REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the 2014 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the General Plan's Housing Element
Report
BACKGROUND
California Government Code Section 65400 requires every general law city and county to submit an Annual Progress Report (APR) to the State describing the progress made by the local government toward implementing the Housing Element of their General Plan. Government Code Section 65700 exempts charter cities such as Sunnyvale from this requirement; however, certain state grant programs, such as the Housing-Related Parks (HRP) grant program, require all applicant jurisdictions to comply with this requirement, including charter cities.
The City received an HRP Grant for $973,525 in 2014 for affordable units permitted or completed in calendar years 2010 through 2013. This year the City was eligible to apply for an HRP grant of nearly $1 million, based on the affordable units permitted or completed in calendar year 2014. The City's eligibility for this grant program is due to the City's compliance with the APR reporting requirements, and permitting and successful development of various affordable housing units in recent years. Staff submitted the 2014 HRP application in February, and HCD is supposed to announce the grant awards in late June of this year.
The APR provided in Attachment 1 quantifies and describes the progress made by the City in calendar year 2014 toward its Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) objectives and Housing Element goals. In addition, the information gathered from these APRs streamlined the data-gathering process required to update the 2015-2023 Housing Element, which was adopted on January 20, 2015.
California Government Code Section 65400 also requires that the APR be considered at an annual public hearing before Council, where members of the public are be allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments on the City's progress in implementing its housing element.
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