New Laws in Effect Relating to Annual State Housing Element Reporting
On January 1, several new laws went into effect that make changes to Annual Housing Element reporting.
These laws are:
- AB 2094—which requires that annual reports include data that shows a jurisdiction’s progress in meeting the housing needs of extremely low-income families (those earning 30% of Area Median Income and below).
- AB 2339—which, among other changes, requires sites identified in local housing elements for the development of emergency shelters, transitional facilities, and permanent supportive housing be located in residential and mixed-use areas and near services. The law also requires that any standards applied to emergency shelter development be objective.
- AB 2653—which expands the reporting requirements to include a number of new data points, including the number of new housing units constructed and demolished, the number of homes that are for-sale or for rent, the number of approved developments that used State Density Bonus Law or AB 2011, and whether development applications were subject to a ministerial or discretionary approval process.