Housing Element Updates

The Housing Game Plan, or also known as the 6th Cycle Housing Element, is a comprehensive plan committing to a diverse range of housing and affordability ranges for all of our residents over a specific period, usually eight years. The Housing Element addresses various aspects like number of homes needed, where they should be located, and how they can be affordable for different income levels. It's essentially a roadmap for how a place plans to provide homes for its residents. Mandated by the state agency HCD, we're expeditiously working towards completing and adopting this plan by 2024. The Planning Department has partnered with Rincon Consultants and Dudek, to finalize a document that not only meets the goals of the region but also reflect the unique vision of Fullerton.

The 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element is available for public review, from January 15th through January 26th of 2024, and can be accessed at this link: Draft Housing Element January 2024

The following video is from Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG) as it relates to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) that defines required units for our Housing Element efforts.

Click the following links for more information:

1. Draft Housing Element November 2021

3. HCD Letter Dated January 2022

4. Housing Element Compliance and Non-Compliance

Housing Incentive Overlay Zone (HIOZ)

The Housing Incentive Overlay Zone (HIOZ) is a zoning tool that would be applied to selected properties that is currently only zoned for commercial or industrial uses. This “overlay” zone would permit the development of housing on the property that incorporates a specified percentage of deed-restricted affordable housing units.

The purpose of the HIOZ is to provide optional standards and incentives for the development of a wide variety of housing developments in addition to the base zone. The HIOZ does not change the existing or underlying zoning classification of a property. Nor does it require the development of housing. Instead, it overlays a additional housing zoning classification on top of the existing zoning classification. The property can continue operating as it does today, or it can be redeveloped or improved within current zoning regulations.

The following video summarizes the City's HIOZ efforts to provide you insight into the project as well as the scoring factors used to identify feasible parcels for the draft map.

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The following map by HUD identifies Qualified Census Tracts (QCT's) within the Fullerton community that are identified as any census tract (or equivalent geographic area defined by the Census Bureau) in which at least 50% of households have an income less than 60% of the Area Median Gross Income (AMGI). HUD has defined 60% of AMGI as 120% of HUD's Very Low-Income Limits (VLILs), which are based on 50% of area median family income, adjusted for high cost and low-income areas.