2021-2029 Housing Element

Post February 10, 2021

The 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted by City Council on February 1, 2022.

2021-2029 Housing Element (adopted)

The City’s current Housing Element of the General Plan details the City’s housing goals from year 2013 through 2021. The Housing Element is part of the City’s General Plan and must be updated every eight years. The City’s Housing Element performs the following functions:

Analyzes the City’s demographics, economics and housing supply
Analyzes housing constraints and resources
Evaluates sites appropriate for potential housing
Develops housing goals, objectives, policies, and programs

The “Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)” is the method by which the State estimates each region’s housing needs for all income groups. The current 6th Cycle update presents new challenges to all jurisdictions across the State, including: the increase in RHNA dwelling unit allocations to local jurisdictions; strict housing site eligibility requirements; and new housing laws that address local policies aimed at managing growth.

Project Schedule

The draft 2021-2029 Housing Element was submitted to the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) for review and comment in mid-September 2021. HCD provided a written comment letter to the City on November 15th and requested numerous revisions to the draft document. HCD’s letter and the revised Draft Housing Element document is now available for public review by clicking on the tab “Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element” above.

The Planning Commission held a public hearing on January 11, 2022, and recommended approval to the City Council. The City Council is anticipated to hold a public hearing and possibly adopt the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update on February 1, 2022 (click on “Upcoming Events” tab above).

Housing Element Requirements

The Housing Element must be consistent with statewide housing laws, housing element guidelines, and applicable goals and policies in the California Government Code. The City’s Housing Element must clearly demonstrate that Redlands has sufficient capacity to accommodate the number of housing units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA).

On March 4, 2021, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) released its final draft allocation of housing units for each jurisdiction in the region, which can be found here (click here). For the current RHNA cycle, SCAG has provided the RHNA allocation number to the City of Redlands for the 2021-2029 period consisting of the following household income levels:

Very-low income: 967 units
Low income: 615 units
Moderate income: 652 units
Above-moderate income: 1,282 units
Total RHNA allocation: 3,516 units

Additional information about RHNA can be found at the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) website and at the California Department of Housing and Community Development website. SCAG has also prepared pre-certified housing data for the City, which can be found here (click here), and this data will be utilized as baseline information for the updated Housing Element.

Public Participation

Online Survey

The online survey is now closed. The survey was available until April 23rd. Results of the survey have been included in the 6th Cycle Housing Element document that has been prepared (click on the ‘Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element’ tab to view the document).

Community Meetings

Community meetings were previously held on April 26 and May 13, 2021. Community Meeting Flyer

Questions?

If you have any questions about the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element, please send an email to clin@cityofredlands.org (click here).