Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA)

To help document the affordability of new ADUs, the RHTA Program has launched an online survey to help jurisdictions meet ADU monitoring requirements made in their Housing Elements. The survey was

These resources were created for local government staff to support constructive conversations with residents and community leaders about residential rezonings. Four template slide decks provide

Staff from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) reviewed legislative changes to Annual Progress Report (APR) reporting requirements and changes in the form to

The recent state legislative session brings many changes to housing laws in California. Several new laws impact jurisdictions' housing processes. In this webinar, staff from Goldfarb & Lipman LLP

ABAG’s Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program has developed the following resources to help planning staff develop or refine objective design standards.

The following are external resources available for planners undertaking specific types of rezoning projects. American Planning Association (APA) Resources Zoning Practice Archive Zoning Reform Toolkit

Communities around the Bay Area have updated their zoning to help facilitate more housing, and more diverse housing, to better meet community needs. The RHTA Program is compiling project profiles to

These templates are intended to help jurisdictions meet the requirements of The Mitigation Fee Act, which requires local agencies to report information about their development impact fees. Some

Zoning is the primary tool for translating a community’s vision into built reality. It can also seem complex, opaque and confusing for community members, elected officials and local government staff

AB 894 (2023), Government Code 65863.1, allows sites to share parking spaces if the site providing the shared parking spaces (“provider site”) has excess parking. If the site receiving parking (