Santa Cruz is California's least-affordable housing market. Are high-rises a solution? - Los Angeles Times

Santa Cruz leaders say downtown high-rises would ease housing costs. Activists call the plan 'out of character' for the laid-back beach town and are fighting new construction.
Santa Cruz leaders say downtown high-rises would ease housing costs. Activists call the plan 'out of character' for the laid-back beach town and are fighting new construction.

Michael Smolens: Affordable housing stock continued to shrink in 2023 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Los Angeles's Housing Crisis: Can Design Be a Solution? - The New York Times

California Is Desperate for Affordable Housing But Can't Stop Getting in Its Own Way - WSJ

California's Santa Cruz County now has highest rent in the US

Santa Cruz Is The Least Affordable U.S. Rental Metro; With SF at #2

Santa Cruz County is the Second Least Affordable Place to Live in the Nation

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Absolutely insane rental prices in Capitola. : r/santacruz

Santa Cruz is California's least-affordable housing market. Are high-rises a solution? - Los Angeles Times

A tent encampment rises outside Ojai's City Hall, filled with older locals priced out of housing - Los Angeles Times

More market-rate homes aren't the answer to our housing crisis - Los Angeles Times

Even the least expensive areas of California are becoming unaffordable, and more desirable - Lookout Santa Cruz

Solving California's Housing Affordability Crisis: Independent Institute