{"id":55336,"date":"2022-12-16T09:23:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=55336"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:23:15","slug":"six-california-cities-earn-state-prohousing-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=55336","title":{"rendered":"Six California Cities Earn State Prohousing Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven Prohousing cities now eligible for additional resources through new grant program<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>SACRAMENTO, CA (December 15, 2022)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Today the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced the cities of Citrus Heights, Fontana, Oakland, Roseville, San Diego, and West Sacramento have earned the state\u2019s Prohousing Designation. These cities\u00a0join the city of Sacramento<\/a>\u00a0in being recognized for committing to policies and practices that will help them remove barriers to housing production. HCD also announced the launch of the new Prohousing Incentive Pilot (PIP) Program to reward Prohousing cities working to address California\u2019s housing crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese communities have stepped up to implement policies that aggressively eliminate bureaucratic obstacles and drive the growth of housing throughout the state,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cThis is one of many innovative approaches the state is taking to create greater accountability and reward municipalities willing to do their part to help collectively tackle the need for more housing. This is the right approach and I look forward to seeing more communities join in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s fiscal year 2019-2020 budget established the\u00a0Prohousing Designation Program<\/a>\u00a0as part of a spectrum of support, incentives, and accountability measures to help meet California\u2019s housing goals. Increasing the availability of housing statewide is critical to bettering the quality of life of all Californians and to ending homelessness.\u00a0The Prohousing designation provides incentives to cities and counties in the form of additional points and\/or other preference in the scoring of competitive housing, community development, and infrastructure funding programs administered by HCD.<\/p>\n

Cities with a Prohousing Designation are now also eligible for community development resources through the new PIP Program. The competitive program offers $25.7 million in additional funding to Prohousing cities to help accelerate housing production and preservation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating a healthy housing market that offers stability and opportunity is possible with engagement across all levels of government,\u201d said Housing Secretary Lourdes Castro Ram\u00edrez with Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. \u201cCalifornia is proud to partner with San Diego, Oakland, Citrus Heights, Fontana, Roseville, West Sacramento and Sacramento to create the right mix of housing near jobs and transit, health care, and key amenities. Incentivizing housing and making it a priority will lead to reduction in poverty, income inequality, and enable teachers, mechanics, home health aides, grocers, nurses, and food prep workers to find a place to live within a reasonable commuting distance and improve their quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cities and counties that receive the designation must demonstrate they are promoting climate-smart housing in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: streamlining multifamily housing development, up-zoning in places near jobs and transit to reduce emissions, and creating more affordable homes in places that historically or currently exclude households earning lower incomes and households of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cProhousing cities demonstrate they are ready and willing to be part of the statewide housing solution to getting at least 2.5 million new homes by 2030, by eliminating many of the barriers to building affordable housing near daily destinations,\u201d HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez said. \u201cAs promised, the state is ready and willing to award grants to Prohousing cities with the new Prohousing Incentive Pilot Program, to help get smart planning over the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prohousing Designation is awarded when a jurisdiction submits an application with local policies that reduce barriers to housing production. Jurisdictions must receive a minimum score of 30 on the application. Highlights of the actions taken by these cities to attain the Prohousing Designation include but are not limited to the following:<\/p>\n