As the Bay Area struggles to confront a chronic housing shortage and million-dollar home listings, a new poll indicates residents here are more concerned than most Californians about the high cost of housing.
The survey by the nonprofit Public Policy Institute of California, found 80% of Bay Area residents see housing affordability as a big problem in their communities, while 74% identify homelessness as a major concern. Statewide, 70% of people said both were serious issues.
“It’s definitely a critically important issue for our state leaders to take a hard look at, especially given the population decline that California has seen in the past couple of years,” Rachel Lawler, a survey analyst with PPIC, said during a webinar presenting the poll findings on Thursday.
