Despite The Ongoing Demand, Building Affordable Housing In The Bay Area
Remains Very Difficult
The affordable housing crisis has existed in California and the Bay Area for decades, but has become a pressing problem in recent years. Job growth in the Bay Area has been off the charts, but not enough housing has been built to keep pace with job growth even as more people want to live in area cities.
In the past 20 years, more people, companies and workers have moved back into urbanized areas of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, AGI Avant CEO Eric Tao said during Bisnow's Bay Area Affordable Housing event Thursday.
“Everybody wants to be…
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