Opinion: Why are so many of San Diego’s needs going unmet?

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Oct 28, 2024 · With San Diego families needing to make $275,000 a year to be able to afford a mortgage, renting is a requirement for many to remain housed. The average rent is 65 percent …

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Why is San Diego so 'woefully off pace'?

San Diego’s building department is overwhelmed by permit applications and grossly understaffed to meet demand, using antiquated technology and redundant processes to authorize new housing. Those are among the findings of a 22-page report that attempts to answer why the city is so “woefully off pace” from meeting housing production goals. ...

Does San Diego need more housing?

Identifying systemic issues, the city’s independent budget analyst has offered a roadmap to create more housing. A regional housing study projected San Diego will need more than 13,500 housing units every year to meet the demand of all income levels by the end of the decade. This year, the city only authorized construction on a third of that. ...

Does San Diego have a housing crisis?

This report comes in the midst of a worsening housing crisis in San Diego. Half of the city’s housing supply are rental units and less than 1% are vacant, records show. The lack of supply has driven up rents by 15% compared to last year, according to a study from the Southern California Rental Housing Association. ...

What should San Diego do about affordable housing?

Among the recommendations are: Stop duplicating efforts to finance affordable housing. Make it easier to build prefabricated housing. Find ways around height limits to allow for more development. It included challenges facing the city’s planning and economic development departments, as well as the San Diego Housing Commission. ...

Why do people skate in San Diego's North Park neighborhood?

Here are a few reasons A person skates in front of new construction on 30th Street in San Diego's North Park neighborhood, Nov. 29, 2022. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) San Diego’s building department is overwhelmed by permit applications and grossly understaffed to meet demand, using antiquated technology and redundant processes to authorize new housing. ...

Can San Diego build new housing?

One big challenge facing San Diego when it comes to building new housing is a lack of vacant land, the report said. Much of the city is already built out, so that leaves infill — or building in underused property within existing development. But that comes with regulations. ...