Parlier consultant outlines draft housing element, says net RHNA need is 464 units
October 19, 2023 | Parlier City, Fresno County, California
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At a public meeting Oct. 19, Parlier councilmembers heard a 30‑day public‑review presentation of the city’s sixth‑cycle housing element and the consultant's explanation of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and new fair‑housing requirements.
Sarah Allender, a consultant on the multi‑jurisdictional housing element, said Fresno COG allocated 733 units to the City of Parlier, and that the city also carried forward 42 units from the prior cycle. After crediting an approved tract map that reduces the requirement by 311 units, Allender said the net capacity Parlier must plan for in this cycle is 464 units. "So the total capacity that we have to accommodate within City Of Parlier is 464 units," she said.
Allender described site‑selection strategies — prioritizing vacant sites inside city limits and sites sized between roughly half an acre and 10 acres — and identified four candidate sites (R1, R2 and two higher‑density sites, one of which lies outside the city and would require pre‑zoning and annexation). She also outlined the new Assessment of Fair Housing (AFFH) component and said that Parlier’s draft had flagged disparities in access to services and displacement risk for lower‑income renters; consultants proposed programs (28 action items, 11 new) to address those findings, including zoning code amendments and measures to allow emergency shelters.
On timing, Allender said the public comment period closes Oct. 26; staff will submit the document to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for a required 90‑day review in early November, and the team is targeting an adoption hearing in April after the review cycle is complete.
Residents and councilmembers asked procedural and schedule questions; the consultant offered to pass jurisdictional status updates through Jeff O'Neil and return with scheduled progress reports.
Next steps: public comments due Oct. 26; staff plans an early‑November submittal to HCD and follow‑up council reports; final adoption expected in spring pending HCD review and any follow‑up rounds.
Sarah Allender, a consultant on the multi‑jurisdictional housing element, said Fresno COG allocated 733 units to the City of Parlier, and that the city also carried forward 42 units from the prior cycle. After crediting an approved tract map that reduces the requirement by 311 units, Allender said the net capacity Parlier must plan for in this cycle is 464 units. "So the total capacity that we have to accommodate within City Of Parlier is 464 units," she said.
Allender described site‑selection strategies — prioritizing vacant sites inside city limits and sites sized between roughly half an acre and 10 acres — and identified four candidate sites (R1, R2 and two higher‑density sites, one of which lies outside the city and would require pre‑zoning and annexation). She also outlined the new Assessment of Fair Housing (AFFH) component and said that Parlier’s draft had flagged disparities in access to services and displacement risk for lower‑income renters; consultants proposed programs (28 action items, 11 new) to address those findings, including zoning code amendments and measures to allow emergency shelters.
On timing, Allender said the public comment period closes Oct. 26; staff will submit the document to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for a required 90‑day review in early November, and the team is targeting an adoption hearing in April after the review cycle is complete.
Residents and councilmembers asked procedural and schedule questions; the consultant offered to pass jurisdictional status updates through Jeff O'Neil and return with scheduled progress reports.
Next steps: public comments due Oct. 26; staff plans an early‑November submittal to HCD and follow‑up council reports; final adoption expected in spring pending HCD review and any follow‑up rounds.
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