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.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.
In 2021, the San Francisco metro area — which includes the East Bay and Peninsula — lost more than 116,000 residents, or 2.5% of its population, according toA housing development is seen near former salt ponds from this drone view in Newark, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. failed to meet the state’s Tuesday deadline
State officials, often led by lawmakers from the Bay Area, have phased in a number of new laws and policies in recent years aimed at making it easier to build more housing and cracking down on local governments that have long resisted growth.
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