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Commission reviews Butte County 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports; housing shortfall for lower-income categories noted
Summary
Staff presented the county's 2024 Annual Progress Reports required by the state; 71 brand-new homes were recorded in unincorporated Butte County in 2024 and were all classified above-moderate income. Remaining RHNA obligations for the cycle were summarized, and staff noted an incoming 61-unit affordable application.
Mark Michellena of Development Services presented the General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports for calendar year 2024, which the county must file with the state Office of Planning and Research and the Department of Housing and Community Development by April 1.
Michellena explained the state counts only brand‑new homes (not rebuilds), and that the county recorded 71 brand‑new homes in 2024; those units were all classified as above‑moderate income under state categories. He summarized remaining RHNA obligations for the current planning cycle (June 2022–June 2030), listing remaining needs as: very low — 272 units; low — 361 units; moderate — 912 units; extremely low — 136 units for this cycle.
Staff noted a new application for a 61‑unit affordable housing project has entered the permitting queue and may add very low and low units. Public comment and commissioners discussed that much of the county's affordable housing loss occurred in the Camp Fire burn areas, that municipality versus unincorporated allocations are handled through the Butte County Association of Governments, and that some board-level policy choices have affected encouragement of affordable housing in unincorporated/burn‑scar areas. No action was taken; the item was informational and will be transmitted to the Board for the county's APR filing.
