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Planning department presentation shows net affordable housing stock and pipeline; committee files report
Summary
Staff presented the biannual housing balance report showing a net affordable stock of roughly 10,876 units and a pipeline of entitled projects that could yield about 21,570 net new units (23% affordable); the committee filed the report.
Teresa Ojeda, principal planner in citywide policy planning, presented the seventh biannual housing balance report covering Q3 2008 through Q2 2018. The report tracks the balance between affordable and market-rate housing over 10-year periods as required by a 2015 ordinance that added Section 103 to the Planning Code.
Ojeda summarized the findings: net affordable housing stock totaled about 10,876 units and the projected pipeline of entitled projects that have not yet received permits could yield roughly 21,570 net new units, of which planners estimate about 23% would be affordable. The report provides board-district-level and planning-district-level balances and shows a projected housing balance near 16% for the reporting period. Several districts showed negative balances driven by removals of protected units (demolitions, conversions, owner-move-in evictions) relative to new affordable production.
Public commenters, including housing advocates and community housing organizations, urged stronger preservation funding and policy changes to prevent ongoing losses of affordable units. The committee filed the hearing record as required by ordinance.
