Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-469 – Municipal housing needs assessment; annual report; applicability

A. Beginning January 1, 2025 and every five years thereafter, a municipality shall publish a housing needs assessment that includes the following:
1. 1. The total population growth projected for the subsequent five-year period.
2. 2. The total job growth projected for the subsequent five-year period.
3. 3. The total amount of residentially zoned land with detail on land zoned as single-family and multifamily.
4. 4. The total need for additional residential housing units for rent and for sale in the municipality to meet:
  1. (a) Any deficiencies in housing the existing population.
  2. (b) Any deficiencies in housing the existing workforce.
  3. (c) Population growth projections.
  4. (d) Job growth projections.
  5. (e) Housing needs across all various income levels.
B. Beginning January 1, 2025 and every year thereafter, each municipality shall submit an annual report to the Arizona department of housing accounting for the total number of proposed residential housing units submitted to the municipality, the total number of net new residential housing units submitted to the municipality and the total number of new residential housing units that are entitled, have been platted, have been issued a building permit and have received a certificate of occupancy by the municipality. The annual report shall include all of the following:
1. 1. The number of housing development applications received in the prior year.
2. 2. The number of lots and multifamily units included in all development applications in the prior year.
3. 3. The number of lots and multifamily units approved and disapproved or otherwise not approved in the prior year.
4. 4. A threshold percentage requirement of multifamily zoned land versus single-family zoned land needed to meet population demand in each municipality.
5. 5. The status and progress in meeting the municipality's housing needs.
6. 6. A plan that specifies how the municipality intends to satisfy the identified need for additional housing units within the municipality.
C. A municipality that has conducted a housing needs assessment report as of January 1, 2021 shall amend all existing reports to include the information required in subsection A of this section.
D. The Arizona department of housing shall compile the reports received pursuant to subsection B of this section and submit the reports to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
E. This section does not require a municipality to fulfill the projections in the housing needs assessment required by subsection A of this section.
F. This section does not apply to a municipality that is located on tribal land or a municipality with a population of less than thirty thousand persons.