CA Governor Signs Housing Bills 8, 9 & 10
September 17, 2021
What is SB 8, SB 9 and SB 10? Read the full press release HERE.
*SB 8 extends the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 to jumpstart more housing production extending the provisions of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 through 2030.*
*SB 9 gives homeowners additional tools to add critically needed new housing and help ease California’s housing shortage. It eliminates single family zoning restrictions on duplex and four-plexes.*
Allows property owners to have two units on a parcel zoned for single-family housing — creating a duplex — and to split a residential parcel into two pieces.
requires a property owner who wants to split the parcel to agree to live in one of the housing units for at least three years, unless the owner is a nonprofit. It contains important protections against the displacement of existing tenants.
- newly formed plots to be at least 1,200 square feet in size and mandating that one parcel can’t be smaller than 40% of the original lot size.
Excludes earthquake fault zones, historic sites/landmark districts and land within the “very high” fire hazard zones.
*SB 10 establishes voluntary, streamlined process for cities to zone for multi-unit housing — making it easier and faster to construct housing*
It allows, but not does require, cities to zone a parcel for up to 10 residential units if it’s located in a “transit-rich area.”
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Written by the ADUROI Team, to help you understand if an ADU makes financial sense.