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City Planning Department

Neighborhood Homes for All of Us

Projected Completion: 2026

Partially Grant Funded: (SANDAG) Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant

A row of townhomes

Small-scale neighborhood homes are townhomes, rowhomes and small-scale multiple-home buildings that are built to the same scale as surrounding traditional single homes that can provide home options for first-time homebuyers, families with children and middle-income households. These types of homes are often missing due to regulatory barriers such as zoning, that limit the available land on which they can be built. Neighborhood Homes For All of Us will include home design guidelines to provide sample plans, layouts and designs, financing strategies and regulations to allow for the development of these homes in more areas in the City in a manner that will enhance the City’s neighborhoods. The City Planning Department will engage with the public and interested stakeholders to assist in developing regulations for these neighborhood homes.

Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus

This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:

Create Homes for All of Us

Focuses opportunities for housing in all residential areas and provides opportunities for homeownership. Provides opportunities for small-scale neighborhood homes that are not currently being produced to meet the needs of San Diego families.


Champion Sustainability

Provides opportunities for homes in existing communities with access to transit and improves walking/ rolling, biking and transit connections.