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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| H-a | The Town will provide information and promote programs and resources for affordable housing, homebuyer assistance, rental assistance, housing rehabilitation, energy efficiency and decarbonization of homes, fair housing, reasonable accommodation requests, and sources of income laws through the following means: 1. Maintain a page on the Town’s website that describes housing programs (such as Residential Rehabilitation Loans, Housing Choice Vouchers, Home Match, and the Affordable Housing and Home Buyer Readiness Program), affordable housing sources (such as the Below Market Rate Home Ownership Program), senior and disabled housing sources and services, fair housing laws, and landlord and tenant resources and provide direct links to County agencies and other resources that administer programs and/or provide more detailed information. 2. Include information on housing programs, affordable housing sources, senior and disabled housing sources and services, fair housing laws, and landlord and tenant resources in Town newsletters and other general communications that are sent to residents. 3. Maintain information and handouts at the Town’s public counter, including brochures published by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California. 4. Train selected Town staff to provide referrals. 5. Distribute information on programs at public locations (library, schools). 6. Collaborate with other agencies and local jurisdictions (County of Marin, Marin Housing Authority, Chamber of Commerce, EAH) to prepare presentations and distribute informational materials to improve awareness of housing needs, issues, fair housing, and available housing programs. 7. Distribute materials and brochures to neighborhood groups, homeowner associations, property owners and managers, real estate agents, ADU owners, religious institutions, businesses, and other interested groups (Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, etc.). 8. Adopt a Fair Housing Month proclamation each year. | Obtain and distribute materials; coordinate with other organizations. | Update website and distribute handouts and brochures, and complete actions 1-8 by 2024. Dedicate one Town newsletter each year to promote housing programs and resources and educate community members on fair housing laws. |
| H-b | Coordinate with local businesses, housing advocacy groups, neighborhood groups, and the Chamber of Commerce in building public understanding and support for workforce and special needs housing and other issues related to housing, including the community benefits of affordable housing, mixed-use, and pedestrian-oriented development. The Town will notify a broad representation of the community when housing programs are discussed by the Planning Commission or Town Council. Specific outreach activities include: 1. Maintain the Housing Element mailing list and send public hearing notices to all interested community members, non-profit agencies, and affected property owners. 2. Post notices at Town Hall, the library, and the post office. 3. Publish notices in the local newspaper. 4. Post information on the Town’s website. 5. Conduct outreach (workshops, neighborhood meetings) to the community as Housing Element programs are implemented. Invite local businesses, housing advocacy groups, neighborhood groups, and the Chamber of Commerce to make presentations and participate in workshops and neighborhood meetings. 6. Utilize local businesses, housing advocacy groups, neighborhood groups, and the Chamber of Commerce when conducting focus groups, surveys, and distributing information to their clients and members. | Undertake outreach for each Housing Element program per the Housing Element implementation schedule | Ongoing |
| H-c | Conduct targeted outreach to underrepresented community members, including the disabled, seniors, low-income households, people of color, and people who do not speak English as a first language. Provide housing-related materials in Spanish and provide language translation on the Town’s website. Provide surveys in Spanish and Spanish translation for workshops, and conduct focus groups with underrepresented community members. Utilize the Town’s affordable housing providers, Chamber of Commerce, and community groups representing protected class members to assist in outreach efforts. | Outreach to underrepresented communities, resulting in participation that reflects the make-up of the community, measured by recording demographic information (race, ethnicity, primary language, age, household income, etc.) of survey, focus group, and workshop participants. | Targeted outreach to occur in conjunction with the housing element update cycle and annually with a campaign to publicize affordable housing resources |
| H-d | Participate in a Housing Working Group that consists of staff at all Marin cities and towns and the County of Marin to participate in countywide housing projects, share best practices, and discuss housing issues. | Meet with Housing Working Group | Monthly, or as scheduled |
| H-e | Work with home match service providers such as Home Match Marin to help match over-housed seniors with potential lower income tenants or other seniors to save on housing costs. Promote these programs through outreach methods and venues described in Program H-b. | Obtain and distribute materials; coordinate with home match service providers; complete an average of 2 matches per year. | Update website and distribute handouts and brochures by 2024. Dedicate one Town newsletter each year to promote home match programs. |
| H-f | Town staff will meet and work with other public agencies and special districts (water, fire, schools, sanitary districts, etc.) to promote affordable housing through the provision of fee waivers, fee reductions, development of property, or other assistance for affordable housing projects. | Assistance and incentives for affordable housing | Annual outreach to public agencies and special districts to identify affordable housing initiatives with monthly meetings to develop and implement initiatives until projects are complete. |
| H-g | Work with the Golden Gate Regional Center to implement an outreach program that informs families within Tiburon on housing and services available for persons with developmental disabilities. Provide information on services on the Town’s website and distribute brochures supplied by the service providers. The Town will take the following specific actions in 2023: 1. Contact the Golden Gate Regional Center (GGRC) and establish a working relationship with a specific contact person. Enquire about other service providers that should be included in the Town’s outreach. 2. Request written information from the GGRC and other service providers on housing and services available for persons with developmental disabilities for posting on the Town’s website and inclusion in the Town’s newsletter. 3. Request brochures from the GGRC and other service providers on housing and services at Town Hall. 4. Discuss other actions with the GGRC the Town could take to promote housing and services available for the developmentally disabled and create an outreach program with specific steps for implementation. | Support programs to address needs of the developmentally disabled | Initiate a cooperative outreach program with the Golden Gate Regional Center in 2023 |
| H-h | As required by State law, the Town will review the status of Housing Element programs and submit a progress report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research by April 1st. | Annual review of Housing Element implementation progress | Annually by April 1st |
| H-i | Update the Tiburon Housing Element consistent with State law requirements. | Update and adopt housing element in compliance with State-mandated due date | 2031 |
| H-j | As required by State law, the Town will provide a copy of the adopted housing element update to water and sewer providers, including the Marin Municipal Water District, Sanitary District Number 5 of Marin County, Richardson Bay Sanitary District, and Sanitary District Number 2 of Marin County. The Town will also provide a summary and quantification of Tiburon’s regional housing need allocation. | Provide copy of Housing Element Update to water and sewer providers | Within one month of housing element adoption |
| H-k | Apply for state and local affordable housing funds including, but not limited to, the programs listed in Section 4.8. Commit these funds to one or more projects located on designated housing sites as shown in the Housing Sites Inventory Table 11, to projects targeted for persons with disabilities, including persons with developmental disabilities, and to projects targeted to extremely low-income households. | Develop funding sources for affordable housing | Apply for funding at least three times during the planning period |
| H-l | In conjunction with the Marin Housing Authority, use remaining housing set-aside funds to meet existing affordable housing obligations and, once those are met, expend the funds solely for the provision of affordable housing in Tiburon consistent with the Tiburon General Plan. | Meet existing affordable housing obligations and facilitate the development of at least one affordable housing development | Ongoing and develop one affordable housing project by the end of 2030. |
| H-m | The Town will work with non-profits to assist in achieving the Town’s housing goals and implementing programs. Coordination should occur on an ongoing basis, and as special opportunities arise related to specific housing sites and as the Housing Element is implemented. The Town will reach out to developers of supportive housing to encourage development of projects targeted for persons with disabilities, including developmental disabilities. The Town will also reach out to developers of affordable housing for extremely low-income households. The Town will take the following specific actions to facilitate the development and preservation of affordable housing, including housing for extremely low-income households and for persons with disabilities: 1. Develop a list of affordable and supportive housing developers, identify primary contacts, and establish working relationships. 2. Maintain a list of housing opportunity sites and discuss potential housing development on these sites as well as other housing sites and opportunities. 3. Discuss development standards and permit processing procedures relevant to potential housing sites. 4. Discuss incentives the Town can offer, including priority processing, density bonuses and concessions, fee waivers or deferrals, and modification of development standards. 5. Identify available funding sources, including the Town’s Low-Moderate Income Housing Fund, as well as other sources the Town could apply for. 6. Discuss potential community outreach activities to gain community acceptance of affordable housing development. 7. Monitor the potential expiration of HUD-subsidized funding of Bradley House at the end of 2030 and assist in maintaining the affordability of the development by contacting affordable housing developers and assisting in identifying and applying for federal, state, and local financing and subsidy programs. | Ongoing working relationship with non-profit housing sponsors | Outreach to non-profits by the end of 2023 and every two years thereafter |
| H-n | Continue to implement the agreement with the Marin Housing Authority (MHA) for management of the affordable housing stock to ensure permanent affordability. Implement resale and rental regulations for very low-, low-, and moderate-income units, and assure that these units remain at an affordable price level. | Implement agreements to maintain affordability | Ongoing |
| H-o | Work with Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California to conduct training sessions for Town employees regarding the receipt, documentation, and proper referral of housing discrimination complaints and other fair housing issues. | Conduct training sessions for staff | As needed |
| H-p | Refer discrimination complaints to the appropriate legal service, county, or state agency or Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (FHANC). The Community Development Director is the designated person in Tiburon with responsibility to investigate and deal appropriately with complaints. Discrimination complaints will be referred to Fair Housing Advocates of Northern Marin, the Marin Housing Authority, Legal Aid, HUD, or the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, as appropriate. Information regarding the housing discrimination complaint referral process will be posted on the Town’s website. Encourage FHANC to conduct fair housing testing in Tiburon. | Implementation of Fair Housing laws | Ongoing. Post information on the Town’s website and reach out to FHANC by the end of 2023. |
| H-q | 1. Amend the Zoning Code to allow ministerial, staff-level review and approval of minor exterior alterations, such as construction of elevators and ramps, and to provide objective standards to make findings regarding “potential impacts on surrounding uses” and “physical attributes of the property and structures” (subsection A.5 and A.6 of TMC Section 16-90-060). 2. Post information on the Town’s website regarding reasonable accommodation procedures and instructions for submitting accommodation requests. | Implementation of Fair Housing laws | By the end of 2024 |
| H-r | Continue to facilitate programs and projects which meet federal, state, and local requirements to provide accessibility for seniors, persons with disabilities, including developmental disabilities, large families, and single-person and single parent households. Apply current inclusionary housing provisions that require 10% of new units to be designed for special needs households. Specific types of housing include: 1. Smaller, affordable residential units, especially for lower income singleperson and single parent households. 2. Affordable senior housing to meet the burgeoning needs of an aging population, including assisted housing and board and care (licensed facilities). 3. Affordable units with three or more bedrooms for large family households. 4. Affordable housing that is built for, or can easily and inexpensively be adapted for, use by people with disabilities (specific standards are established in California Title 24 Accessibility Regulations for new and rehabilitation projects, augmented by Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines) and people with developmental disabilities. | Construction of at least 50 housing units for people with special needs. | Ongoing |
| H-s | Actively engage with other jurisdictions in Marin to provide additional housing and other options for the homeless, supporting and implementing Continuum of Care actions in response to the needs of homeless families and individuals. Participate and allocate funds, as appropriate, for County and non-profit programs providing emergency shelter and related counseling services. | Respond to requests for assistance | Attend Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers (MCCMC) Elected Officials Homeless Subcommittee meetings at least four times per year; consider funding requests during Town’s budget setting process. |
| H-t | Identify opportunities for local government and public agency employees (especially public safety personnel) to find housing locally through such efforts as acquisition of affordable units, construction of workforce housing at public facilities or parking lots, or subsidizing mortgages or rents. Utilize the Town’s Low-Moderate Income Housing Fund and Town Owned Housing Units Fund to purchase below market rate units as they become available and to maintain the Town’s portfolio of Town-owned affordable housing. | Provide housing assistance to 5 percent of Town employees | Ongoing |