Monday, August 12, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer won unanimous City Council approval last week for the latest “ Housing SD ” reform aimed at removing the barriers to building more permanent supportive and transitional housing. The City Council adopted a series of…
Friday, August 23, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Following unanimous City Council approval of several of the Mayor's "Housing SD" reforms this summer to make living in San Diego more affordable, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today joined state Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, to endorse the Affordable…
San Diego – With the goal of building more housing and improve affordability, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer won unanimous City Council approval today for the latest “Housing SD” reform – a major update to the Mission Valley Community Plan that outlines the neighborhood’s plan for future growth in…
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – At the Veteran’s Village of San Diego campus, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer met today with U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson to discuss solutions to homelessness and continued federal support for San Diego’s innovative…
San Diego – With the goal of increasing the affordable housing production across the city, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer issued a veto Thursday to stop the implementation of an ordinance that leading local economists say would increase housing costs and result in less affordable housing being built…
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE SAN DIEGO – The City of San Diego’s Development Services Department (DSD) will now be accepting permit-ready, no-cost building plans for the construction of new companion and junior units in existing single-family or multi-family properties citywide.…
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE SAN DIEGO – The latest round of Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” reforms won unanimous City Council approval today to allow affordable housing to be constructed in church parking lots and streamline the process for approving new senior living…
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – To address the lack of affordable housing for many San Diegans, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was joined today by City Councilmembers Georgette Gomez and Scott Sherman and housing advocates to call for the City Council to adopt additional…
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – To address the statewide housing crisis at the local level, the City Council today adopted two additional strategies as part of Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” plan to help increase housing supply, lower development costs and promote smart…
Monday, April 30, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – With the goal of increasing San Diego’s housing supply for low- and middle-income San Diegans, the City Council today adopted an additional strategy that supports Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” plan and makes it easier and more affordable…