The California Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) recently released the
2022 Statewide Housing Plan (plan), which is a statutorily
required report that is updated every four years to outline the
state’s housing challenges and strategies to address them over
the next 10 years.
The updated plan lays out California’s vision to meet its goal of
adding at least 2.5 million homes over roughly eight years, with
no less than 1 million of those homes targeted for lower-income
households. This represents the cumulative number of homes that
cities and counties across California must zone for through 2030
by law and is more than double the housing planned for in the
last eight-year housing needs cycle.
The plan includes a 10-year Data
Strategy and a
Housing Data Dashboard. The Data Strategy lays out goals and
data priorities to help target anti-displacement and homelessness
prevention resources, preserve existing affordable housing,
remove barriers to development, and support land use policies
that promote housing for all Californians. The Data Dashboard
provides users with detailed data on housing conditions and
costs, households and their housing needs, and housing production
at the state, county, and regional level – making the latest
housing data available in an intuitive interface.
HCD consulted with stakeholders through listening sessions,
surveys, and workgroups to develop the Statewide Housing Plan,
and CSAC staff participated in this process.
