Open House to Discuss Preparation of the City of Albany 2015-2023 General Plan Housing Element
The housing element is one of the seven mandated elements of the Albany General Plan. It includes goals, policies, and action programs to promote conservation of existing housing, production of new housing, provision of housing for persons with special needs, and equal access to housing by all residents. The contents of the Element are set by State law, and include a Needs Assessment, a Sites Inventory, an evaluation of Housing Constraints, an Evaluation of Progress on implementing the previous Element, and Housing Goals, Policies, and Actions. Before and after adoption of a housing element, cities and counties must submit their Elements to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for certification of compliance with State law.
This will be a City-staff facilitated community meeting that will include a brief “update” presentation on the preparation of the update to the Housing Element, followed by a question and answer session and open discussion with members of the public. Input from the meeting will be used to shape the next Housing Element, including identification of opportunity sites to accommodate development of 335 units of housing, and refinements to City housing-related policies and action programs.
The outcome of the community meeting will be provided to the Planning and Zoning Commission at their July 23, 2014 meeting.
For more information, contact Anne Hersch at ahersch@albanyca.org or Jeff Bond at jbond@albanyca.org of call 510-528-5760.
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