Jacksonville ramps up affordable housing construction, but the city is still 50,000 units short

Jacksonville has made measurable gains in affordable housing construction in recent years, but city leaders said the pace still falls short of what’s needed to keep up with rapid population growth. New data from RentCafe.com shows that roughly 1 in every 15 apartments built in the Jacksonville metro over the past five years qualifies as affordable, reflecting a significant increase in income-restricted housing compared with the pre-pandemic period.