SB 507: Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation.

This bill aims to allow local governments to enter into voluntary agreements with tribes to count new tribal housing development projects toward the locality's share of regional housing needs. The bill prohibits local governments from requiring tribes to waive sovereign immunity to participate in these agreements. The law defines various terms for these provisions, including what constitutes "tribal housing development" and how units in these developments will be counted towards the locality's regional housing needs. The bill encourages the Department of Housing and Community Development to approve units in tribal housing developments as counting towards the locality's regional housing needs. This change is considered a matter of statewide concern and applies to all cities, including charter cities.