Belmont Village, a national company, is building a new luxury senior living apartment complex on Nobel Drive. Belmont has these types of complexes throughout the country, and like the other senior living complex next door, this building is much larger than most of the surrounding housing. It is unacceptable that the housing needs of local San Diegans, particularly are houseless neighbors are being ignored in favor of drawing in wealthy, retired (white) people from around the country. We continue to hear about how new housing is being built, but we need more transparency about who the housing is actually built for. This type of luxury senior housing keeps our houseless neighbors on the streets while continuing to raise the cost of living leading to further displacement.

You can read about Belmont Village La Jolla here: https://www.belmontvillage.com/locations/la-jolla-california/

We demand that at least 20% of the habitable units in the new Belmont Village complex be given to houseless residents of La Jolla and San Diego for free.

We demand that a cap of 30% of habitable units be placed on the number of incoming tenants from outside of San Diego (As in no more than 30% of the units should be rented to people who are not currently residents of San Diego). Our neighbors in San Diego need affordable and sustainable housing NOW. We can't let the wealthy swoop in just because they want to live close to the beach. Priority should be given to San Diegans who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color, as well as folks who are undocumented, queer, trans, immunocompromised, disabled, and/or elderly. Rental rates for San Diegans should be capped at $1500 a month.

Along with that, the use of airbnbs should be completely prohibited in the building (and all of San Diego) as they leave many apartments empty. This allows wealthy people (who probably doesn't even live in San Diego) to have temporary rentals at exorbitant prices while also creating scarcity in the housing market.

In addition, we demand that the city of San Diego must agree that any new housing complex must have at least 20% of it's habitable units provided to houseless San Diegans for free.

It is homelessness itself that should be outlawed. We demand a zero tolerance policy for homelessness in a country with so much wealth.

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