San Diego Housing Commission

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday awarded 100 federal rental housing vouchers to the San Diego Housing Commission, valued at nearly $1.3 million.

A former hotel in the South Bay was given a new life as Benson Place. The apartments will provide stable homes and an opportunity for a fresh start to San Diegans who previously experienced homelessness. Nearly eight months after its groundbreaking, Benson Place formerly EZ-8 Motel in the Otay Mesa area, was transformed into 82 affordable apartments. “This is a…

A former hotel in the Southbay was given a new life as Benson Place. The apartments that will provide stable homes and an opportunity for a fresh start to San Diegans who previously experienced homelessness. Nearly eight months after its groundbreaking, Benson Place formerly EZ-8 Motel in the Otay Mesa area, was transformed into 82 affordable apartments. “This is a…

Aug. 7 marks an important deadline for low-income San Diegans who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 crisis and need one-time, emergency help paying their rent.

The San Diego City Council Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt a study that aims to analyze existing affordable housing options throughout San Diego and ways to preserve affordable housing for vulnerable residents.

If the proposal passes, It could still take weeks for the program to be set up and months for funds to be allocated The San Diego City Council was scheduled to hear a proposal Tuesday to allocate $61.9 million of the city’s $248.5 million federal CARES Act funding towards an emergency rental assistance program amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a…

Leaders of the San Diego City Council and San Diego Housing Commission have completed a study outlining ways to preserve affordable housing for low-income renters in the city in the coming years.

The new initiative will create permanent housing solutions for the homeless while also providing services to help people transition out of homelessness.

Tenants of a Mid-City apartment complex shared stories with the San Diego Housing Commission on Friday about how a rent increase at their complex would alter their lives.

Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD), home to homeless veterans, will soon expand its residency program to include non-veterans.

Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD), home to homeless veterans, will soon expand its residency program to include non-veterans. NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has more.

The grand opening of a permanent housing facility in Mission Valley means that dozens of homeless veterans now have a safe place to live.

Dozens of homeless veterans can now call a place home after a Normal Heights apartment complex opened Tuesday.

For nine months, we met with local government financial experts and submitted public information requests to local agencies. Our requests asked for homeless spending data for the fiscal years 2015 and 2016. The data represents a range of costs associated with homelessness, including rental assistance, transitional housing, health services and clean-up costs.

With help from a public interest attorney, Darlisa McDowell and members of the San Diego Tenants Union are suing the San Diego Housing Commission, which they claim is responsible for “perpetuating racial segregation and the concentration of poverty” in the city.

Families that depend on rent subsidies are suing a city agency because they claim the Section 8 program is trapping them in low-opportunity neighborhoods. NBC 7’s Mari Payton explains.

The San Diego City Council voted Monday to eliminate parking requirements for some future developments in an effort to meet the city’s affordable housing needs.

The San Diego City Council voted 8-1 to eliminate parking requirements for some affordable housing projects. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more.

Reforms proposed by Mayor Kevin Faulconer would eliminate parking space requirements for multifamily housing developments that are located within a half-mile of a trolley or bus stop.

The San Diego City Council passed a resolution to create additional permanent supportive housing units in every district to address its homelessness problem.