San Diego County reports record affordable housing year and establishes Housing for All

The County of San Diego told the Board of Supervisors Wednesday that it recorded a record year for affordable housing production and formally adopted "Housing for All" as the county's guiding housing vision.

From July 2025 through June 2026, 13 affordable housing developments supported by county investment completed construction, producing 1,176 homes that the county said will serve families, seniors, veterans and people exiting homelessness.

The county reported $398 million invested in creating and preserving affordable housing across 123 developments, with 9,423 affordable homes completed or underway.

The county's locally funded Innovative Housing Trust Fund has provided more than $129 million to 38 developments, producing 3,396 homes; the latest IHTF awards total $13 million and will support two projects on county property, The Joule in Grantville and Valley Creek in Escondido. A Notice of Funding Availability is open through Nov. 19, 2026.

Repurposing county-owned land remains a key strategy; the county said 12 sites are completed, in planning or under construction with 595 units open, 126 under construction and more than 1,000 units in the pipeline.

Recently completed county-supported projects in Clairemont Mesa include Terrasini with 95 units, Modica Family Apartments with 94 units and Taormina Family Apartments with 136 units; construction on the Goodwin on Glacier in Grantville, with 131 affordable senior homes, is scheduled to start in early 2027.

The county said partnerships with affordable housing developers and faith-based organizations are producing three projects that will create 220 affordable units, including Nestor Senior Village and The Haven on Palm.

The county also outlined new tools and policy changes: a centralized Housing for All Hub, an expanded county-restricted Affordable Housing Map, a San Diego Housing Legislation Map and regulatory changes to expand ownership options such as allowing the sale of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). This is intended to streamline how residents find programs and data and to support development and ownership opportunities across the region; the county framed these as steps to modernize its public tools and systems to widen access to housing programs and information.

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