The point where the tracks met the California Central Railroad line was named "Junction". Junction eventually became known as Roseville. In 1909, three years after the Southern Pacific Railroad moved its facilities from Rocklin to Roseville, the town became an incorporated city.
1. Roseville Resources
Roseville contacts with Placer County and other cities for many of its Neighborhood, Housing and Homeless Resources, including some funding for affordable housing:
a) In addition to Affordable housing, there are a number of programs: For Fair Housing, Foreclosure Assistance, 20% Electric discounts for lower income households, Household Hazardous Waste Cleanup, PG&E rebates and support, Landlord Tenant Mediation Services, First Time Homebuyer Program (funded through CDBG and HOME) https://www.placer.ca.gov/7317/First-Time-Homebuyer-Assistance-Program
Also see Housing Resources for Placer County: https://www.partnershiphp.org/Community/Documents/Placer/Placer_Housing.pdf
b) Homeless Resources: Gathering Inn, provides: Homeless Resource Helpline – 211 or 1.833.3PLACER (1.833.375.2237) 916.791.9355 to access resources. www.thegatheringinn.com, The provide: A Nomadic shelter for Placer County, and a Fixed site shelter for Placer County residents 11442 E Street, Auburn, 530.885.8102 and 11517 F Ave, Auburn, Call 530.537.4811, a Mobile Temporary Shelter (MTS) for Auburn residents with low barrier options with 50 onsite tents.
c) Domestic Violence Shelter with Stand Up Placer, 916.773.7273, 24-hour Crisis Line at 800.575.5352
d) County and Federal Funding for Affordable Housing: Several funds under the Economic Development and Housing Division dedicated to administration and implementation of affordable and workforce housing programs. These are separate funds administered by Health and Human Services via State and Federal allocations, used toward a variety of services that support homelessness and clients accessing permanent supportive services. Additionally, Health and Human Services also operates the Housing Authority who administers Housing Choice Vouchers/Section 8 program. A snapshot of the County’s budget can be found online at https://publuu.com/flip-book/175317/435992/page/2.County staff is currently working on a strategic plan and will work with the budget team to answer this question because the County’s work on affordable housing spans multiple departments.
e) In lower income areas has there been discrimination due to code enforcement? Municipal Code Enforcement Division enforces Zoning and Building Codes on public and private property throughout the City, to administer a fair and unbiased enforcement program, to improve the overall appearance of the City to facilitate voluntary compliance with City codes. Regulatory agreements are monitored (usually on an annual basis. Here is a link to the code enforcement page for the city: https://www.roseville.ca.us/cms/one.aspx?pageId=8740498
f) The Roseville has approved General Funds to assist people experiencing homelessness and those about to be homeless with grants up to $2,500 for payment assistance for past due rent, security deposits, first month’s rent, utility bills, and emergency motel vouchers. The Salvation Army matches these funds.
2. Roseville Housing Info and Stats
a) What percent of the city are homeowners, and what percent renters? Approximately 68% homeowners, 32% renters.
b) Besides County mediation services, to support tenants, what kind of local tenant protections are in place for residents? The City of Roseville does not have any type of local tenant protections. The city relies upon and complies with the State Fair Housing laws: Senate Bill 567 allows no rent increases allow beyond 5% plus Consumer Price Index or 10%, whichever is lower, over the course of any 12-month period.
c) Affordable goals and distribution. The city has set a goal that 10% of all housing units developed are designated as affordable in the 17 Specific Plan areas. It is important the affordable housing be in high opportunity areas—close to good schools, jobs and transportation to address issues of inequality.
d) How many affordable Housing units exist in the city? Currently there are approximately 4,500 with Roseville and the city of Roseville with Rocklin with a shared Housing Authority, currently utilizing 843 vouchers, of these 46 of the 843 vouchers are project based (The voucher is used as part of the financing for an affordable housing development, not a voucher you take with you to find a landlord). Since 1989, the City’s affordable housing policies have produced 4,102 affordable housing units, as described in this table.
Unit Affordability and Tenure Type | Production Total |
Very Low Income Rental | 967 Units |
Low Income Rental | 1635 Units |
Middle Income Rental | 388 Units |
Moderate Income Rental | 325 Units |
Very Low Income Purchase | 16 Units |
Low Income Purchase | 502 Units |
Middle Income Purchase | 250 Units |
Moderate Income Purchase | 16 Units |
Total Units Produced | 4,102 units |
e) What percentage of the city is cost burdened spending 30% or more of the income on housing? Approximately ½ of renters and 1/3 for homeowners are cost burdened. How many are spending 50% or more on housing (severely burdened)? 23.6% of renters and 9% of homeowners.
f) How many households are using Section 8? The city-administered rental assistance program (together with Rocklin) provides rental assistance to approximately 686 low-income households, including families, veterans, seniors, and persons with disabilities. Roseville’s Housing Choice Voucher program provides clean and safe housing for families and brings approximately $4.5 million annually to the City’s economy. Here is a link to the Housing Authority’s website: https://www.roseville.ca.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=7964922&pageId=19471747
g) Are Section 8 voucher holders finding landlords willing to rent to them? Yes. Because the City of Roseville has a Landlord Incentive Program which involves receiving a $1,000 bonus for renting your home through the Roseville Housing Authority’s Landlord Incentive Program.
5. What is the need for more affordable housing?
h) What is the RHNA? How has the city faired in meeting RHNA numbers and reaching benchmarks in the past and today The City’s allocation of Regional Hosing Need Assessment (RHNA) for Roseville is 12,066 total units, of which 6,178 units must be lower income (a combination of low and very low income). This table compares the numbers and results from the prior Roseville Housing Element cycle 5 (from 2013 to 2021) to the cycle 6 (from 2021-2029). Please note how many of the units were actually built (or permitted).
2013-2021
2021-2029
6. Roseville’s plans to build affordable housing?
a) There are currently 2.500 units in the pipeline,
Plus, Coming soon: Terracina at Winding Creek: The 284-apartment community, with almost 500 parking spaces, completed late 2025. Most dollars are coming from state and federal funding, and cross subsidies with a mix of Market Rate Units.
The City of Roseville and the Roseville Housing Authority strive to provide fair and reasonable access to a variety of housing types with an assurance of providing affordable housing choices for our residents. The General Plan goal is 10% of all new housing (rental and homeownership) to be developed as affordable housing for very low (50% of Area Median Income), low (80% of Area Median Income) and middle/median (100% of Area Median Income), and moderate (120% of Area Median Income) income levels, with a minimum 40% for rental to very low, 40% for rental to low-income households and 20% may be reserved for middle income purchase or distributed among the rental obligations. The City Council is committed to this policy and to meeting the RHNA requirements, as well as the 10% goal set by the city in 1989. See: Affordable Housing Policy - City of Roseville See this Affordable Housing Map showing the distribution of Affordable Housing Projects throughout the city: Affordable Rental Units 2024.pdf (civiclive.com)
d). Are there any plans to do Transit Oriented Development? Not at this time, although access to transportation is considered when specific development plans are considered.
7. Inclusionary Housing
a) Has there been any interest on the part of city staff, city council and the public in having inclusionary housing? Not at this time. The city feels that the 10% AFH goal applied at the specific plan level meets the same goals as an inclusionary housing policy would have. Some specific plans provide for an in-lieu fee, and these are handled on a case-by-case basis. It is usually set quite high, so as to encourage the building of units.
8. Use of Congregational Land
Have there been efforts to support congregations interested in providing affordable housing on a portion of their underutilized land? If so, in what way? Have the city staff studied SB 4? Some folks have come in to discuss development of units under the provisions of SB4. The city does work with them if they meet all of the criteria.
9. ADUs
a) Has there been interest in building ADUs? What are the city’s policies on this? Is there any interest in creating incentives to help folks get low-cost loans to convert their garage or of other structures into and ADU in exchange for Section 8? The City will work with those who wish to develop such projects. The city is willing to lower impact fees as needed. They are considering free architectural plans and other incentives like low-cost loans, which are in the Housing Element, in exchange for deed restrictions. Has the County considered Section 8 for low income ADUs to avoid homeowners from having to deed restrict their property be responsible for income qualifying their tenants? No findings on this.
3. Homeless Info, Statistics and Plans
a) What has been the homeless count in the past 5 years? Roseville’s Point in Time count represents approximately 0.15% of the City’s population. Roseville Point in Time Count: 2024-273 counted; 2023-240; 2022-323; 2021-Count cancelled due to covid; 2020-197. The percent of those unsheltered: 53% Sheltered: 47 % nd 8% are veterans. Those who have lived in Roseville for 5 years or more, 43%.
b) How would you describe the attitude of the city regarding homelessness and what measures are being discussed and implemented to address this? Do the city leaders generally adopt the housing first model? The City has taken a comprehensive and integrated approach to addressing homelessness that includes working with the County, agencies, nonprofits, and collaboration with other organizations that provide and implement programs and services to help individuals and families address challenges and move out of homelessness including: affordable housing, understanding the resources needed, identify funding/resource, and analyzing the effectiveness of these efforts to ensure the programs and services are meeting the intended outcomes.
c) Is there an openness to having permanent supportive housing? Have they purchased land for this?
See Link about Sun Rose Apartments: https://www.placer.ca.gov/9800/Renovated-apartments-debut-at-Sun-Rose-f
d) What are other ways they have addressed homelessness? The Roseville Housing Authority (RHA) provides important social services to Roseville and Rocklin residents to ensure safe and affordable housing for residents, so far it has been mostly scattered site housing, through monthly rental assistance payments, the Housing Choice Voucher Program invests over $9.1 million into the local rental economy annually. With the addition of 50 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) in 2021, the Roseville Housing Authority currently has authorization to lease up to 795 vouchers. Special vouchers currently equal 158 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs), HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and Mainstream vouchers and must serve those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
An important element of these efforts includes Roseville Police Department’s solution-focused approach offering outreach, intervention and re-integration when possible. The department has implemented a Social Services Unit (SSU), which is a Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) Unit to head innovation, collaboration, and solution-focused policing methods, while striving for long-term and meaningful results. SSU uses a blended model of enforcement and services to create impactful results throughout the community. SSU consists of two full-time POP Officers, a practitioner, multiple embedded county liaisons and one full-time Sergeant. Individuals who are at high risk with mental health needs, substance use, or chronic offenders, are often referred to SSU.
The Parks, Recreation & Libraries Department actively manages some impacts of homelessness such as camp cleanup, vandalism, customer service response and public outreach. The department has established four Priority Levels for encampments: Priority 1 (highest priority), when they pose imminent threats to safety or infrastructure to Priority 4 (lowest priority), where City staff work, in collaboration with local partners, to monitor the encampment to ensure the safety of the inhabitants and the community at large, including libraries, parks, community centers, open spaces and environment
e) How many of those experiencing homelessness have been housed? Since the fall of 2018, 567 Homeless Veterans have been housed. In the calendar year 2021-2022, the first full year of a unification program, 11 individuals were reunified.
Are there homeless prevention plans and programs in place? Yes, there are homeless prevention grants distributed to: the Salvation Army, the Gathering Inn, Unity Care, VOA, and the Latino Council. Nation’s Finest and Victory Village also have prevention programs. All of Placer and Navada Counties have one Continuum of Care plan to address homelessness. See: https://dashboard.nubi.io/customfile/7794b811ac8155d9f9ff8f6d79236542.pdf .
The point where the tracks met the California Central Railroad line was named "Junction". Junction eventually became known as Roseville. In 1909, three years after the Southern Pacific Railroad moved its facilities from Rocklin to Roseville, the town became an incorporated city.
8. Use of Congregational Land
Have there been efforts to support congregations interested in providing affordable housing on a portion of their underutilized land? If so, in what way? Have the city staff studied SB 4? Some folks have come in to discuss development of units under the provisions of SB4. The city does work with them if they meet all of the criteria.
9. ADUs
a) Has there been interest in building ADUs? What are the city’s policies on this? Is there any interest in creating incentives to help folks get low-cost loans to convert their garage or of other structures into and ADU in exchange for Section 8? The City will work with those who wish to develop such projects. The city is willing to lower impact fees as needed. They are considering free architectural plans and other incentives like low-cost loans, which are in the Housing Element, in exchange for deed restrictions. Has the County considered Section 8 for low income ADUs to avoid homeowners from having to deed restrict their property be responsible for income qualifying their tenants? No findings on this.
3. Homeless Info, Statistics and Plans
a) What has been the homeless count in the past 5 years? Roseville’s Point in Time count represents approximately 0.15% of the City’s population. Roseville Point in Time Count: 2024-273 counted; 2023-240; 2022-323; 2021-Count cancelled due to covid; 2020-197. The percent of those unsheltered: 53% Sheltered: 47 % nd 8% are veterans. Those who have lived in Roseville for 5 years or more, 43%.
b) How would you describe the attitude of the city regarding homelessness and what measures are being discussed and implemented to address this? Do the city leaders generally adopt the housing first model? The City has taken a comprehensive and integrated approach to addressing homelessness that includes working with the County, agencies, nonprofits, and collaboration with other organizations that provide and implement programs and services to help individuals and families address challenges and move out of homelessness including: affordable housing, understanding the resources needed, identify funding/resource, and analyzing the effectiveness of these efforts to ensure the programs and services are meeting the intended outcomes.
c) Is there an openness to having permanent supportive housing? Have they purchased land for this?
See Link about Sun Rose Apartments: https://www.placer.ca.gov/9800/Renovated-apartments-debut-at-Sun-Rose-f
d) What are other ways they have addressed homelessness? The Roseville Housing Authority (RHA) provides important social services to Roseville and Rocklin residents to ensure safe and affordable housing for residents, so far it has been mostly scattered site housing, through monthly rental assistance payments, the Housing Choice Voucher Program invests over $9.1 million into the local rental economy annually. With the addition of 50 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) in 2021, the Roseville Housing Authority currently has authorization to lease up to 795 vouchers. Special vouchers currently equal 158 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs), HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and Mainstream vouchers and must serve those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
An important element of these efforts includes Roseville Police Department’s solution-focused approach offering outreach, intervention and re-integration when possible. The department has implemented a Social Services Unit (SSU), which is a Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) Unit to head innovation, collaboration, and solution-focused policing methods, while striving for long-term and meaningful results. SSU uses a blended model of enforcement and services to create impactful results throughout the community. SSU consists of two full-time POP Officers, a practitioner, multiple embedded county liaisons and one full-time Sergeant. Individuals who are at high risk with mental health needs, substance use, or chronic offenders, are often referred to SSU.
The Parks, Recreation & Libraries Department actively manages some impacts of homelessness such as camp cleanup, vandalism, customer service response and public outreach. The department has established four Priority Levels for encampments: Priority 1 (highest priority), when they pose imminent threats to safety or infrastructure to Priority 4 (lowest priority), where City staff work, in collaboration with local partners, to monitor the encampment to ensure the safety of the inhabitants and the community at large, including libraries, parks, community centers, open spaces and environment
e) How many of those experiencing homelessness have been housed? Since the fall of 2018, 567 Homeless Veterans have been housed. In the calendar year 2021-2022, the first full year of a unification program, 11 individuals were reunified.
Are there homeless prevention plans and programs in place? Yes, there are homeless prevention grants distributed to: the Salvation Army, the Gathering Inn, Unity Care, VOA, and the Latino Council. Nation’s Finest and Victory Village also have prevention programs. All of Placer and Navada Counties have one Continuum of Care plan to address homelessness. See: https://dashboard.nubi.io/customfile/7794b811ac8155d9f9ff8f6d79236542.pdf .
. Roseville’s plans to build affordable housing?
a) There are currently 2.500 units in the pipeline,
Plus, Coming soon: Terracina at Winding Creek: The 284-apartment community, with almost 500 parking spaces, completed late 2025. Most dollars are coming from state and federal funding, and cross subsidies with a mix of Market Rate Units.
The City of Roseville and the Roseville Housing Authority strive to provide fair and reasonable access to a variety of housing types with an assurance of providing affordable housing choices for our residents. The General Plan goal is 10% of all new housing (rental and homeownership) to be developed as affordable housing for very low (50% of Area Median Income), low (80% of Area Median Income) and middle/median (100% of Area Median Income), and moderate (120% of Area Median Income) income levels, with a minimum 40% for rental to very low, 40% for rental to low-income households and 20% may be reserved for middle income purchase or distributed among the rental obligations. The City Council is committed to this policy and to meeting the RHNA requirements, as well as the 10% goal set by the city in 1989. See: Affordable Housing Policy - City of Roseville See this Affordable Housing Map showing the distribution of Affordable Housing Projects throughout the city: Affordable Rental Units 2024.pdf (civiclive.com)
d). Are there any plans to do Transit Oriented Development? Not at this time, although access to transportation is considered when specific development plans are considered.
7. Inclusionary Housing
a) Has there been any interest on the part of city staff, city council and the public in having inclusionary housing? Not at this time. The city feels that the 10% AFH goal applied at the specific plan level meets the same goals as an inclusionary housing policy would have. Some specific plans provide for an in-lieu fee, and these are handled on a case-by-case basis. It is usually set quite high, so as to encourage the building of units.
8. Use of Congregational Land
Have there been efforts to support congregations interested in providing affordable housing on a portion of their underutilized land? If so, in what way? Have the city staff studied SB 4? Some folks have come in to discuss development of units under the provisions of SB4. The city does work with them if they meet all of the criteria.
9. ADUs
a) Has there been interest in building ADUs? What are the city’s policies on this? Is there any interest in creating incentives to help folks get low-cost loans to convert their garage or of other structures into and ADU in exchange for Section 8? The City will work with those who wish to develop such projects. The city is willing to lower impact fees as needed. They are considering free architectural plans and other incentives like low-cost loans, which are in the Housing Element, in exchange for deed restrictions. Has the County considered Section 8 for low income ADUs to avoid homeowners from having to deed restrict their property be responsible for income qualifying their tenants? No findings on this.
3. Homeless Info, Statistics and Plans
a) What has been the homeless count in the past 5 years? Roseville’s Point in Time count represents approximately 0.15% of the City’s population. Roseville Point in Time Count: 2024-273 counted; 2023-240; 2022-323; 2021-Count cancelled due to covid; 2020-197. The percent of those unsheltered: 53% Sheltered: 47 % nd 8% are veterans. Those who have lived in Roseville for 5 years or more, 43%.
b) How would you describe the attitude of the city regarding homelessness and what measures are being discussed and implemented to address this? Do the city leaders generally adopt the housing first model? The City has taken a comprehensive and integrated approach to addressing homelessness that includes working with the County, agencies, nonprofits, and collaboration with other organizations that provide and implement programs and services to help individuals and families address challenges and move out of homelessness including: affordable housing, understanding the resources needed, identify funding/resource, and analyzing the effectiveness of these efforts to ensure the programs and services are meeting the intended outcomes.
c) Is there an openness to having permanent supportive housing? Have they purchased land for this?
See Link about Sun Rose Apartments: https://www.placer.ca.gov/9800/Renovated-apartments-debut-at-Sun-Rose-f
d) What are other ways they have addressed homelessness? The Roseville Housing Authority (RHA) provides important social services to Roseville and Rocklin residents to ensure safe and affordable housing for residents, so far it has been mostly scattered site housing, through monthly rental assistance payments, the Housing Choice Voucher Program invests over $9.1 million into the local rental economy annually. With the addition of 50 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) in 2021, the Roseville Housing Authority currently has authorization to lease up to 795 vouchers. Special vouchers currently equal 158 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs), HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and Mainstream vouchers and must serve those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
An important element of these efforts includes Roseville Police Department’s solution-focused approach offering outreach, intervention and re-integration when possible. The department has implemented a Social Services Unit (SSU), which is a Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) Unit to head innovation, collaboration, and solution-focused policing methods, while striving for long-term and meaningful results. SSU uses a blended model of enforcement and services to create impactful results throughout the community. SSU consists of two full-time POP Officers, a practitioner, multiple embedded county liaisons and one full-time Sergeant. Individuals who are at high risk with mental health needs, substance use, or chronic offenders, are often referred to SSU.
The Parks, Recreation & Libraries Department actively manages some impacts of homelessness such as camp cleanup, vandalism, customer service response and public outreach. The department has established four Priority Levels for encampments: Priority 1 (highest priority), when they pose imminent threats to safety or infrastructure to Priority 4 (lowest priority), where City staff work, in collaboration with local partners, to monitor the encampment to ensure the safety of the inhabitants and the community at large, including libraries, parks, community centers, open spaces and environment
e) How many of those experiencing homelessness have been housed? Since the fall of 2018, 567 Homeless Veterans have been housed. In the calendar year 2021-2022, the first full year of a unification program, 11 individuals were reunified.
Are there homeless prevention plans and programs in place? Yes, there are homeless prevention grants distributed to: the Salvation Army, the Gathering Inn, Unity Care, VOA, and the Latino Council. Nation’s Finest and Victory Village also have prevention programs. All of Placer and Navada Counties have one Continuum of Care plan to address homelessness. See: https://dashboard.nubi.io/customfile/7794b811ac8155d9f9ff8f6d79236542.pdf