Housing Element

Overview

The City of Milpitas is committed to producing and preserving a variety of housing types and densities that provide choices for individuals and families of all income levels, age groups, and those with special needs to locate in Milpitas.

2023 to 2031 Housing Element Update

The Housing Element is the chapter of the General Plan that local jurisdictions in California use to plan for current and future housing needs. Each jurisdiction's projected housing need is determined through the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process, which is based on projected Statewide growth in households as determined by the California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

Each city or county in California is then required to produce a Housing Element that analyzes the City’s housing needs, assesses past accomplishments and fair housing practices, shows opportunities for future residential development, and addresses potential constraints to the development of housing in the city. It aims to promote and preserve housing, while furthering other goals described in the General Plan, including building vibrant and walkable neighborhoods and maintaining an equitable balance of land uses.

The Housing Element is updated every eight years and commits the city to actions that will ensure a diverse and adequate supply of housing that is affordable and accessible to households at all income levels including special needs groups such as the elderly and people with disabilities.  The City's external Housing Element site ran by Raimi and Associates which was used to continuously update the public and interested stakeholders on the City's progress is still available at this link. 

2023-2031 Housing Element Appendices                                                                                                                                                                                 

Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment

This chapter reviews the existing and projected housing needs of the community and provides an overview of socio-demographic information, such as population characteristics, household information, housing stock, tenure, and housing affordability. The assessment also considers special housing needs for seniors, farmworkers, homeless, large households, and female-headed households.

Appendix B: Housing Constraints

Housing Constraints analyzes governmental and non-governmental impediments to housing production across all income levels. It is foundational to policies and programs included in the Housing Plan to overcome some of these identified barriers.

Appendix C: Housing Resources

Housing Resources analyzes the infrastructural, financial, and administrative resources available to the city to realize the housing programs.

Appendix D: Review of Past Accomplishments

This chapter reviews the results and progress of past housing programs adopted in the previous 5th Cycle Housing Element. It compares the stated outcomes with actual results and informs the programs in the current Housing Plan.

Appendix E: Future Housing Needs

Future Housing Needs supplies the detailed inventory of sites shown in the city that are suitable for residential development within the 6th Cycle planning period. It defines the assumptions and the methods used to meet the RHNA.

Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

This chapter analyzes the sites identified in the Future Housing Needs inventory through the lens of fair housing, including integration and segregation, racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs.

It also includes the Assessment of Fair Housing which has the purpose of providing a basis, grounded in data and robust community engagement, for future action tin four core fair housing issues: segregation, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), disproportionate housing needs (including those associated with displacement), and disparities in access to opportunity.

Appendix G: Public Engagement and Input

The Public Engagement and Input chapter summarizes the community engagement process and the results of engagement activities that informed the Housing Element.