Berkeley faces a housing crisis with skyrocketing market-rate rentals and inadequate affordable units, necessitating a solution like Measure CC to enhance housing flexibility and availability.
The city has 1,100 housing units to build annually as per RHNA, but the pressure from high construction costs and interest rates hampers production, complicating progress.
Current laws restrict homeowners from reclaiming rental spaces for personal use, discouraging them from renting out secondary units, which otherwise could alleviate housing deficits.
Post-World War II conversions of spaces into rental units proved effective, yet today's restrictions stymie similar creative housing solutions that could address Berkeley’s affordability crisis.
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