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Planning commission unanimously backs submission of 2024 housing element progress report
Summary
The Desert Hot Springs Planning Commission on March 11 recommended the City Council adopt and submit the 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report to state agencies, citing progress on ADUs and pipeline projects while noting an ongoing shortfall in deed-restricted affordable units.
The Desert Hot Springs Planning Commission voted unanimously on March 11 to recommend that the City Council adopt the city's 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report and direct staff to submit it to state agencies.
Travis Clark, housing and community development staff, told commissioners the APR documents the city's progress toward its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the sixth planning cycle (2021'2029). "It's actually due April 1st each year," Clark said, and the report tracks entitled, permitted and completed units by income category.
Clark reported 206 entitled units in 2024 compared with 475 in 2023; permitted units were largely unchanged at about…
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