Pasadena, like all other cities in California, is in the midst of a revising a housing report on the state of affordable housing and other policies in the city and there will be upcoming public meetings on the issue in August.
The city kicked off the process of working on its state-required Housing Element with a workshop in June.
A summary of that report, which can be downloaded from this post, notes some of the housing challenges that Pasadenans face. Some of the highlights:
- Pasadena got older from 2000 to 2010 - there was an increased percentage of residents 45 years and older and a decrease in the overall percentage of all other age groups.
- That is likely the result of another trend the report notes - the city estimates 51 percent of renters overpay for housing and 43 percent of homeowners overpay.
- The city estimates you would need to make at least $160,000 as a household to afford to buy a home in Pasadena and at least $52,000 to rent.
- The city has been assigned as part of a state-required allocation of low-income housing to work towards the goal of creating 547 new low income, very low income or extremely low-income housing units by 2021. The city will not be responsible for actually building the units but creating policies that will make that kind of production possible.
The next discussion of the city's housing plans will be at the Northwest Commission - Thursday, August 8 at 6:30 PM at the Jackie Robinson Center.
There will be more commission meetings and a public review of the draft Housing Element report in August, according to the city's website.
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