Available resources (funding, expertise).In developing the Blueprint, many factors will be considered including: As we refine the Blueprint, your feedback is important to ensure that any new factors in the changing housing landscape are considered. It reflects prior community input, specific regional priorities, direction from the Board, as well as state mandates. As a first step, the Board approved a draft Blueprint in December 2022 with an initial set of goals and objectives (see documents to the right). Since 2019, the Board has established multiple initiatives ( 2019 - 22 Summary of Board Directives) to help stimulate affordable housing production and improve access to homes for the most vulnerable, including new land use policies for the county’s unincorporated area and new housing development and resource programs throughout the region.Ĭommunity input has been integral to ensuring the development of those initiatives, many of which have been completed.Īs we continue this work, we need a guiding tool to help maximize our resources and prioritize our efforts. To address this, the County has worked to curb the housing affordability crisis. The high cost of housing contributes to homelessness and can perpetuate cycles of poverty. This situation puts particular strain on households with extremely low to moderate income levels. Home building in the region has not kept pace with population growth and demand at nearly all income levels. San Diego desperately needs affordable housing. Your feedback will inform the final recommendations for the Blueprint’s goals and objectives and be presented to the Board of Supervisors (Board). The resulting Housing Blueprint (Blueprint) will lay out the goals, objectives, and strategies the County will follow to maximize our resources, balance priorities, and ensure the steps we take to meet San Diego’s housing needs align with our core values of integrity, belonging, excellence, access, sustainability, and equity.Ĭommunity input has been vital to the County’s efforts to address the crisis to date, and we want that to continue. The County is creating a roadmap to help guide our ongoing response to the housing affordability crisis.
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