HCD

To help jurisdictions meet their Assembly Bill No. 686 (AB 686) obligations, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released the first sections of the Affirmatively

The Housing Methodology Committee (HMC) played a key role in the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)'s approach to creating the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) allocation methodology

All jurisdictions in the Bay Area must update their Housing Element by January, 2023 for the 2023-2031 planning period. This checklist was developed by the California Department of Housing and

Senate Bill No. 375 (SB 375) is one of the first efforts by a state government to coordinate land use and transportation planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Appendix D to the SB 375 Technical

This Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) summary was produced by ABAG to provide a brief user-friendly overview of the RHNA laws and processes, including: The history of California’s General Plan

This website features a suite of online tools and information resources to support local jurisdictions in enacting pro-housing policies and practices. Many of the links provide examples of policies

California requires that every jurisdiction have a housing element as part of its General Plan, and that the element be updated on a regular basis and reviewed by the state to ensure compliance with

The release of draft Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) allocations initiates the appeals phase, the final step in the RHNA process. Government Code Section 65584.05 allows any jurisdiction or

The Housing Element is the only element of a jurisdiction’s General Plan that is reviewed and certified by the state. Regular updates to the Housing Element are required under state law and help to

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) identifies the total number of homes that each region in California must plan for to meet the housing needs of people at all income