Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA)

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Farmworkers are considered a special housing needs group whose unique circumstances need to be considered and explored in local jurisdictions’ Housing Elements. This Farmworker Housing Toolkit

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In Winter/Spring 2022, ABAG staff and consultants reviewed 33 comment letters from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to jurisdictions in regions with earlier Housing

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This page includes Housing Element explainer videos created by the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Napa Sonoma Housing Collaborative.

Read coverage of the Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) program in local and national media outlets.

EMC Research has worked with the ABAG Regional Housing Technical Assistance team to develop a survey to help local governments better understand their residents’ feelings about housing and related

ABAG has developed a technical assistance program, funded by a California Regional Early Action Program (REAP) grant, to assist local governments in implementing the state’s RHNA requirements. This