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Piedmont staff present 2024 housing element APR; city reported nine completed housing units
Summary
Staff presented Piedmont’s 2024 Annual Progress Report to HCD: 21 planning permits, 16 building permits and nine units with final inspection approval in 2024; HCD will check RHNA progress in 2027 and SB 423 carries ministerial streamlining implications if mid-cycle benchmarks are missed.
City staff presented the 2024 Annual Progress Report (APR) required by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Senior Planner Pierce McDonald said Piedmont filed the APR on April 1 and submitted a revised version May 9 after minor HCD edits; the report documents program implementation, permit activity, and housing-unit production in 2024.
McDonald reported that in 2024 Piedmont recorded 21 planning permits approved, 16 building permits issued, and nine housing units obtaining final inspection approval; the 2024 affordability outcomes for final units were none very low, seven low, one moderate and one above-moderate. Staff noted private development—primarily accessory dwelling units and a few small multi-unit projects—accounted for the city’s 2024 production. "Each April 1, cities in California are required to file an annual progress report or APR on the progress made implementing their housing elements," McDonald said.
Council members asked whether issuance of building permits is an obligation of the city. Staff clarified the city's role is to "set the table" (zoning, programs and processes) to enable others to build; the production obligation is measured in units produced toward the RHNA allocation. Staff reminded the council that under recent state law (SB 423) HCD will check progress in 2027 using the 2026 APR; if Piedmont misses the halfway point, certain projects that include 10% very-low-income (or 20% moderate-income) affordability may qualify for ministerial, objective review that is exempt from CEQA and not subject to appeal.
