State law requires that every City and county in California adopt a Housing Element as part of its General Plan. The purpose of the Housing Element is to ensure that local governments adequately plan to meet the housing needs of all people within the community - regardless of their income.

A community’s Housing Element establishes programs, policies, and land use strategies to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Strategies may include ways to reduce barriers to housing development, minimize housing development costs, facilitate development of balanced communities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve neighborhoods - especially those with racial concentrations and high rates of poverty.

A new State law (SB 686 (2018)) also requires localities to plan through their Housing Elements to affirmatively further fair housing opportunities for residents in certain ‘protected classes,’ or types of people protected under law. Protected classes include race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, sex (including pregnancy status), gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age (40 and older), status as a domestic violence survivor, and other categories.

In addition, the State requires communities to report annually on the resources available to meet housing needs from former redevelopment agencies.

CITY OF SAN JOSÉ ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT 2023-2031

On January 29, 2024, HCD certified the City of San José’s 2023-2031 Housing Element. The Housing Element is comprised of six chapters. The Assessment of Fair Housing can be found in Chapter 2 of the document.

• Adopted Housing Element 2023-31

For the 2023-2031 Housing Element period, the City’s annual progress reports on the Housing Element, combined with the City’s annual Housing Successor Reports to HCD, are listed below:

• Housing Element 2023 annual progress report

State law requires cities and counties to prepare an annual progress report on the implementation of their Housing Element and to submit it to HCD each spring. The annual report reviews progress on housing production and housing strategies.

In addition, the State also requires that redevelopment housing successor agencies, such as the City of San José’s Housing Department (which is the housing successor for the former San José Redevelopment Agency), report annually on certain funding and assets made available for affordable housing through the redevelopment agencies.

For the 2014-2023 Housing Element period, the City’s annual progress reports on the Housing Element, combined with the City’s annual Housing Successor Reports to HCD, are listed below:

CITY OF SAN JOSÉ ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT 2014-2023

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) certified the City's Housing Element for the 2014-23 Planning Period on April 30, 2015

• Adopted Housing Element 2014-2023
• Final Annual Progress Report for the 2014-23 Housing Element

City of San José Adopted Housing Element 2007-2014

• Adopted Housing Element 2007-2014
• Final Annual Progress Report for the 2007-2014 Housing Element

Reports to HCD prior to redevelopment agencies' dissolution on San José's use of redevelopment funds for affordable housing are listed below:

• FY 2010-2011
• FY 2009-2010
• FY 2008-2009
• FY 2007-2008
• FY 2006-2007

Additional information on the Housing Element can be found on the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement website.

For questions or comments, please email the Policy and Planning Team or call 408-535-3860.

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