Workshop Outline

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Workshop Outline

• Overview of State Requirements
• Housing Element Update Process
• 1994 Housing Element
• Overview of City Demographics
• Future Housing Needs
• Community Input Regarding Housing Policies and
  Programs

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State Housing Law

• State law (GC 65584(a)) requires each COG
  (Council of Governments) to distribute its state
  identified regional housing need allocation to
  each of its jurisdictions.
• State law (GC 65583(a)(1)) requires every city
  to plan for its fair share of the regions
  housing need.

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Housing Element Requirements

• Government Code 65580 65589 mandate that a
  Housing Element include

• Housing Needs Assessment
• Population, Households,
• Employment, Housing.
• Special Needs Groups
• Seniors, Single Parent Households,
• Homeless, Disabled, Farmworkers,
• Large Households.

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Housing Element Requirements

• Inventory of Resources and Constraints to
  Meeting Needs
• Identification of vacant and under-utilized land
• Constraints - governmental and non-governmental
• Land use controls (zoning), Design Guidelines,
  development standards, building codes and code
  enforcement,
• Fees, site improvements, Infrastructure
  availability, earthquake zones, flood zones, etc.
• Financing availability, land cost, construction
  costs.

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Housing Element Requirements

• Statement of Goals, Quantified Objectives, and
  Policies
• 5-Year Housing Program
• Identification of adequate sites if adequate
  sites are not available,
• Assist in the development of housing affordable
  to low and moderate income households,
• Address and remove, if possible, governmental
  constraints,
• Conserve and improve the condition of affordable
  housing stock,
• Promote fair housing practices,
• Preserve at-risk affordable housing.

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Housing Element Update Process
Write Background Report (demographic analysis,
Special Needs Groups, etc.)
Project initiation. meeting with City Staff.
Public Participation Meetings. What are the
housing concerns of the community?
Complete Administrative Draft Housing Element.
Revisions made to Admin. Draft Housing Element.
Now called Public Review Draft.
Public Review Draft goes before Planning
Commission and City Council/Board of Supervisors
for approval to submit Draft to HCD. Changes are
made as necessary.
Public Review Draft Housing Element is sent to
the Department of Housing and Community
Development, Housing Policy Division for initial
60-day review and comment period. Draft is also
sent to various housing advocates, environmental
agencies, City/County agencies and any other
persons who request a copy.
Changes are made to Housing Element as a result
of HCD, advocates, agencies and public comments.
City Staff review period for changes incorporated
into Draft.
Final Housing element is submitted to HCD for
Final 90-day review period. At end of review
period, Housing Element is deemed to be in or out
of compliance with State Housing Element Law.
Final Draft goes before Planning Commission and
City Council/Board of Supervisors for approval to
submit Draft to HCD. Changes are made as
necessary.
Draft is sent back to HCD for 30-day informal
review period to make sure that changes will
bring Housing Element into compliance with State
Housing Element Law.
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1994 Housing Element Key Goals and Policies

• Ensure that fair housing opportunities prevail
  for all city residents regardless of age, sex,
  family status, income or source of income, race,
  creed, national origin, or disabilities.
• Promote affordable infill housing development
  wherever compatible with existing neighborhoods.
• Require all residential developments of ten or
  more units to include an affordable housing
  component.
• Assist residential developers to meet their
  affordable housing obligation by providing
  density bonuses and/or other incentives.
• Assist non-profit developers of affordable
  housing to obtain infill sites and at reduced
  cost.
• Waive the payment of building permit and other
  city fees for projects providing housing units
  affordable to very low and low income persons and
  which meet the citys criteria.

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Richmond Population Trends

• 1980 74,676 persons
• 1990 87,425 persons
• 2000 99,216 persons
• 2010 107,616 persons

Source 1990, 2000 Census ABAG
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Richmond Household Trends

• 1990 32,798 households
• 2000 34,625 households
• 2010 36,210 households

Source 1990, 2000 Census ABAG
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Household Tenure
Source 1990, 2000 Census
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Housing Units
Source 2000 Census
Total 2000 Cumulative Housing Units 36,151
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Housing Affordability

• Median value for homes
• 1990 144,300
• 2000 171,900
• 2002 305,000
• Source 1990, 2000 Census December, 2002
  California Association of Realtors
• Median contract rent
• 1990 506
• 2000 685
• Source 1990, 2000 Census

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Vacancy Status
Source 1990, 2000 Census
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Affordable Housing Sales Prices
Source HUD 2002 Area Median Income for Contra
Costa County, homestore.com mortgage
affordability calculator.
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Affordable Housing Rents
Source HUD 2002 Area Median Income for Contra
Costa County
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Affordability for a Family of Four in Richmond

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Income
Max Sales Price
Max Rent
Very Low
37,250
116,616
931
Low
58,000
179,282
1,450
Moderate
89,400
278,230
2,235
Dec. 2002 Median Value 305,000 Very Low Gap
188,394 Low Gap 125,718 Moderate Gap 26,770
Source HUD 2002 Area Median Income for Contra
Costa County, homestore.com mortgage
affordability calculator, California Association
of Realtors, Median Home price for Richmond, Dec,
2002.
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Regional Comparison2001 2006
Source ABAG Regional Housing Needs
Determination, June, 2001
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Richmond Regional Housing Needs Allocation

• 2001-2006
• Regional Housing Needs Allocation

Source ABAG Regional Housing Needs Determination
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Regional Housing Needs Determination Goals

• Base growth upon current city boundaries
• Address over- and under-concentration of low
  income housing throughout the region
• Up to date data source
• Use Projections 2000 to determine growth
• Address State requirements
• Incorporate Smart Growth policies
• Simple methodology calculation

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Regional Housing Needs Determination Policy
Directives

• Incorporate a 50 jobs / 50 household weighted
  ratio
• Assign 75 of unincorporated Sphere of Influence
  (SOI) allocations to the cities and 25 to the
  counties

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Regional Housing Needs Determination Factors

• Household Growth
• Employment Growth
• Jobs/Housing Balance
• Sphere of Influence Allocations Adjustment
• Income Distribution
• For more information on the Association of Bay
  Area Governments (ABAGs) Regional Housing Needs
  Determination visit www.ABAG.org

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Things to Keep in Mind

• Allocation targets are NOT building requirements,
  but goals for each community
• General Plan relationship City demonstrates
  accommodation of Regional Housing Needs
  Determination (RHND) numbers through the Housing
  Element

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Community Participation

• What concerns or priorities do you think the City
  should consider for
• Development of Affordable and Market Rate Housing
• Affordable Housing Types
• Affordable Housing Programs
• Relaxing Governmental Constraints
• Conserving Existing Housing Stock
• Identifying Special Needs Groups