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Placer County adopts local preference policy for future affordable housing units
Summary
The Board adopted a priority applicant policy May 11 that gives preference to local workers, current residents or those who lived locally within the past decade for future income‑restricted units; the policy will apply to projects getting land use permits on or after July 1 and includes annual reporting requirements.
Placer County supervisors voted May 11 to adopt a local priority applicant policy for future income‑restricted housing projects, giving preference to local workers, current residents and people who lived in the area within the last 10 years.
Marie Maniscalco, housing development project planner in the CEO’s Office of Economic Development and Housing, said the policy will apply countywide to future projects that receive land use permits on or after July 1 and creates two geographic preference areas — the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District boundary and the rest of western Placer. Preferred applicants will be processed ahead of others, and the policy will be implemented by housing operators through conditions of approval, funding agreements and deed restrictions when the county is a funder.
Maniscalco told the board a consultant completed a fair housing analysis and concluded the preference is unlikely to create a disparate racial impact given the planned scope and application of the preference. The policy includes annual reporting requirements and a rollout plan that will notify HCD and local housing operators.
The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Supervisor Gustafson and seconded by Supervisor DeMate. By roll call vote Supervisors Gustafson, DeMate and Landon voted yes; Supervisors Gore and Jones were absent. The board adopted the policy.
What’s next: Staff will post the policy, notify the State Department of Housing and Community Development as required, include the policy in the housing element annual report and begin outreach to housing operators to implement the preference in future project applications.
