RHNA Appeal Filed with State
On May 20, 2021, the ABAG Executive Board approved the Final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Methodology and Draft Allocations. To learn more about the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, please visit the page on this site dedicated to RHNA by clicking here. ABAG officially released the Draft RHNA Allocations on May 25, 2021 initiating the 45-day period during which a local jurisdiction or HCD could submit an appeal to ABAG requesting a change to any Bay Area jurisdiction’s allocation. Staff filed Lafayette's appeal on July 8 which was confirmed received by ABAG staff.
ABAG received 28 appeals from Bay Area jurisdictions during the appeal period. In addition, a number of jurisdictions sent ABAG comment letters about RHNA, in lieu of submitting an appeal. The appeals and comments can be viewed at the Appeals Process page on the ABAG website.
Key dates remaining in the ABAG RHNA process include:
August 30, 2021: deadline for comments on appeals submitted; comments should be submitted to rhna@bayareametro.gov.
September and/or October: ABAG conducts public hearing to consider appeals and comments received.
October or November: ABAG ratifies written final determination on each appeal and issues Final RHNA Allocations that adjust allocations as a result of any successful appeals.
November or December: ABAG Executive Board conducts public hearing to adopt Final RHNA Plan.
