Housing Accountability Act: transitional and supportive housing.

Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria, or from imposing a condition that it be developed at a lower density, unless the local agency bases its decision on written findings supported by the preponderance of the evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, as provided. That act also prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or from conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes written findings, based on the preponderance of the evidence, that one or more specified conditions exist. The act defines the term "housing development project" for these purposes to mean a use consisting of, among other things, transitional housing or supportive housing. This bill would authorize a local agency to require a conditional use permit for transitional or supportive housing that would have 7 or more residents. This bill would also authorize a local agency to require a distance of ____ feet between two or more housing development projects for transitional or supportive housing, or between housing development projects for transitional or supportive housing and a residential care facility or sober living home.