" of the regional housing need, is 11,760 units. The allocated housing units are divided into household income categories, i.e., very low income, low income, moderate income, and above moderate income, which are based on the most current Area Median Income (AMI) for Orange County; refer to Table 1 below for the City's 2021-2029 RHNA.
Table 1 - City of Costa Mesa 2021-2029 RHNA
Although the City is not required to construct these units, the City is required per State law to plan, zone and otherwise create the policy framework to accommodate the RHNA allocation. In addition, the City is required to report annua...
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