It raises the question: Has the imbalanced local home sales market, in which only 27% of county residents can now afford the median priced house, finally reached a tipping point?
To Jenni Klose, executive director of Generation Housing, an independent housing advocacy organization in Santa Rosa, the answer is a resounding yes. Her group is calling for a county home construction spree of 6,000 new houses and apartments a year through 2030 to bolster supply and help reverse the escalating housing affordability crunch.
While housing advocates ramp up urgency for county, city, business and elected leaders to make tackling the affordability quagmire a top priority, residents striving to buy continue to share disappointment and rejection.
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