Tahoe Living: Affordable Housing News & Events
December 15, 2024 | Member Submitted
From Tahoe Living Newsletter – TRPA
Launching Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin
In August, TRPA launched the Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin Project to make housing more accessible while improving environmental protections. In this latest phase of the Tahoe Living initiative, the agency is bringing community members and other partners together in a multi-year project to update the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan, to incentivize the type of housing our community needs while incorporating vital environmental improvements. The Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin Project is an opportunity to build the region’s capacity to deliver more affordable and workforce housing and to create lasting connections between community members and agencies.
Thank you to everyone who has participated to-date in a community workshop, online workshop, small group or Working Group meeting!
Other TRPA Milestones in 2024
In addition to launching Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin, TRPA made progress on other housing related projects and programs. All of these are joint efforts with partners and the community:
- Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The agency issued 18 ADU permits in 2024 and 4 ADUs were constructed. Since 2020, TRPA has permitted 57 total units, of which 12 are constructed to-date.
- Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan. In February, the Governing Board approved amendments to Placer County’s Tahoe Basin Area Plan including policies and regulations encouraging deed-restricted housing in town centers.
- Mixed-Use, Climate Codes and Affordable Housing Requirements.New Mixed-Use and Climate Code Amendments received approval in June, including the requirement for all new condominium projects to make 10 percent of the residential units deed-restricted affordable or moderate-income homes.
- Phase 2 Litigation Settlement. TRPA and Mountain Area Preservation (MAP) reached a settlement agreement on the building incentives adopted by the Governing Board in December 2023, allowing policies that support the development of affordable, moderate, and achievable housing to remain on track.
- Implementation of Phase 2 Housing Amendments. The Governing Board will hear the City of South Lake Tahoe’s proposed amendments to the Tourist Core Area Plan and the Tahoe Valley Area Plan, both of which incorporate the Phase 2 Housing policies approved by Governing Board in 2023. The City is the first jurisdiction to adopt the Phase 2 Housing Amendments. TRPA is working with the four other local jurisdictions to implement the Phase 2 Housing Amendments into their area plans.
- Spanish eNews. Since 2022, we have doubled our Spanish eNews audience. We are continuing our work to engage Latinos in the region on housing policy.
- #TeamTRPA. To build capacity for our Tahoe Living initiative, we officially welcomed Kaley Arboleda as an Assistant Planner and Housing Outreach Coordinator on the Long-Range Planning Team.