Gilroy On The Hook For 1,700 New Housing Units In Next Cycle

GILROY, CA — Gilroy will have to plan for more than 1,700 new housing units between 2023 and 2031, the Gilroy Dispatch reported.

The city will not appeal its Regional Housing Needs Allocation numbers, which are allotted by the Association of Bay Area Governments in eight-year cycles. The numbers are meant to be housing benchmarks for cities to hit in order to help with the affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area.

Gilroy would reportedly be on the hook for 700 more housing units in the next cycle compared to the current cycle.

According to the Dispatch, Gilroy is behind on its 2023 targeted number of very low income units of 236 units, only completing 27 percent.

In the next housing element, Gilroy would be expected to plan for approximately 400 more very low income units, the Dispatch reported.

Read the Gilroy Dispatch's original report.