Housing Elements Checklist for Supportive Housing May 2015, Publication #CM58.01 Section 1: Introduction Disability Rights California’s publication, Everyone’s Backyard: Addressing “Not in My Backyard” Opposition to Supportive Housing for People with Mental Health Disabilities (“Everyone’s Backyard”), discusses the important role of land use and planning in promoting supportive housing for people with mental health disabilities. In California, the principal planning document for this purpose is the housing element of a local government’s general plan. The housing element is designed to make provision for the housing needs of all economic “adequate segments of the community.” Housing elements must be reviewed and approved by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”). Section 2 of this publication contains a checklist that is designed to help advocates and land use planners ensure that their housing elements adequately plan for supportive housing. The checklist includes references to HCD’s housing elements technical assistance materials. Everyone’s Backyard contains additional information and resources for housing elements as they apply to supportive housing. These resources include the following: - HCD, Housing Element Update Guidance - HCD Memorandum, Senate Bill 2 Legislation Effective January 1, 2008: – Local Planning and Approval for Emergency Shelters and Transitional and Supportive Housing (May 7, 2008) (“HCD SB 2 Memo”) - HCD Memorandum, Transitional and Supportive Housing: re SB 745: Chapter 183, Statutes of 2013 (SB 745) (April 14, 2014) (“HCD SB 745 Memo”) - California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Interest Law Project, California Housing Element Manual and Appendices
Housing Elements Checklist for Supportive Housing May 2015, Publication #CM58.01 Section 1: Introduction Disability Rights California’s publication, Everyone’s Backyard: Addressing “Not in My Backyard” Opposition to Supportive Housing for People with Mental Health Disabilities (“Everyone’s Backyard”), discusses the important role of land use and planning in promoting supportive housing for people with mental health disabilities. In California, the principal planning document for this purpose is the housing element of a local government’s general plan. The housing element is designed to make “adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community.” Housing elements must be reviewed and approved by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”). Section 2 of this publication contains a checklist that is designed to help advocates and land use planners ensure that their housing elements adequately plan for supportive housing. The checklist includes references to HCD’s housing elements technical assistance materials. Everyone’s Backyard contains additional information and resources for housing elements as they apply to supportive housing. These resources include the following: - HCD, Housing Element Update Guidance - HCD Memorandum, Senate Bill 2 – Legislation Effective January 1, 2008: Local Planning and Approval for Emergency Shelters and Transitional and Supportive Housing (May 7, 2008) (“HCD SB 2 Memo”) - HCD Memorandum, Transitional and Supportive Housing: re SB 745: Chapter 183, Statutes of 2013 (SB 745) (April 14, 2014) (“HCD SB 745 Memo”) - California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Interest Law Project, California Housing Element Manual and Appendices
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