Homeownership opportunities for SD supported by impressive group of land-use leaders and housing advocates

SAN DIEGO – A growing coalition of land-use leaders and housing advocates are refining a concept to lower the cost of homeownership by building more homes San Diegans can afford.

The “small-lot house” is both a traditional approach and a novel idea, more compatible with many of San Diego’s existing communities, and more sustainable and fiscally efficient.

The purpose of the initiative is simple: If you can build a home on a smaller lot, it will be cheaper. And San Diego needs more homes. A lot of them.

“Buy less land, build a home and it will be cheaper – because you’re buying less land,” said...