Andrew Malick Named to Mayor’s Middle Income Housing Working Group
For middle-income families in the City of San Diego, the prospect of owning or renting a home is a challenge. There is a lack of housing built specifically for families in this income bracket (earning between 80-150% of the area median income), and rents and home prices have continued to rise.
While funding sources exist to develop low-income housing and housing affordable to wealthier households via private development, there are no financial mechanisms to construct middle-income housing, contributing to a lack of housing options for these families.
Between 2010 and 2020, per the State’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment, the City of San Diego needed to construct 15,462 housing units to meet the demand of families in this income range, but only 37 were actually constructed. This has created a “missing middle” housing option and exacerbated the housing crisis in San Diego.
To address this need, as part of his “Homes For All of Us” initiative, Mayor Todd Gloria is creating a middle-income housing working group consisting of 23 representatives from developers, financial institutions, building trades, think tanks, and affordable housing advocates. These individuals will meet frequently from September-November 2021 to prepare policy and financing recommendations that can be acted upon quickly by the Mayor and City Council. Andrew Malick was named to be a part of the group. Additional stakeholder groups and experts will be also be invited to participate in the Working Group meetings.
