Housing Element Overview & Resources

• Housing Element 101 and New Laws Overview PowerPoint

• Sample Staff Report - This sample staff report has material you can use to explain the Housing element Process to your Council (January 2021).

• Housing Element RFP Template - This document can be used as the skeleton for developing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Housing Element Update, including potential rezoning and CEQA work (December 2020).

• Housing Element Staff Report Template - The memo provides background information on state requirements as well our local process and timeline (July 2021).

• Housing Element FAQs template - developed by ABAG (July 2021).

• RHNA 6 Overview Powerpoint, developed by the City of Hillsborough. 

• HCD Building Blocks Housing Elements Toolkit

• RHNA and Housing Element Resources from ABAG.

• Zone for Homes and the Housing Element Toolkit, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (2014).

• List of local organizations that can be used for Housing Element outreach (Excel, updated October, 2018).

• ABAG letter to jurisdiction staff regarding the ABAG provided housing needs data packages

Allocations / Methodology

• ABAG RHNA 6 Appeals Overview, May 2021.

• ABAG RHNA Appeals Memo, May 2021. 

• ABAG RHNA Appeals Presentation, May 2021. 

• ABAG Draft Regional Methodology and Final Subregional Shares, January 2021.

• Draft Allocations by (San Mateo County) Jurisdiction Based on Final RHNA Methodology. Excel file, January, 21, 2021.

Other Resources

• Planning Costs Guidebook, September 2020. This is a resource to help you estimate the costs of a project.

 Annual Progress Report

• Annual Progress Report Memo from OPR