DATE: March 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: ACCEPT AND FILE THE HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council accept and file the Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR) for calendar year 2024 pursuant to Government Code Section 65400.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Government Code Section 65400 requires each local jurisdiction to prepare an APR on the status and progress in implementing the Housing Element of its General Plan. The APR for the prior calendar year must be considered at an annual public meeting before the local legislative body and provided to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on or before April 1 of each year.
HCD uses the APR to track the number of housing units constructed during the eight-year housing element cycle and determine the City's progress in meeting its share of housing in accordance with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA). The APR also provides HCD updates on the City's implementation of housing programs outlined in the Housing Action Plan of the Housing Element. The current 6th cycle Housing Element extends from April 15, 2021, to April 15, 2029. During this current cycle, Oceanside's RHNA allocation is 5,443 units within four income levels (1,268 - Very Low, 718 - Low, 883 - Moderate, and 2,574 - Above Moderate).
The City's 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted by the City Council on June 16, 2021, re-adopted on September 13, 2023, and certified by HCD on November 14, 2023.
The Planning Division, in coordination with the Housing Division of the Neighborhood Services Department, prepared the APR for calendar year 2024 (attached). The form identifies housing units currently under review as well as units for which entitlements, building permits, and certificates of occupancy have been...
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