Housing policies and programs are the strategies and laws that cities and counties legally have at their disposal to produce more and preserve existing affordable housing, as well as protect existing residents from getting displaced from their homes and communities.
Local housing policies and programs, as part of a housing element, have significant impacts on a city or county reaching its affordable housing goals. Each additional housing policy has a significant impact on the residents who are most in need of affordable housing. However, the number of policies or programs that a jurisdiction includes in their housing element is not meant to imply how well a city or county is addressing local housing needs since the quality and impact of each will need to be determined as well. Policies and programs listed here from jurisdictions’ Housing Elements are intended to allow readers to review the text themselves and see if a city or county is doing all they can to reach their affordable housing goals.
To further policy innovation and local action, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) contacted all of the region's jurisdictions to track the adoption of key housing policies throughout the nine county Bay Area in four major categories Protect, Preserve, Produce, and Prevent. This data is from ABAG’s Policies and Program list and was last updated in 2018/2019.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development tracks all of the ongoing and completed programs from 2018 onward and can be seen in the table below.
YEAR | PROGRAM NAME | PROGRAM OBJECTIVE | STATUS | ACCOMPLISHED DATE | HOUSING CYCLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The City of Rio Vista has not had full-time Planning Department staff for several year. During this time contract staff have been retained primaily for the purpose of processing development entitlements and substantial progress on Housing Element programs has been delayed. | N/A | While the City has not had staff capacity to actively pursue the specific Housing Element programs, various efforts have been undertaken that will assist in achieving the overall General Plan goals and the Housing Element programs, including: 1) intiated SB 2 grant funded planning studies and rezoning of industrial land to residential uses to provide additional housing sites in the City - a consultant has been retained to assist with technical aspects of this work; 2) application for a LEAP grant to assist with funding the upcoming Housing Element update; 3) participated in the Solano County RHNA process (initiated in 2020 and continuing into 2021; and, 4) revisions and updates to the zoning code (initiated in 2020 and continuing into 2021) that facilitate employment generating uses. | N/A | 5th cycle, 2013 to 2022 |
| 2019 | No Housing Element implementation progress has been made. The city of Rio Vista does not have planning department staff. The part-time contract planner primarly provides current planning services. The city began recruiting for a permentant Planning Manager in January 2020. The position is open until filled. Since no qualified applications have been received to date, an RFQ/RFP requesting planning services was advertized. The announcement closes on April 20, 2020. | No Housing Element implementation progress has been made. The city of Rio Vista does not have planning department staff. The part-time contract planner primarly provides current planning services. The city began recruiting for a permentant Planning Manager in January 2020. The position is open until filled. Since no qualified applications have been received to date, an RFQ/RFP requesting planning services was advertized. The announcement closes on April 20, 2020. | No Housing Element implementation progress has been made. The city of Rio Vista does not have planning department staff. The part-time contract planner primarly provides current planning services. The city began recruiting for a permentant Planning Manager in January 2020. The position is open until filled. Since no qualified applications have been received to date, an RFQ/RFP requesting planning services was advertized. The announcement closes on April 20, 2020. | No Housing Element implementation progress has been made. The city of Rio Vista does not have planning department staff. The part-time contract planner primarly provides current planning services. The city began recruiting for a permentant Planning Manager in January 2020. The position is open until filled. Since no qualified applications have been received to date, an RFQ/RFP requesting planning services was advertized. The announcement closes on April 20, 2020. | 5th cycle, 2013 to 2022 |
| 2018 | Not provided | not provided | Rio Vista's Housing Element is in Compliance. However, due to the lack of funds and staffing no efforts to implement a reduction of constraints for the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing has been done. | not provided | 5th cycle, 2013 to 2022 |