10,000 homes, more high-rises, fewer rules: County, city commit to new housing goals at rare joint meeting
City and county elected officials committed Monday to jointly build 10,000 units of subsidized housing on government-owned land, shrink regulatory barriers to housing construction and explore allowing more high-rise projects.
“This housing challenge we face is bigger than any one jurisdiction can solve alone,” County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer said. The 10,000 subsidized housing units county and city officials want built would make a dent in the 172,000 overall units San Diego County government agencies must build by 2030 to meet state goals.
To meet the 2030 goal for new housing units, an average of 12,000 new units must be built each year. That means annual production must nearly quadruple from the 3,046 units built in 2021. A recent comprehensive survey by the foundation concluded that there are 503 such properties that total 2,400 acres.
Mayor Todd Gloria didn’t attend the joint session, but he sent an aide to let the two panels know he supports their efforts and is open to new housing solutions.
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