April 2023 - Blog & Press Highlights

April 2023 - Blog & Press Highlights

Andrew Kehoe
In The News
 

Sacramento outperforms other California cities in production of affordable housing

Mayor Darrell Steinberg speaks to the press flanked by Gov. Gavin Newson at the tiny homes announcement.

Sacramento, CA (April 11, 2023) - The City of Sacramento has built far more affordable housing per capita than other cities in the region and other major cities in California over the past several years, city staff reported Tuesday.

While construction of market-rate housing citywide dipped in 2022 due to higher interest rates and other market factors, affordable housing production rose as the City invested tens of millions of dollars in housing, much of it from federal Covid stimulus funds. Sacramento permitted 1,267 units of low-and very-low-income units in 2022, 32 more units than in 2021. When measured against the population, the city’s production between 2019 - 2021 has topped Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, Fresno, San Francisco, and Long Beach.

Sacramento’s affordable housing production in 2022 came close to the number assigned to the city by the state as its fair share to meet the statewide need — a rare accomplishment as most jurisdictions usually fall far short. Production of market-rate housing still trails the target by a significant amount, however.

“The City Council and the city staff has been very deliberate over the last five to seven years to aggressively prioritize affordable housing,” said Mayor Darrell Steinberg.

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