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Housing Element
Update
Housing Element Overview
What is a Housing
Element?
The
Sacramento County Housing Element identifies and analyzes existing and
projected housing needs for all income groups as well as implementing action
to address those needs. It is a mandatory element of the general plan and
is required to be updated every 5 years and be reviewed by the State Housing
and Community Development Department.
What is the Purpose
of the Housing Element – Why Update It?
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Address affordable housing as a critical need.
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Create policy foundation for housing strategies that consider each
community’s character.
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Guide zoning and other regulations.
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Address changing needs in the County.
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Preserve and improve existing neighborhoods.
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Comply with state law requirements.
What are the
Required Contents?
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Analysis of existing and projected housing needs.
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Evaluation of effectiveness of current goals and policies.
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Goals, policies and programs to preserve, improve and develop housing.
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five-year schedule of actions to implement goals, policies, and
objectives.
What are Other State
Requirements?
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Accommodate the County’s regional housing needs allocation. (See next
section)
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Analyze special housing needs.
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seniors
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large families
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female-headed
households
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farm worker
families
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persons with
disabilities
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Evaluate governmental and other constraints.
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Address compliance with other housing laws.
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Identify opportunities for energy conservation.
What is the County’s
Regional Housing Needs Allocation?
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The County’s “fair share” of the region’s housing needs for all income
levels.
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The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) determines each
jurisdiction’s “fair share of the region’s housing need under a
methodology established by state law.
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