Affordable Housing Facts
Affordable housing in Poway keeps families together and employees local, while supporting safe, well-maintained, and sustainable neighborhoods.
In addition, a recent study on affordable housing revealed that the following commonly expressed concerns do not have any negative impacts on Poway residents’ quality of life.
- Property values are unaffected: Poway property values are not impacted by affordable housing. In fact, some neighborhoods near Poway’s affordable housing communities retained their values better than the City of Poway as a whole between 2006 and 2009.
- School quality remains high: The children who reside in Poway’s affordable housing communities attend either Valley Elementary School or Midland Elementary School. Between 2005 and 2008 both of these schools experienced higher rates of improvement in their API scores as compared to district-wide trends.
- Crime rates mirror city trends: Neighborhoods close to affordable housing experience crime rates that parallel city trends. With one of the lowest overall rates of crime in the County, Poway is among the region’s safest places to live, and the neighborhoods with affordable housing communities reflect these same patterns.
- Water consumption is low: Poway’s affordable housing communities were designed to incorporate numerous water saving features. As a result, they represent significantly lower than average water use and are based on best practices for water conservation.
- Neighborhood aesthetics are preserved: Affordable housing communities in Poway adhere to the highest design and construction standards possible. Innovative design, planning, and finance have won these communities national recognition and numerous awards.
