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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development to receive a Prohousing Designation; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents and agreements necessary to participate in the Prohousing Designation Program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 101 established the Prohousing Designation Program (Program) administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The Program provides incentives to cities and other jurisdictions in the form of additional points or other preference in the scoring of competitive funding applications for housing, community development, and infrastructure grant programs. Jurisdictions that receive a Prohousing Designation will have a competitive advantage in grant funding for the acceleration of housing production. HCD programs that add Prohousing Designation points to their scoring include the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program and the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, both of which the City of Long Beach (City) has applied for in the past. The Program is designed to further assist jurisdictions that are compliant with their General Plan Housing Elements and have enacted or are in the process of enacting policies that promote housing. The program is consistent with the City’s overall housing strategy as well as the current emergency measures related to homelessness.
Eligibility to receive the Prohousing Designation requires the applicant to have an adopted Housing Element, be current on submission of the Annual Progress Report, and be in compliance with applicable state housing law. Applicants must also submit a formal Resolution for the Program. Applicants that meet these requirements qualify for the validation phase of the application, which is based on the following four scoring categories:
· Favorable Zoning and Land Use;
· Acc...
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