The San Diego Housing Commission will stop adding people to its lengthy waitlist for federally subsidized housing vouchers on Feb. 1.
No one has been pulled off the list for nearly three and a half years, since August 2022, and it has swelled to more than 76,000 people, with 1,000 new applicants being added each month. Today’s long list remains after more than 80,000 people who were no longer interested in participating were removed in 2023.
Officials said getting people off the list and into housing can take 15 years and federal funding has not kept pace with San Diego housing costs…