Priority Sites
What are Priority Sites?
Priority Sites are locally-identified, regionally significant places that will offer homes affordable to people of all incomes, backgrounds and abilities. Sites include or are nearby to essential services, green space and frequent public transit. In November 2023, Â鶹AVand the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) approved 211 sites across all 9 counties which have the capacity to add 171,000 homes.
Priority Sites are places that communities identify to help meet both local and regional housing needs. These sites could be a declining mall, a recently closed public facility, a transit station parking lot or unused school district land. Some sites have been planned for decades or are partially built out. Others were more recently considered as part of a local Housing Element or a Specific Plan.
The Priority Sites Program brings the region one step closer to a collaborative approach to planning for future growth. The approved sites are part of Priority Development Areas, Transit-Oriented Communities, or other Growth Geographies.
Plan Bay Area 2050
The Priority Sites Program is just one piece of the region’s long-range plan for transportation, housing, the economy and the environment.
The Priority Sites Program supports two high-impact Plan Bay Area 2050 strategies that will help the region spur housing production for residents at all income levels, and create inclusive communities:
- Strategy H6: Accelerate reuse of public and community-owned land for mixed-income housing and essential services
- Strategy H8: Transform aging malls and office parks into neighborhoods
Webinar: Priority Sites Concept Paper
ABAG, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Bay Area Housing Finance Authority staff hosted a webinar on September 21, 2022 to highlight findings from the Priority Sites Concept Paper and provide further insight into the pilot program’s proposed approach to advancing major reuse projects.
Priority Sites Interactive Map
