Revised Draft Housing Element in Response to HCD and Public Comments Available for Review

For immediate release: February 8, 2023

Contact: Community Development Department, 650-286-3225, planning@fostercity.org

The public is invited to review the Revised Draft Housing Element and provide comments by February 14, 2023, to planning@fostercity.org.

The Revised Draft Housing Element incorporates responses to comments received by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on October 3, 2022, as well as input from the public, Planning Commission, and City Council. The Revised Draft Housing Element and related documents are posted on the City’s website at https://engagefostercity.org/housing-element.

The City Council will ultimately consider adoption of the final Housing Element at a meeting in May. 

The Housing Element is a key planning document intended to guide Foster City's housing growth to accommodate the approximately 1,896 new housing units mandated by the State between 2023 and 2031.

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Note to readers: this press release has been updated to provide greater specificity regarding when the City Council will consider adoption of the Housing Element.