Committee backs resolution asking state housing agency to extend timeline and correct Policy & Practice Review language

Nov 27, 2023

The committee amended and continued a resolution directing the City Attorney and city lobbyist to request that the California Department of Housing and Community Development extend the housing element implementation deadline and revise its Policy & Practice Review letter to address equity/AFFH concerns, then continued the resolution one week to allow public review of the amendments.

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President Darren Peskin introduced a resolution Nov. 27 directing the City Attorney and the City’s state lobbyist to request that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) extend the housing‑element implementation deadline, revise and correct its Policy & Practice Review (PPR) letter to respond to San Francisco’s housing element and affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) obligations, and to work collaboratively with the city rather than imposing a prescriptive timeline.

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