Local Preference Policy

About Local Preference

In compliance with California Department of Housing & Community Development Tenant Preference Policies, the City is required to create a webpage on their internet website containing authorizing local ordinance and supporting materials of adopted tenant preference.

• Gov’t Code 7061 creates state policy supporting local tenant preferences for lower income households that are subject to displacement risk within affordable housing projects financed through low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) and tax-exempt private activity bonds, provided the policy is implemented and applied in a manner consistent with robust state and federal fair housing laws, including the duty to affirmatively further fair housing.
• Gov’t Code 7061 also creates a state program for local tenant preference policies to be applied to affordable housing developed with LIHTCs, per tax code. Specifically, Internal Revenue Service code requires that LIHTC developments are available for “public use,” but preferences are permitted for members of a specified group under a state program or policy that supports housing for that group.

City of Tustin Local Preference Policy

The purpose of the policy is to assist in housing individuals and/or families who are part of the current Tustin workforce or currently reside in Tustin. Local Preference is a priority system where applicants that are currently employed in or currently residing in the City of Tustin have a priority over an applicant that does not currently reside or is not employed in the City of Tustin. Click Local Preference Policy for additional information.