Big news! We’ve added new housing program data - check them out under “Housing Programs” on each city page.
Housing programs are the strategies that cities and counties legally have at their disposal to produce more and preserve existing affordable housing, as well as protect existing residents from getting displaced from their homes and communities.
Local housing programs, as part of a housing element, have significant impacts on a city or county reaching its affordable housing goals. Each additional housing policy has a significant impact on the residents who are most in need of affordable housing. However, the number of programs that a jurisdiction includes in their housing element is not meant to imply how well a city or county is addressing local housing needs since the quality and impact of each will need to be determined as well.
Use the below data to explore this jurisdiction’s approaches to affirmatively furthering fair housing for the 6th element cycle, and review the actions, deliverables, and deadlines committed to for each program.
PROGRAM NUMBER | ACTIONS | DELIVERABLE | DELIVERABLE DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| A4.1-2 | Collaborate with the Housing Authority of the City of Napa and the Napa County Housing Authority to support the three farmworker housing centers, including the Calistoga Center. Coordination meetings shall occur at least annually. | Meet with the Housing Authority of the City of Napa (HACN) and the Napa County Housing Authority annually, and continue to provide annual funding | Annually. Funding is ongoing |
| A4.1-6 | Provide incentives, such as site coverage or reductions to open space requirements, to market-rate rental housing projects that provide affordable 3-bedroom and/or 4-bedroom (“large” units. Incentives shall be in place by August 2026, targeting 6 affordable large units constructed in multifamily housing by end of planning period. From programs: "provide incentives to market-rate rental housing projects of 10 or more units that provide affordable three- and four- bedroom units, which may include waivers from or modifications to development standards as determined to be appropriate through the development review process." | 6 affordable large units constructed in multifamily housing by end of planning period. | August 2026 |
| A4.5-1 | Conduct annual workshops with childcare facilities, community-based organizations, and other groups focused on supporting female householders with children under 18 in addressing their needs. Workshops shall be followed by action plans no more than three months after workshop conclusion, targeting all of Calistoga’s female-headed households with children under 18. The first workshop will take place by December 2024. Workshop locations should be in or easily accessible to Census Tract 2020 Block Groups 1 and 3 | Workshops shall be followed by action plans no more than three months after workshop conclusion, targeting all of Calistoga’s female-headed households with children under 18...Workshop locations should be in or easily accessible to Census Tract 2020 Block Groups 1 and 3 | The first workshop will take place by December 2024. |
| A1-5-2 | Conduct public workshops with worker organizations, cooperative housing specialists, major employers, and local organizations to identify clear needs, available resources, and the viability of cooperative housing as potential solutions for workforce housing opportunities. The first workshops shall be held by December 2025. | Conduct two public workshops with worker organizations and cooperative housing specialists on the viability of cooperative housing as a housing solution to accommodate workforce housing. | First workshop by December 2025, second no more than 4 years thereafter |
| A6.1-6 | Amend Calistoga Municipal Code to ensure compliance with Employee Housing Act by August 2025. | Amend Zoning Code as necessary to ensure compliance with the Employee Housing Act | August 2025 |
| A7.1-3 | Release a Request for Proposals to create a Fair Housing Marketing Plan by July 2025. This effort could help address fair housing actions in this program, targeting outreach to 50 households by 2028 and an additional 30 by end of planning period. | targeting outreach to 50 households by 2028 and an additional 30 by end of planning period. | 2025; end of planning period |
| A3.2-2 | Continue to administer the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance and defend it against legal challenges. Monitor the effectiveness of the Ordinance and revise if necessary to maximize its effectiveness, with the goal of preserving 556 low and moderate income units. | Monitor the effectiveness of the Ordinance and revise if necessary to maximize its effectiveness, with the goal of preserving 556 low and moderate income units. | Ongoing |
| A1.3-1 | Implement Calistoga’s Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) schedule from 2022-2032 to improve conditions for households at all income levels citywide including areas that have higher need and are experiencing more deterioration and correspond generally with lower and moderate income households. CIP improvements include resurfacing, public sidewalks, and parks. Target at least 5 improvements within the planning period | Target at least 5 improvements within the planning period | First report in 2025, annually thereafter |
| A1.3-6 | Implement Calistoga’s Active Transportation Plan to improve transportation access resulting in greater mobility into and through Calistoga’s downtown (where development is being focused). Targeting 1 transportation project complete annually. | Targeting 1 transportation project complete annually. | 1 Project complete annually |
| A1-.2-4 | Permit adaptive residential reuse of inns, motels, and ground-floor commercial space by August 2025, targeting the development of two such projects by end of planning period. | Amend the Zoning Code to permit adaptive reuse (for long-term housing) of inns, motels, housing cooperatives and non-storefront ground floor commercial space in residential and commercial zones. | August 2025 |
| A1.2-5 | Conduct public workshops and annual outreach events to promote long-term lease agreements for workforce housing in vacation homes, beginning in 2024. Conduct 6 workshops in the planning period, identifying at least 5 leases. | AFFH matrix: Conduct 6 workshops in the planning period, identifying at least 5 leases. Programs section: Conduct first workshop by October 2024 and second by October 2025, and annually thereafter at a time that is peak vacation home usage. | AFFH matrix: Conduct 6 workshops in the planning period, identifying at least 5 leases. Programs section: Conduct first workshop by October 2024 and second by October 2025, and annually thereafter at a time that is peak vacation home usage. |
| A1.3-5 | Establish a program to subsidize development impact and connection fees for affordable housing projects by December 2026, with subsidized fees for at least 4 projects by end of planning period. | subsidize all or part of development impact and connection fees for affordable housing projects with funding assistance from sources such as TOT, in-lieu fees, development agreements, inclusionary housing and/or grant funding to support provision of short term, pre-development, acquisition, and/or construction funding. ..Subsidize fees for at least 4 projects | December 2026 |
| A2.2-3 | Host annual workshops on rental assistance resources and services with partner organization, beginning in 2025 | Work with a community organization to formalize a partnership (in conjunction with Policy A1.2-6); Formalize partnership by December 2024, annual workshops thereafter | Formalize partnership by December 2024, annual workshops thereafter |
| A4.1-5 | Promote on City’s Housing Resources webpage local housing programs, organizations, and agencies that provide affordable housing programs and resources. Promotion will begin by the end of 2023. | Conduct quarterly assessment of City’s Housing Resources webpage to update and refresh local housing programs and links to local housing organizations and housing agencies that provide affordable housing programs and resources with information on tenant and landlord rights and responsibilities | First assessment by December 2023, quarterly (every three months) thereafter. |
| A6.1-3, A6.1-4, A6.1-7 | Amend Calistoga Municipal Code to remove constraints on project feasibility and reaching maximum densities, specifically for smaller unit types, by August 2025. | A6.1-3: Amend CMC 17.36 to allow the shared use of parking spaces where it can be demonstrated that this will not result in an unacceptable impact on parking in the public right-of-way or on off-street parking lots. This demonstration can include a parking study that examines actual parking usage or by assigning peak parking usage times to different permitted uses; A6-14: Amend Zoning Code as necessary to ensure compliance with Government Code Section 65651 requiring that Supportive and Transitional Housing be permitted by-right in zones where multifamily and/or mixed-uses are permitted. A6.1-7: Amend Zoning Code 17.36 Off-Street Parking and Loading to address any actual or potential constraints on project feasibility and reaching maximum densities specifically for smaller unit types such as studio and one-bedroom units. | By August 2025, in conjunction |
| A2.1-5 | Change the zoning on housing opportunity sites to allow ministerial review of housing development projects when a minimum of 20 percent of the units in the development are affordable to extremely low-, very low-, low-, or moderate-income households. On sites involving potential side consolidation (site F and site G), include incentives to promote consolidation such as site coverage bonuses or reductions in open space requirements. | Develop at least 6 units on City-owned land (Site G) by December 2029 | Zoning changes bu August 2025; Develop at least 6 units on City-owned land (Site G) by December 2029 |
| A1.2-2 | Amend Zoning Code’s regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) pursuant to AB 671 to encourage development. The amendment shall include incentives to build and to rent out accessory dwelling units to lower income community members and local workers. Incentives include: a. Streamlining processing procedures for ADU to ensure applications are processed within a maximum of 60 days. b. Promote pre-approved ADU plans to prospective ADU applicants. Pre-approved plans can come from the Napa/Sonoma Collaborative. Use of these plans will reduce upfront costs to the applicant and reduce processing times. c. Modify ADU development standards (such as size, front setbacks, parking, height, and fee reductions) to be less restrictive than state law. d. Consider providing reduced fee rates for ADUs that are deed-restricted to income levels less than 160% AMI not related to the resident of the primary dwelling. e. Monitor ADU production to ensure that Housing Element objectives (3 units per year for 24 total ADUs) are met. | Amend the Zoning Code’s regulation for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in order to incentivize the development of 24 ADUs, 21 of which affordable to very low, low, and moderate income households, by the end of the planning period | August 2025 for a through d; e is ongoing; develop units by the end of the planning period |
| A2.1-2 | Monitor the City’s Affordable Housing Fund and convey it as a source of funding for affordable housing to extremely low, very low, and moderate income households. Provide outreach materials beginning January 2024 and use Affordable Housing Fund as funding source for at least 1 project in the planning period. | Provide outreach materials beginning January 2024 and use Affordable Housing Fund as funding source for at least 1 project in the planning period. | Provide outreach materials beginning January 2024 and use Affordable Housing Fund as funding source for at least 1 project in the planning period. |
| A2.1-7 | Conduct an Inclusionary Housing Nexus Study (initiated by July 2024) and engage with local development community and affordable housing advocates to evaluate the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and in-lieu fee requirements for effectiveness. Amend the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance as appropriate by December 2025. The Nexus Study may be done in collaboration with other Napa County jurisdictions. The fee will support the construction of 69 affordable units during the planning period. | The fee will support the construction of 69 affordable units during the planning period. | Initiate study by July 2024, and adopt updated ordinance and in-lieu fee by December 2025 as deemed appropriate. The fee will support the construction of 69 affordable units during the planning period. |
| A5.102 | Meet with volunteer groups such as Rebuilding Calistoga to coordinate in pursuing CDBG Grant funding to help lower-income households maintain and upgrade their property. The first meeting shall be by July 2024, and funding will support the rehabilitation of 16 lower-income units over the planning period. | The first meeting shall be by July 2024, and funding will support the rehabilitation of 16 lower-income units over the planning period. | The first meeting shall be by July 2024, and funding will support the rehabilitation of 16 lower-income units over the planning period. |