Category: Partners
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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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Uncertainty Looms for Many Renters Before Statewide Protections Kick in
A new law capping rent increases across the state doesn’t kick in until Jan. 1. In the meantime, some tenants across the city say they’re being forced to choose between leaving their homes or swallowing big rent hikes.
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Culture Report: Refugee and Immigrant Stories Take the Big Screen
The San Diego Asian Film Festival celebrates 20 years of showcasing pop culture films, documentaries, dramas and shorts, San Diego Museum of Art opens a Bouguereau exhibition and more arts and culture news.
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Advocates See Room For Improvement In San Diego’s ‘Placemaking’ Program
San Diego City Council members last year approved a new placemaking program meant to encourage small-scale community beautification projects. Advocates say the program is an improvement, but that it’s still too bureaucratic.