The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released their Draft 2025 Statewide Housing Assessment (SHA), which seeks to provide a framework for the Legislature, agency officials, and local/regional government agencies to address the State’s housing supply needs. The Draft SHA captures various data elements that well document California’s housing shortage issues and the impact the affordable housing gap has on specified populations.
The Draft SHA cites that the top “key challenge” regarding housing affordability remains: demand continues to outpace supply. Additionally, the report finds that a key barrier to development is land use planning and regulation, and includes a broad set of recommendations that calls for significant policy reforms that are of interest to counties. HCD has scheduled a number of public workshops and a webinar to collect feedback on the Draft SHA, with the public comment period scheduled to conclude on March 4, 2017 and the final report released this summer. The SHA and a list of upcoming public workshops, including the webinar scheduled for next week, can be accessed here.