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Annual Progress Reports
State law requires each city to submit an annual progress report on its housing element to the state. This report provides data on new housing units and implementation of the programs in the housing element.
New Housing Units
The following tables provide data on pending and recently completed housing units in Walnut Creek.
RHNA Progress Summary
The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) is a key part of state housing element law. The RHNA is a target number of housing units assigned to each city. Cities must show they have zoned enough land to build these units, and they must facilitate these units through various programs. The following provides the City’s assigned RHNA for 2023-2031, and the number of RHNA units completed, approved, and still remaining.
| Very low income units | Low Income Units | Moderate Income Units | Above Moderate Income Units | Total Units | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assigned RHNA | 1.657 | 954 |
890 |
2,304 |
5,805 |
| Completed Units |
2 | 14 | 15 | 376 | 407 |
| Building Permits Issued |
2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| Entitlements Approved (and still active) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 53 |
| Total Units Completed, Building Permits Issued, or Entitlements Approved | 11 | 23 | 30 | 426 | 490 |
| Remaining RHNA |
1,646 | 931 | 860 | 1,878 | 5,315 |
Housing Project Tracker
This table shows housing projects with permit or construction activity during 2023-2031. For brevity, this table does not include single-unit projects (such as homes and ADUs); please see the annual progress reports above for this information.
| Name | Address | Status | Very low income units | Low income units | Moderate income units | Above moderate income units | Total units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Townhomes |
2775 Mitchell Drive | Planning Application Submitted |
0 | 85 | 0 | 337 | 422 |
| Hope Village |
2102 Tice Valley Blvd. | Entitlement Approved |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Residences at Abigail Place |
730 & 748 Minert Rd. | Entitlement Approved | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
| Mt. Diablo Mixed Use |
1532 & 1556 Mt. Diablo Blvd. |
Entitlement Approved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Waymark Phase 1 |
101 Pringle Ave. | Complete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358 | 358 |
| Total Units* | 7 | 85 | 0 | 741 | 833 |