Mountain Housing Council Update Tara Zuardo [email protected] What The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Does Community Grant-Making Market-based Solutions Family Scholarships To Nonprofits for Forest Health Strengthening through CCTT Emergency Expand Housing Affordable Response Fund for Locals Housing Projects Mountain Housing Council A project of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, the Mountain Housing Council (MHC) brings together 29 diverse stakeholders; businesses, local governments, community groups, special districts, and housing advocates; to take on the challenges of achievable local housing in the North Tahoe-Truckee region. ● Educate and Provide Community Resources ● Convene Local funders & partners who financially support local housing ● Engage in advocacy efforts for state and federal policies that impact housing in the North Tahoe-Truckee region ● Provide Housing “Hub”: resource for developers, homeowners, local jurisdictions, and land owners ● Get engaged local businesses, public agencies, nonprofits, and community members engaged & involved in important housing decisions Register www.mountainhousingcouncil.org Our Partners MHC PARTNERS Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee Tahoe City Public Utility District Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe Tahoe Donner Association Donner Summit Association Tahoe Prosperity Center Martis Fund Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mountain Area Preservation Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors Nevada County Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation North Lake Tahoe Resort Association Town of Truckee North Tahoe Public Utility District Truckee Chamber of Commerce Olympic Valley Public Service District Truckee Downtown Merchants Association Placer County Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Sierra Business Council Management Association Sierra Community House Truckee Tahoe Airport District Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows Truckee Tahoe Workforce Housing Agency Sugar Bowl Resort Vail Resorts/Northstar California Visit Truckee-Tahoe 2016 Housing Needs Survey: What We Learned ● 33,300 units - 80% single family homes ○ more than half built before 1979 ● 65% vacant more than half the time ● 76% of our residents pay more than 30% of their income on housing ● 474 – The number of local below-market housing units within eight complexes ○ 0 – The number of vacancies within those complexes ○ 6 months – 2 years – The typical wait list time for one of those units ● 58.6% of local employees commute in from outside of our region ● 4,100 full-time employees in the North Tahoe-Truckee region are overpaying, living in overcrowded homes, or need a place to live Regional Housing Implementation Plan 2021 vs. 2016 Truckee’s needs are Placer’s needs, as people move in & out - we function as one community 6/25 MHC Emergency Meeting Goal: Brainstorm on immediate housing solutions that can be implemented within the next six months to help provide more workforce housing opportunities in the region Groups: • Identifying Sites for Emergency Summer Housing • Employer-Led Housing Solutions • Emergency Declaration & Urgency Clause • Regulatory Relief Programs • Housing Solutions Fund Coming Soon: Site Specific ‘Pitch Sheets’ Using three “ready” sites (e.g., Kings Beach (infill), Northstar area (employee/seasonal), Truckee/Donner Summit), and building on available tools and policies, the pitch sheets will demonstrate a process through which we leverage partnerships, regulatory/policy tools, financing mechanisms, etc. to address the region’s housing needs. Analyze Evaluate Incorporate applicability of Develop Pitch existing and community strategies to sheet for each potential policy feedback opportunity of the 3 sites tools sites Thank you! VISIT US EMAIL 11071 Donner [email protected] Pass Rd PHONE Truckee, CA 530.587.17 96161 FAX76 MAIL 530.550.7985 P.O. Box 366 @ttcfgives Truckee, CA 96160 East Placer Immediate Housing Solutions Board of Supervisors July 27, 2021 Emily Setzer Senior Management Analyst Community Development Resource Agency Recent East Placer Housing Updates Regulatory • ADU amendments to Zoning Ordinance – April 2020 • Single Room Occupancy amendment – Dec. 2020 • ADU amendments to Tahoe Basin Area Plan – February 2021 • Countywide Zoning Ordinance housing amendments (would allow tiny houses) – Potential BOS adoption August 2021 Programs & Projects • Workforce Housing Preservation Program launching July 2021 with $500,000 • Hopkins Village 40-unit for-sale development for local workers earning 180% Area Median Income accepting applications, opening Spring 2022 • Meadowview Place, 56-unit affordable housing rentals, opening Fall/Winter 2021 • Dollar Creek Crossing environmental review beginning Summer 2021 20 Long-Term Rental Grant Program Monitoring and Adaptive Management • Unlock existing rooms and houses for long-term rentals • Would model after Truckee’s program • County would provide grant to homeowners who agree to rent to local worker(s) for 12 months • Landing Locals, a local home-matching company, would manage the program • Half the grant provided once the lease is signed, the other half provided at the 12-month mark upon verification of tenancy • Truckee provided $3,000/house rented to local worker(s) o In one year, 15 houses secured with 6 more being finalized o Truckee refining program to rent per local worker vs. per house • Placer’s program would be very similar but financial incentive amounts and income restrictions may vary 21 Temporary Regulatory Concepts for Discussion • Temporarily expand allowances for Boarding and Rooming House Use o Could update regulations to allow more than four boarders per house to encourage long-term rentals in larger houses • Create Temporary Emergency Housing Permit and Safe Parking Program o Could allow local workers in the East Placer/North Tahoe region to park and stay in vehicles overnight in specified locations for a limited time period while the individuals transition to permanent housing. o Could allow parking in certain County-owned parking lots and/or on specified residential or commercial properties by temporarily updating the County’s parking, caretaker and employee housing, and temporary dwellings regulations o Modeled after safe parking programs from other communities such as San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Mountain View, Oakland, and Los Angeles 22 Discussion 23 Extra Slides 24 2021 Sources 2021 Housing Survey Methodology Methodology for Placer Stats ● Identified total number of households with workers using ESRI/Census American Community Survey data ● Used Census Public Use Microsample (PUMS) data to categorized workforce households by both income category and household size ● Multiplied the total number of workforce households within each income category by the percent of AMI categories to produce proportion of households within each income category that experience inadequate housing.