Data Source:

California Department of Housing & Community Development

Analysis:

Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies

Data are from the California Department of Housing & Community Development, Housing Element Annual Progress Report data (updated December 8, 2022), and include the number of new housing units for which Silicon Valley and Bay Area jurisdictions issued permits in calendar years 2015 through 2021. In some cases, 2014 permits are included in the case where Bay Area jurisdictions opted to apply them toward the current RHNA cycle. The Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) is the state-mandated process to identify the total number of housing units (by affordability level) that each jurisdiction must accommodate in its Housing Element. AMI stands for Area Median Income. Silicon Valley data include Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, and the cities of Fremont, Union City, and Newark. Bay Area includes the 9-county region. Affordability levels indicated on the chart include Very Low Income (0-50% of the Area Median Income, AMI), Low Income (50-80% AMI), Moderate Income (80-120% AMI), and Above Moderate Income (120%+ AMI).

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