By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh
and Peggy Pico
The San Diego City Council declared an affordable housing emergency for the 12th year in a row on Monday. San Diego is tens of thousands of units short of the goal for affordable homes.
According to the San Diego Housing Commission, 60,700 San Diegans are currently on the waiting list for Section 8 housing. The wait time is 10 to 12 years.
Is this housing emergency something San Diego wants to find solutions to? Or will San Diego head into a 13th year of emergency?
Murtaza Baxamusa, who develops affordable housing for the San Diego Building Trades Family Housing Corporation, and Chanelle Hawken, executive director of public policy for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, discussed affordable housing in San Diego Wednesday on Midday Edition. Click here to listen to the interview.