Saturday, July 15, 2017

Housing Crunch "Spurring Legislators into Action" in today's news

I'm grateful to have a roof over my head.  I wish everybody did.

Today's SF Chronicle front page story (to the left of the bigger "Frustration in Chinatown as new subway is delayed) is "Housing Crunch spurring legislators into action/with 130 bills in pipeline, vote is possible soon."

Here's some of what I learned:

This past decade, developers have build 80,000 houses a year, but 180,000 are needed.

In prior years 160,000 were built each year.

Of the 10 least affordable counties in the nation, 7 are in California:  Marin, SF, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa.

Home ownership in CA has dropped to 1940's level.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle/20170715/281496456330781

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