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Eureka officials weigh formal appeal after HCOG’s RHNA methodology increases low‑income share
Summary
City staff told council HCOG’s adopted RHNA method would assign Eureka a larger share of below‑moderate units; council members signaled support for filing a formal appeal while staff will continue work on the city’s housing element.
City staff recommended that the council consider filing a formal appeal to HCOG over the regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) methodology adopted Dec. 18, arguing the process and weighting could perpetuate concentrations of lower‑income housing in Eureka.
Kenyon, the department services director, said the state set the regional need at 5,962 net new housing units for the seventh RHNA cycle and HCOG first allocated jurisdictions by a jobs/population formula before adjusting the distribution among income…
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