California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 6 - Department of Housing and Community Development Programs › Subchapter 6.6 - Prohousing Designation Program › Section 6606 - Designation Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Applicants that meet the requirements in Sections
				  6604 and
				  6605 shall qualify for the
				  validation phase of the application process.
(b) The Department shall validate applicants'
				  scores based on the extent to which each identified Prohousing Policy
				  contributes to the Acceleration of Housing Production. The Department shall
				  assess applicants' Prohousing Policies in accordance with this section,
				  Government Code section
				  8899.50, and Government Code
				  section 65589.9, subdivision (f)(2). The
				  Department shall validate applicants' Prohousing Policies by using the four
				  scoring categories in paragraphs (1)-(4). Applicants shall demonstrate that
				  they have enacted or proposed at least one policy that significantly
				  contributes to the Acceleration of Housing Production in each of these four
				  categories. A Prohousing Designation requires an overall score of at least 30
				  points:
(1) Favorable Zoning and Land Use:
(A) Three (3) Points. Sufficient sites,
				  including rezoning, to accommodate 150 percent or greater of the current or
				  draft RHNA, whichever is greater, by total and income category. These
				  additional sites must be identified in the Jurisdiction's housing element
				  adequate sites inventory, consistent with Government Code section
				  65583, subdivisions (a)(3) and
				  (c)(1).
(B) Three (3) Points.
				  Permitting missing middle housing uses (e.g., triplexes and fourplexes) by
				  right in existing low-density, single-family residential zones in a manner that
				  exceeds the requirements of SB 9 (Chapter 162, Statutes of 2021, Gov. Code,
				  §§
												65852.21,
				  66411.7).
(C) Two (2) Points. Sufficient sites,
				  including rezoning, to accommodate 125 to 149 percent of the current or draft
				  RHNA, whichever is greater, by total and income category. These points shall
				  not be awarded if the applicant earns three points pursuant to paragraph
				  (1)(A). These additional sites must be identified in the Jurisdiction's housing
				  element adequate sites inventory, consistent with Government Code section
				  65583, subdivisions (a)(3) and
				  (c)(1).
(D) Two (2) Points. Density
				  bonus programs that allow additional density for additional affordability
				  beyond minimum statutory requirements.
(E) Two (2) Points. Increasing allowable
				  density in low-density, single-family residential areas beyond the requirements
				  of state Accessory Dwelling Unit law (e.g., permitting more than one ADU or
				  JADU per single-family lot), and in a manner that exceeds the requirements of
				  SB 9 (Chapter 162, Statutes of 2021, Gov. Code, §§
												65852.21,
				  66411.7). These policies shall be
				  separate from any qualifying policies under paragraph (1)(B).
(F) Two (2) Points. Eliminating minimum
				  parking requirements for residential development as authorized by Government
				  Code section
				  65852.2; adopting vehicular
				  parking ratios that are less than the relevant ratio thresholds at
				  subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of Government Code section
				  65915, subdivision (p)(1); or
				  adopting maximum parking requirements at or less than ratios pursuant to
				  Government Code section
				  65915, subdivision (p).
(G) Two (2) Points. Zoning or incentives that
				  are designed to increase affordable housing development in a range of types,
				  including, but not limited to, large family units, Supportive Housing, housing
				  for transition age foster youth and deep affordability targeted housing for
				  Extremely Low-Income Households in all parts of the Jurisdiction, with at least
				  some of the zoning, other land use designation methods, or incentives being
				  designed to increase affordable housing development in higher resource areas
				  shown in the CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map, and with the Jurisdiction having
				  confirmed that it considered and addressed potential environmental justice
				  issues in adopting and implementing this policy, especially in areas with
				  existing industrial and polluting uses.
(H) One (1) point. Zoning or other land use
				  designation methods to allow for residential or mixed uses in one or more
				  non-residential zones (e.g., commercial, light industrial). Qualifying
				  non-residential zones do not include open space or substantially similar
				  zones.
(I) One (1) point.
				  Modification of development standards and other applicable zoning provisions or
				  land use designation methods to promote greater development intensity.
				  Potential areas of focus include floor area ratio; height limits; minimum lot
				  or unit sizes; setbacks; and allowable dwelling units per acre. These policies
				  must be separate from any qualifying policies under paragraph (1)(B).
(J) One (1) Point. Establishment of a
				  Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone, as defined in Government Code section
				  65620, or a Housing Sustainability
				  District, as defined in Government Code section
				  66200.
(K) One (1) Point. Establishment of an
				  inclusionary housing program requiring new developments to include housing
				  affordable to and reserved for low- and very low-income households, consistent
				  with the requirements of AB 1505 (Chapter 376, Statutes of 2017, Gov. Code,
				  §
												65850.01).
(L) One (1) Point. Other zoning and land use
				  actions not described in subdivisions (b)(1)(A)-(K) of this section that
				  measurably support the Acceleration of Housing Production.