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Mayor Todd Gloria and the council president say the package will be amended. It was rejected last week based partly on concerns about concentrating poverty.

The most controversial element of the wide-ranging Housing Action Package 2.0 is a proposal to start letting developers build low-income housing and market-rate housing in separate locations.

In the space of an hour or so, by 8:30 a.m., the first two of the structures, at least one dating back to the 1920s, had been torn down.

The most controversial element of the wide-ranging package is a proposal to start letting developers build low-income housing and market-rate housing in separate locations

One of the most controversial elements of the package was a proposal to require developers to build affordable housing on the same site as market-rate housing

The long, contentious 5-hour city council meeting that ended Monday night, Nov. 13, ultimately witnessed a rejection of Mayor Gloria's current Housing Action Package because of its controversial give-away to affordable housing developers. Ultimately, by a 5 to 3 vote, the council turned down the entire package (Councilmember Raul Campillo was absent for the birth…

The long, contentious 5-hour city council meeting that ended Monday night, Nov. 13, ultimately witnessed a rejection of Mayor Gloria's current Housing Action Package because of its controversial give-away to affordable housing developers. Ultimately, by a 5 to 3 vote, the council turned down the entire package (Councilmember Raul Campillo was absent for the birth…

Two neighbors are being evicted from the Golden Hill duplex they share because the owner wants to replace it with 108 units.

There's a strong move afoot by Mayor Gloria to give developers even more incentives in building affordable housing as it supposedly would give developers wider flexibility. There's  just one catch: Gloria's proposal will allow developers to build affordable  housing off-site and in poorer communities. This will lead to a new type of "redlining" say critics…

San Diego's public encampment ban has been in effect for four months. On Roundtable, we take a look at the effort to connect homeless San Diegans with housing. Also, the city is looking to change affordable housing rules for developers.