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When the agricultural season ends, the state’s expensive housing sends migrant workers back to Mexico or to nearby states. California has a housing crisis. Why are thousands of farmworker ...
The California Legislative Analyst's Office 2015 report "California's High Housing Costs – Causes and Consequences" estimates that for the state to have kept housing prices no more than 80% higher than the median for the U.S. as a whole (the price differential which existed in 1980, as opposed to the >150% differential which exists today ...
Rental vacancy rates, for example, which are one marker of the balance of housing supply, have declined across the country. While, in a balanced market, rental vacancy rates should fall between 7 and 8 percent, only one U.S. census region, the South, achieved target levels on average in its metro areas as of 2021.
California has long faced one of the largest housing deficits in the United States. In December 2022, CNN reported California had the largest deficit in the nation. A combination of inflation ...
A 2019 report estimates that 4.75 million households in Great Britain are in need of adequate affordable housing. [19] In the 2019 general election, both major political parties identified the housing gap as an obstacle for the country, and pledged to increase housing supply.
The analysis was somewhat optimistic about the battered California housing market. “Higher mortgage rates should send prices lower,” it said. In January, sales of existing single family homes ...
In 2024, zoning remains a much-discussed avenue to alleviate the housing shortage. [14] Mayor Breed proposed in July 2024 rezoning for more housing in areas that currently require a high percentage of office space. [15] And there were a number of state led bills to loosen zoning restrictions near public transit. [16]
California has 5,247 companies with fewer than five employees building single-family housing, and only 10 companies with more than 500 employees in the same business.