HCD’s comprehensive San Francisco Housing Policy and Practice Review is the first of its kind. It identifies, and seeks to remove, barriers to housing approvals and construction at all income levels. This Review includes findings and Required Actions for San Francisco (City) to take to reform its housing approvals ecosystem and facilitate housing production and is informed by extensive quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
Through outreach, case studies, interviews, and various other methods, HCD contracted with the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley to prepare the Residential Impact Fee Study (PDF), which provides an overview and analysis of impact fees in California and suggests findings and recommendations related to fee transparency, fee structure, fee design process, and alternative funding options.
HUD has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) which appropriates $235 million in competitive grant funding for the preservation and revitalization of manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing communities. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is applying for the maximum award of $75 million on behalf of the State of California. Questions or comments on this application can be emailed to PRICE@hcd.ca.gov.
Assembly Bill 209 (Chapter 251, Statutes of 2022), Section 31 (AB 209) requires the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to submit policy recommendation(s) to ensure that residential dwelling units can maintain the recommended maximum safe indoor air temperature. The policy recommendations are due to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.
Homekey has played a pivotal role in the state’s response to COVID-19. People experiencing homelessness and those at risk of homelessness are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the Homekey program was to provide grant funding to eligible applicants and facilitate a partnership between the state and local governments to quickly acquire, rehabilitate or master lease a variety of housing types to assist one of the most vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19. This report includes:
This analysis serves as the foundation for HCD and the state’s fair housing planning work, to expand housing choice and access to opportunity for all Californians, with a focus on members of protected classes. The Final 2020 AI details impediments to fair housing choice and action steps to address those impediments over the next five years.
California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) — the nation's first state-mandated green-building code — has been in effect since January 1, 2011. CALGreen was created to improve public health, safety, and general welfare through enhanced design and construction of buildings using concepts that reduce negative impacts and promote principles that have a positive environmental impact and encourage sustainable construction practices.
CALGreen was created to address the five divisions of building construction:
