Housing Element Updates

Adoption Hearing on November 19th, 2024

The Housing Game Plan, or also known as the 6th Cycle Housing Element, is a comprehensive plan committing to a diverse range of housing and affordability ranges for all of our residents over a specific period, usually eight years. The Housing Element addresses various aspects like number of homes needed, where they should be located, and how they can be affordable for different income levels. It's essentially a roadmap for how a place plans to provide homes for its residents. Mandated by the state agency HCD, we're expeditiously working towards completing and adopting this plan by 2024. The Planning Department has partnered with Rincon Consultants and Dudek, to finalize a document that not only meets the goals of the region but also reflect the unique vision of Fullerton.

For questions, or to provide commentary, please email Chris Schaefer, the Planning Division Manager.

Chris.Schaefer@cityoffullerton.com

The Revised Draft Housing Element is available for public review starting November 13, 2024. Those wishing to provide comments can do so in writing. The document may be accessed here: Draft Housing Element 2024.

The following video is from Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG) as it relates to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) that defines required units for our Housing Element efforts.

Click the following links for more information:

1. Draft Housing Element November 2024

2. Draft Housing Element November 2021

3. HCD Letter Dated January 2022

4. HCD Comment Letter May 9th 2024

5. HCD Comment Letter August 15th 2024

6. Housing Element Compliance and Non-Compliance

7. Draft EIR Fullerton Housing Incentive Overlay Zone Program

8. HIOZ EIR Appendix A-G - Initial Study, Site Inventory, Air Quality, Service Letters, VMT Analysis, Tribal Consultations, Alternative Housing Inventory

9. HIOZ Notice of Availability

10. Fullerton HIOZ Final Program EIR

11. Attachment A_MMRP

12. Fullerton HIOZ FOF-SOC

Housing Incentive Overlay Zone (HIOZ)

The Housing Incentive Overlay Zone (HIOZ) is a zoning tool that would be applied to selected properties that is currently only zoned for commercial or industrial uses. This “overlay” zone would permit the development of housing on the property that incorporates a specified percentage of deed-restricted affordable housing units.

The purpose of the HIOZ is to provide optional standards and incentives for the development of a wide variety of housing developments in addition to the base zone. The HIOZ does not change the existing or underlying zoning classification of a property. Nor does it require the development of housing. Instead, it overlays a additional housing zoning classification on top of the existing zoning classification. The property can continue operating as it does today, or it can be redeveloped or improved within current zoning regulations.

The following video summarizes the City's HIOZ efforts to provide you insight into the project as well as the scoring factors used to identify feasible parcels for the draft map.

PARA LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL DE ESTE VIDEO, HAGA CLIC AQUÍ.

The following map by HUD identifies Qualified Census Tracts (QCT's) within the Fullerton community that are identified as any census tract (or equivalent geographic area defined by the Census Bureau) in which at least 50% of households have an income less than 60% of the Area Median Gross Income (AMGI). HUD has defined 60% of AMGI as 120% of HUD's Very Low-Income Limits (VLILs), which are based on 50% of area median family income, adjusted for high cost and low-income areas.