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HCOG adopts 50/50 jobs-population RHNA methodology and increases affordability adjustment to 20%
Summary
HCOG identified a preferred RHNA allocation methodology weighting jobs and population equally (50%/50%) and approved increasing the income-category adjustment from 10% to 20%; the board voted unanimously to begin the 60-day public review and follow the statutory timeline to finalize the methodology.
The Humboldt County Association of Governments board on Sept. 18 selected a preferred methodology to allocate the region's 5,962-unit Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for cycle 7 and approved increasing the income-category adjustment used to distribute units among affordability bands.
HCOG Executive Director Brandon Byrd said the Regional Housing Needs Determination, received from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on July 15, 2025, totals 5,962 units for the region. Byrd said RHNA is a planning requirement that "is not an expectation that these units are necessarily constructed or caused to be constructed by local agencies" but instead requires jurisdictions to plan and zone for their assigned units.
After discussion by the HCOG staff-led RHNA working group and public input, the board…
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