Unincorporated Contra Costa

8. Acquisition/ Rehabilitation

Improve existing housing and increase supply of affordable housing.

There are no projects to report during this reporting period.

13. Developmental Disabled Housing

Increase the supply of housing available to persons with developmental disabilities

There are no projects to report in this reporting period.

25. Development Fees

Reduce the cost of development

There is nothing to report for this period.

18. First-Time Homebuyer Opportunities

Provide additional homeownership opportunities.

The County did not issue any Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCC) in 2022.

28. Coordinated County Department Review of Development Applications

Expedite application review through a better coordinated process with other County departments.

The Current Planning Division of the Department of Conservation and Development has increased coordination and communication efforts with County departments and outside agencies in order to improve the application review process and application processing timelines.

9. Second Units

Facilitate the development of second units.

There were 102 second unit entitlement permits approved and 111 building permits issued for second units. The Contra Costa County Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Incentive Program was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 18, 2019 and ran through July 1, 2021. Department staff administered this Program. An indirect outcome of the Program is to make construction of ADUs more attractive in the County, and thereby, facilitate the development of affordable housing. The ADU Incentive Program was intended to encourage owners of the unpermitted ADUs to come into compliance with zoning and building code requirements using the most cost-effective methods available and minimizing the changes required to the existing construction. Late filing fees and building permit penalty fees were waived for previously constructed unpermitted ADUs under the Program.

12. Special Needs Housing

Increase the supply of special needs housing.

There are no projects to report in this reporting period.

4. Preservation of Affordable Housing Assisted with Public Funds

Preserve the existing stock of affordable housing.

The County awarded $2.2 million in CDBG funds for rehabilitation of an existing 49 unit senior affordable housing project in Rodeo.

7. Inclusionary Housing

Integrate affordable housing within market-rate developments.

There were $429,483.84 in inclusionary housing in-lieu fees collected during this reporting period.

14. Accessible Housing

Increase the supply of accessible housing.

There are no projects to report in this reporting period.

1. Neighborhood Preservation Program

Improve the quality of existing housing & neighborhoods.

In collaboration with Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley, Inc., the Contra Costa County's Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) provides low-interest loans and grants to low-income homeowners, in an effort to alleviate health and/or safety concerns in their dwelling. During calendar year 2022, the Neighborhood Preservation Program began its recovery from the challenges that it encountered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program altered its structure to better utilize its partnership with Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley and extend their role. This change was brought about by the continued absence of a dedicated building inspector for the program. For the first half of the year, the program focused on verifying eligibility of applicants and later engaging in Mobile home projects, which are smaller jobs. The program will transition back to a combination of single-family home and mobile home rehabilitation projects in the following year. County-wide, there were 9 projects that were completed and 7 projects underway. Three of the projects were in unincorporated Contra Costa County. All of these projects were mobile home rehabilitations. Of the 9 completed projects, three households were extremely low-income (30% AMI), three households were very low-income (50% AMI), and one household was low-income (80% AMI).

15. Reasonable Accommodation

Increase the supply of special needs and accessible housing.

There was one project funded for handicap accessibilty improvements.

16. Contra Costa Interagency Council on Homelessness

Meet the housing & supportive services needs of the homeless

Health Services through the Health, Housing and Homeless Services (H3) Division administers the County's homeless Continuum of Care (CoC). H3 functions as the collaborative applicant and CoC and HMIS Lead Agency, and provides strategic direction, coordination of funding and programmatic oversight to the CoC. The CoC is designed to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness by providing services and housing needed to help these individuals and families move into permanent housing, with the goal of long-term stability. The Council on Homelessness (COH), appointed by the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors is the governing body for the CoC and serves as the homelessness advisory body to the Board of Supervisors. H3 provides staffing support to the COH to support the governance and administration of the CoC. The COH is responsible for approving some funding allocations for proposed projects and monitoring and tracking project and agency performance and compliance in coordination with the CoC and HMIS Lead Agency. The COH also provides advice and input on the operations of homeless services, program operations, and program development efforts in Contra Costa County. The Contra Costa CoC and COH are comprised of multiple private and public partners who work collaboratively with the County and H3 to end homelessness in Contra Costa

22. Density Bonus & Other Development Incentives

Support affordable housing development.

A density bonus project was granted entitlements in Bay Point that included a total of 100 rental units with one manager's unit. The project includes three very low income units and the remainder are lower income units.

30. Residential Displacement Program

Limit number of households being displaced or relocated because of County sponsored programs or projects.

There is nothing to report for this period.

29. Anti-Discrimination Program

Promote fair housing.

The County Board of Supervisors adopted a Countywide 2020-2025 Analysis of Impediments/Assessment to Fair Housing Choice report on June 11, 2019. There is nothing additional to report for this reporting period.

2. Weatherization Program

Assist homeowners and renters with minor home repairs.

There were 162 unduplicated units served countywide, 21 extremely low income units located in unincorporated Contra Costa County, with a total of $888,774.51 spent.

3. Code Enforcement

Maintain & improve the quality of existing housing & neighborhoods.

There were a total of 330 cases opened and 708 cases closed. Approximately 98% of all cases are residential.

24. Planned Unit District

Provide flexibility in design for residential projects.

There is nothing to report for this period.

6. Housing Successor to the former Redevelopment Agency

Utilize County owned property (former redevelopment agency) to develop affordable housing

For 2021-2022, The Housing Successor's activities included: * Orbisonia Heights, Bay Point: Master development agreement and DDLA for Phase 1 was approved 5/5/2022 for 384 units. * Rodeo Senior, Rodeo: The Disposition Development and Loan Agreement was approved February 2022, for a 67 units of senior housing. Entitlements were also granted.