San Diego County Issued 11,673 Housing Permits Last Year - Most Since 2005 - Times of San Diego
San Diego County Issued 11,673 Housing Permits Last Year - Most Since 2005 - Times of San Diego
The city of San Diego has reached a significant milestone in its ongoing efforts to tackle the housing crisis by permitting more units in 2023 than in the past 17 years, Mayor Todd Gloria‘s office announced Monday.
In 2023, the county issued a total of 11,673 building permits, marking a 21% increase from the previous year, according to the Construction Industry Research Board.
City officials permitted 9,691 of those homes, accounting for 83% of the county’s total permits.
“This achievement is a testament to our ongoing commitment to building more housing that all San Diegans can afford,” Gloria said in his e-newsletter.
“It also serves as a call to action for other cities and unincorporated areas to step up their efforts in addressing a housing shortage that is driving up rents and home prices and causing many lower-income San Diegans to fall into homelessness,” he said.
Since 2015, San Diego County has been permitting an average of 9,000 to 10,000 homes annually, according to the Union-Tribune. The last time the region exceeded the 11,000 mark was in 2005, when 15,258 residential building permits were issued.
San Diego built more housing last year than it had in 17 years
Posted on AllSides June 26th, 2024
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San Diego County built more housing in 2023 than it had in 17 years. There were 11,673 building permits pulled across the county, a 21 percent increase from 2022, said the Construction Industry Research Board. The majority of residential construction was in multifamily permits, with 9,100, including apartments, condos and townhouses. There were also 2,573 single-family permits, which includes accessory dwelling units. It took until now to figure out the number because the Sacramento-based research board takes the time to contact all 58 counties and 538 cities in California for...
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Key Land-Use Plans will Help Tackle Housing Crisis, Create Jobs and Enhance Community Growth
The City of San Diego's Land Use & Housing Committee has unanimously approved three significant plans that will help us combat our housing crisis: Blueprint SD, the University Community Plan Update, and the Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment.
These are technical documents that guide how our communities grow and develop over the coming decades to accommodate changes in population, our workplace needs and how we get around.
Blueprint SD updates our citywide General Plan to address employment growth, climate action, mobility, urban design and more. It emphasizes locating new homes and jobs within walking distance to transit, creating walkable communities, increasing protected bicycle facilities, and enhancing public transit, all while reducing vehicle miles traveled and improving the quality of life for San Diegans.
The University Community Plan Update will create capacity for over 30,000 new homes and 70,000 new jobs, especially in the biotech and life sciences sectors, over the course of the coming decades, along with 160+ acres of dedicated open space to our University City neighborhood. This plan supports regional transit investments and significant improvements to pedestrian and bicycle networks, ensuring a more connected and vibrant community.
The Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment aims to add jobs,17,000 new homes and create promenades and more bicycle infrastructure in the coming years. It builds upon planned regional transit investments and includes dedicated transit facilities, making Hillcrest a more accessible and enjoyable place for everyone.
The Hillcrest proposal also includes what would be the City’s first-ever protections for businesses considered “legacy tenants,” which could be at risk of being pushed out by rising rents and property values that can come with new growth. It specifically protects jobs in the service and entertainment industries. The plan also calls for celebrating the legacy of the neighborhood’s LGBTQ+ community — which continues to thrive after emerging in the 1970s — with a special historic district featuring public art, preserved buildings, plaques and other attractions.
These plans represent a forward-thinking, long-term approach to urban planning that prioritizes sustainable growth, aligning employment and residential growth, improving mobility, and enhancing community spaces.
Thank you to the hundreds of San Diegans who got engaged in the planning and approval process. These three updates will all be presented to City Council in late July, paving the way towards building a better San Diego for all of us.
ADUs Outpace Single-Family Homes in San Diego
It's taken longer than usual for the Construction Industry Research Board in Sacramento to calculate the annual building permit totals for California's 58 counties and 538 cities.
For the first time, the board is adding up a separate category for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also known as Granny Flats.
The results in San Diego County reveal a huge increase in housing construction last year, with a total of nearly 12,000 building permits, a 21% increase over 2022 and the biggest building spree in 17 years, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
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