San Diegans know the pain of high housing costs. Not only is the region short on homes, but the ones that do exist are increasingly out of reach for many families.
It has led to many people leaving their communities in search of affordability.
This weekend, at Politifest’s Solutions Showdown on Oct. 4 at University of San Diego, we’ll explore one of the region’s toughest questions: How can we create more housing in San Diego that people can afford?
Panelists include Ricardo Flores from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) San Diego, Stephen Russell from the San Diego Housing Federation and Sean Kilkenny, a partner at Nolen communities. They’ll present their unique solutions, discussing factors like zoning, state legislation, construction costs and more, before debating which ideas could make the biggest impact.
You won’t want to miss this one. Get tickets here.
Affordable housing is a shell game played by the city and it’s developer political supporters. All it does is encourage even more people to come live here and the affordability struggle continues. Midway rising being another (where do people park in a walkable community that surrounds waste of a 16,000 seat arena to draw what?) . Despite even the minor dent in affordable housing numbers, the city continues to make other fees and services more expensive. The 63% water rate hike vote is tomorrow. Cramming more people into less space is a bad choice. Quality, not quantity.
remove private equities ability to snatch up so much housing, and the problem is solved.
Politifest! Scott Lewis needs money! Buzz and Irwin must have cut him off.
The panel is three YIMBYs. This isn’t journalism. This is activism disguised as journalism.