Tag: Affordable Housing

  • Landlord Got $500K in Public Subsidies While Maintaining Substandard Conditions

    Brian O’Shea has made his City Heights apartment a home. A large Chargers flag covers its main wall. Framed scriptures remind him of the strength he mustered several years back to kick his drinking habit. Cowboy hats hang on the wall like plaques, commemorating his time as a bull rider at local rodeos. But the apartment…

  • City Council Approves 500 Percent Increase in Fees for Mid-City Parks and Facilities

    A construction crew works on the new YMCA facility in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle By Megan Burks Developers are about to pay a whole lot more in fees to build homes in San Diego’s mid-city area. The City Council approved a plan Tuesday that will increase fees there by nearly 500…

  • Where the Affordable Housing Fee Is Headed Now

    By Andrew Keatts So much for increasing the development fee San Diego charges to help pay for subsidized housing. The City Council increased the fee last fall. Business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce gathered enough signatures to challenge it with a public vote. Facing that prospect, the Council sidestepped a costly public vote…

  • City Council to Consider Raising Fee That Funds Affordable Housing

    By Andrew Keatts The city of San Diego charges developers a fee on new commercial buildings, which it uses to help pay for subsidized housing units in the city. Advocates are asking the City Council to raise the fee on Nov. 4. Since it was implemented in 1990, it’s been called a “linkage fee” –…

  • Voices: Public Housing 101

    Asociación de Liderazgo Comunitario (ALC), formerly known as Proyecto de Casa Saludables, put on a housing forum June 27. Over the next week, we’ll share three talks given at the event, including this presentation on public housing assistance by Ahmed Malinomar, the community manager at Metro Villas Apartments. Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center…