Housing Element Support
6th Cycle Housing Element Update Resources
To comply with state housing law, jurisdictions within California must update their housing element every eight years. In collaboration with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), SCAG has developed a variety of resources to assist local jurisdictions with the housing element update process. Resources include data available as complete reports and in raw format. HCD has certified this local housing data and the SCAG Accessory Dwelling Unit Affordability Analyses for local use in housing element.
Reports were updated in April 2021 to include each jurisdiction’s final 6th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation. Excel versions of each jurisdiction’s data are available in the complete raw data and metadata file.
- (Excel, 36 MB)
- SCAG Regional Accessory Dwelling Unit Affordability Analysis
- Housing needs data certification letter from HCD
- Housing Element Parcel (HELPR) Tool
For more information, please contact us at housing@scag.ca.gov.
Linking California’s Project Homekey To Housing Element Updates
California’s Project Homekey was a $600 million grant program for cities and counties to purchase hotels, motels, vacant apartments, and residential care facilities and convert them into permanent supportive housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Under Government Code Section 65583.1(c)(2)(D), Homekey projects can count toward a jurisdiction’s adequate sites for its housing element update. View the inventory that identifies Project Homekey Developments in the SCAG region and its number of units.