Yucaipa Housing Element
The General Plan serves as a blueprint for the future of the city, and includes goals and policies intended to shape and guide its development. State law requires that each and every city adopt a General Plan containing at least seven elements, including the Housing Element. Unlike other general plan elements, the Housing Element is required by law to be updated every 8 years and is subject to detailed statutory requirements and also a mandatory review by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
The General Plan’s Housing Element is the City of Yucaipa’s official housing plan and serves as the chief policy document on housing-related issues. A Housing Element provides the plan and programs that focus on conserving and improving existing affordable housing; providing adequate housing sites for all income levels; assisting in the development of affordable housing; removing constraints to housing development; and promoting equal housing opportunities.
Each year, the City must also prepare an annual progress report showing its efforts towards meeting the goals of the Housing Element, including a counting of all of the housing projects that were proposed and/or approved, and the number of housing units that were built.