The California Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) and the Department of General Services (DGS) are excited to
announce the release of the updated
State Excess Sites – Affordable Housing Opportunities Map to
help developers find state-owned land for affordable housing
development.
This map represents an update to the digitized inventory of
excess state land created for Executive Order N-06-19, which
required HCD and DGS to identify and prioritize excess
state-owned property for affordable housing development to help
address the shortage of housing for Californians.
Pursuant to AB 2233 (Quirk-Silva, 2022) and SB 561 (Dodd, 2022),
over 44,000 state-owned parcels were reviewed and screened
through a new set of criteria developed by DGS and HCD to
consistently evaluate excess state-owned properties based on land
feasibility and financing competitiveness factors. Based on the
updated criteria, sites were evaluated through a systematic
GIS-based and visual review by DGS and HCD staff. The identified
parcels, shown on the map, are those that have been declared
excess by state departments and deemed potentially suitable for
housing at this time based on a first application of the
screening criteria in 2023-2024.
The map allows developers to search through the state’s inventory
of available excess land identified as potentially suitable for
housing. In addition, users can overlay key datasets — including
the HCD/TCAC Opportunity Map, high quality transit areas, SB 535
Disadvantaged Communities, and rural areas — to assist in
applying for affordable housing funding sources and accessing
streamlining benefits.
If you are interested in pursuing affordable housing development
on a site on the map, please subscribe to the Housing Planning
and Policy email list from HCD for upcoming announcements on the
process to submit proposals for consideration by HCD and DGS. At
this time, no sites are available for award, but developers are
encouraged to familiarize themselves with sites of interest.
Developers will be notified when sites are made available.
