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Escondido planning staff reports modest progress on 2024 housing element goals
Summary
City planning staff presented the 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report, reporting that Escondido has begun construction on a portion of its Regional Housing Needs Allocation but remains well short of the 2021–2029 RHNA target; no formal action was required of the commission.
Priscilla Boldon, an associate planner for the city of Escondido, told the Planning Commission on March 11 that the city’s 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report is being filed with state agencies and that no formal commission action was required.
The presentation matters because state law requires cities to update and report on their housing elements and progress toward the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA, which sets local targets for housing production. Boldon said Escondido’s RHNA allocation for the 2021–2029 cycle is 9,670 units, divided across very low-, low-, moderate- and above-moderate-income categories.
Boldon summarized how units count toward the RHNA target and the three development milestones the city tracks: entitlement approval, construction permit issuance (the stage at which a unit may count toward RHNA), and final building inspection. She said the city issued 249 construction permits in 2021 and cited permits and final inspections in subsequent years…
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