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Nevada City staff reports progress on sixth‑cycle housing element; city exceeds lower‑income target and receives much larger seventh‑cycle allocation
Summary
City planner Jessica Henkins reported the city met and exceeded its sixth‑cycle lower‑income goal (59 units vs. required 52) and said Nevada City received a seventh‑cycle RHNA allocation of 424 units, including more than 200 low‑income units; the commission will forward the annual report to city council for approval and submittal to the state.
City planner Jessica Henkins told the Nevada City Planning Commission that the city’s annual progress report on the sixth‑cycle housing element shows substantial work but incomplete overall progress toward the 135‑unit allocation for the cycle.
“We have a housing allocation of 135 units of which 52 units have to be lower income,” Henkins said, and staff reported the city has achieved 59 lower‑income units to date, exceeding that statutory minimum.
Henkins said staff has…
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