REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the 2015 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the General Plan Housing Element (Continued from March 15, 2016)
Report
BACKGROUND
California Government Code Section 65400 requires general law cities and counties to submit an Annual Progress Report (APR) to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) describing the progress they have made in implementing the housing elements of their respective general plans. 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. In the past two HPR grant funding cycles, the City has applied for and has been awarded a total of $1,994,325 in two HRP grants. The grant amounts are based on the number of new affordable units permitted (or affordable units rehabilitated) during the calendar years specified in the grant application materials, and other factors, such as the number of grant applications received and the amount of funding available. The HRP grants awarded to the City so far have been for affordable units provided in calendar years 2010 through 2014.
The draft APR (See Attachment 1) quantifies and describes the progress made by the City in calendar year 2015 toward its Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) objectives and Housing Element goals. Gathering such data in these annual reports can help streamline the process of updating the City's Housing Element in the future. California Government Code Section 65400 also requires that the APR be considered at an annual public hearing before Council, where members of the public may provide oral and/or written comments on the City's reported progress in implementing its Housing Element.
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