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Conduct a workshop on the Housing Office and Housing Advisory Committee’s 2025 Work Plan and provide direction to staff.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Housing Advisory Committee hold a workshop to discuss the Housing Office’s 2025/26 Work Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Housing Advisory Committee is being asked to hold a workshop as the first step in preparing a Work Plan for 2025. The 2024 Work Plan contained nine elements, of which only one was completed. Other elements, such as a developing a strategy to use County owned property for housing development, are on hold pending completion of work beyond the County Housing Office’s control.
The following documents are attached to this staff report to provide context and resources that should be considered during the HAC’s workshop.
• Draft Housing Office Strategic Plan. This document is staff’s proposal to develop and implement an Affordable Housing Strategy.
• 2024 Work Plan. This document is the adopted 2024 Work Plan with annotations indicating the status of each element.
• 2025 HAC Recommendations for Future Work Plans. This document is a list of suggestions that the HAC came up with when considering the 2024 Work Plan.
• Draft 6th Cycle Housing Element - Housing Plan, this document is Chapter 8 of the draft Housing Element and contains the Goals and Programs that the County as proposed to implement. These programs are intended to support the County’s efforts to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) by issuing building permits for almost 2,200 affordable and 1,100 above moderate-income units by 2032.
Prepared by: Darby Marshall, Housing Program Manager, (831) 755-5391
Attachment 1 - Draft Housing Office Strategic Plan
Attachment 2 - 2024 Work Plan
Attachment 3 - 2025 HAC Recommendations for Future Work Plans
Attachment 4 - Draft 6th Cycle Housing Element - Housing Plan