FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING IN SAN DIEGO
Housing Is About More Than a Roof. It's About Where.
We are building the research, relationships, and civic infrastructure to open San Diego's highest-opportunity neighborhoods to more families. Where you live should expand what is possible, not limit it.
81%
of San Diego's residential land is zoned for single-family homes only, as of 2023. That single rule shapes almost everything else on this page.
Source: Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, reported by KPBS, Sept. 27, 2023.
5% vs. 45%
Since 2000, San Diego's most exclusive neighborhoods added just 5.3% to their housing stock. Neighborhoods becoming more open and representative of the county added 45.2%.
Source: San Diego fair housing data project, 2000 Census and 2024 ACS estimates.
-28%
Black owner-occupied households in San Diego fell by more than a quarter since 2000, while total homeownership citywide grew 10.8%.
San Diego fair housing data project, 2000 Census and 2024 ACS five-year estimates.
49% vs. 36%
Share of all RHNA housing sites located in high-resource neighborhoods vs. share of lower-income unit capacity located there. The gap shows that even in the current planning cycle, affordable units are being steered away from opportunity neighborhoods.
Source: San Diego RHNA Fair Housing Appendix Part B.
San Diego has a legal duty to expand access to opportunity, not just avoid making segregation worse.
Why fair housing requires action →
Five Ways We Work
Building Bridges→
High-opportunity neighborhood engagement
Shared Experience→
Citywide coalition organizing
Ownership Again→
Starter homes + shared equity
Clear the Path→
Permitting and delivery
Measure What Matters→
Public scorecard + accountability
San Diego Fair Housing Lab is a San Diego nonprofit in formation, built on a simple premise: real relationships make research matter. We are currently building our founding board, completing our 501(c)(3) filing, and forming partnerships across San Diego's housing and civic landscape.
Awaiting founder bio: 2-4 sentences on Wes's background and why this work, personal, first person or third person depending on final site voice.