General Plan Housing Element

The City is currently updating the Housing Element in coordination with the preparation of the new General Plan. The Housing Element is part of the Freemont Mews

City’s General Plan and sets forth the policies and programs to meet the housing needs of all types of households in our City. The programs included in this document are designed to provide a variety of housing choices to current and future Sacramento residents. State housing element law (Government Code Sections 65580-65589.8) requires each local government to review and update the housing element of its General Plan at least every five years. The 2002-2007 Housing Element was adopted by City Council on June 10, 2003.

The new Housing Element is expected to be completed by the summer of Acacia Meadows Apt

2008. The Housing Element Update has a comprehensive outreach strategy which includes utilizing existing General Plan workshops, five community meetings, three stakeholder meetings, General Plan Advisory Committee and Housing/Infill Subcommittee meetings, and fourteen board/commission meetings. The update is managed by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency in close coordination with the City’s Planning Department.

Additional information about the housing element and state requirements is available at the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

Community Outreach

As part of the public input process for this project, five community meetings focusing on housing needs and issues were held in August and early Photo of Community Outreach

September of 2007. The meetings were intended to provide more information on the Housing Element Update and to allow the public to provide feedback about the City's housing needs. The workshops were very productive. A summary of the public's input will be available on this website in January.

Housing Update Schedule

October 2007 - Community Profile Section Completed

November 2007 - Constraints and Resources Section Completed

November 2007 - Past Program Evaluation Section Completed

January 2008 - Draft Housing Plan Completed

April 2008 - Draft Housing Plan Reviewed by City Council

May and June 2008 - City Council Reviewed Draft Housing Element

On May 27 and June 17, 2008, the City Council reviewed and approved the Draft 2008-2013 Housing Element. With Council's approval, staff has submitted the Draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for 60-day review. Staff will then incorporate comments from HCD and go back to City Council in September for adoption of the 2008-2013 Housing Element.

The approved Draft 2008-2013 Housing Element is available below in pdf format.

Documents

Approved Draft 2008-2013 Housing Element

2002-2007 Housing Element

This is the existing Housing Element that the City is currently updating. The existing 2002-2007 Housing Element will be replaced by the new 2008-2013 Housing Element.

Summary of Stakeholders' Meeting #1

This document summarizes input gathered at a June 5, 2007 stakeholders' meeting about key themes for the Housing Element.

Summary of Housing Element Community Meetings

This document summarizes public input gathered from Housing Element community meetings held between August and September 2007.

Summary of Stakeholders' Meeting #2

This document summarizes input gathered at a November 7, 2007 stakeholders' meeting about housing issues.

City Council Report (October 16, 2007 Meeting)

This report provided an update to City Council about progress on the Housing Element update.

This report presented the strategic overview of the proposed Housing Element's policies.

This report gave the Council an opportunity to comment on the proposed goals, policies, and programs of the 2008-2013 Housing Element.

Contact Information

For more information about the Housing Element or to send comments about the update, please contact: