Category: Growth and Housing
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High Prices Keeping Home Ownership A Dream For Many City Heights Residents
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in City Heights is $40,000, which is less than half of what mortgage professionals estimate is needed to afford a median-priced home in the community.
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Blighted City Heights Property Has A New Lease On Life
The City Heights Community Development Corp. has plans to turn the 100-year-old “Sally Wong” building into affordable housing.
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Gómez Tones Down Changes to Inclusionary Housing Policy
Neither builders nor Council President Georgette Gómez’s allies on the left are thrilled with where she’s landed on a policy that has become progressive’s biggest policy goal over the last year.
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How City Heights Is Trying To Protect Its Multicultural Roots
City Heights groups want to tap a state tool to protect the community’s residents and businesses, in the face of San Diego’s booming housing market and looming gentrification.
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San Diego Councilwoman Puts Stricter Control Over Housing Commission On Back Burner
San Diego City Councilwoman Georgette Gomez had planned to ask her colleagues on the council to take more authority over the San Diego Housing Commission, but now those plans are at least temporarily on hold.