Housing Growth & Affordability — A City Still Building at Scale

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Dublin is one of the most active housing production cities in the East Bay — and managing the pace, affordability, and quality of that growth is the central challenge of city governance. The City Council introduced an ordinance in June 2026 amending the Development Agreement for the SCS Dublin project, requiring that three below-market-rate units be within entry-level townhomes before the issuance of the 251st residential building permit — a meaningful but modest affordability requirement that reflects ongoing negotiations over how much affordability Dublin can extract from market-rate developers. The preliminary two-year General Fund budget projects General Fund revenues of $136.5 million driven largely by property taxes, which are expected to increase by $1.98 million due to modest increases in assessed property values and continued development — a clear signal that Dublin's fiscal health is directly tied to sustaining housing production. The BART-adjacent Dublin/Pleasanton station area remains the city's primary RHNA delivery vehicle, with transit-oriented projects continuing to advance.

Related cause: Housing Affordability

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