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Mount Shasta planning staff lays out 8‑year housing element workplan; tiny homes, multifamily and affordable-housing tools emphasized
Summary
Planning staff presented the city's adopted sixth-cycle housing element and an eight-year Housing Action Plan that prioritizes permitting changes, site monitoring, preservation of existing units and outreach to affordable-housing developers. Commissioners discussed fee tools, in-lieu options and public outreach.
Jeff, planning staff, told the Planning Commission on Jan. 21 that the city's housing element document is a working guide for the next eight years and includes a Housing Action Plan staff will use to report progress annually to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
"Technically, the housing element is good for the sixth cycle; it's a fancy way of saying the next eight years," Jeff said, describing the document as "55 pages" with about 57 programs and a succinct Housing Action Plan used for monitoring and HCD reporting.
The presentation summarized the element's seven goals and prioritized programs the city should front-load into the next 12 to 16 months. Key topics covered included: ensuring adequate sites and "no net loss" of housing capacity; by-right multifamily allowances tied to the city's objective design standards; changes to accessory dwelling unit…
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