Housing Crisis Report Card

The 2002 Housing Crisis report card reveals why the San Francisco Bay Area continues to have a housing crisis, and how local governments can help end it.

Housing Crisis report card reveals why the San Francisco Bay Area continues to have a housing crisis, and how local governments can help end it. A major cause of the crisis is that 72% of the regions’ cities and counties are failing to take basic steps to address the Bay Area’s affordable housing shortage.

There is a set of solutions that can provide a range of housing choices for everyone. The Housing Crisis Report Card examines the extent to which cities and counties are adopting common sense strategies for affordable housing. It takes a closer look at 40 key cities and counties, selected because they are among the largest and fastest growing places in the Bay Area.

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