Burlingame

To meet state-mandated housing targets set through the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), every city and county must adopt a Housing Element—a comprehensive plan that outlines how the jurisdiction will meet housing demands across all income levels. This plan includes strategies for zoning, land availability, tenant protections, and facilitating housing development and preservation. The Housing Element must be certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development to ensure it complies with state law.

Use the table below to explore all of this jurisdiction’s housing programs for the 6th Housing Element cycle, including the actions, deliverables, and deadlines committed to for each program.

Rent burden measures how much of a household’s income goes toward housing costs and is a key indicator of housing affordability and financial stability. Households that spend more than 30% of their gross income on rent are considered rent burdened, and those spending more than 50% are considered severely rent burdened, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. High rent burden limits households’ ability to meet basic needs and build savings, and disproportionately affects communities of color.

Gentrification risk measures how neighborhood change and investment patterns affect low-income residents’ exposure to displacement and exclusion from opportunity. Neighborhoods are categorized into four types—at risk of gentrification, gentrifying, stable, or exclusive—based on housing costs, demographics, and investment trends. The chart below shows how low-income households are distributed across these neighborhood types by race and ethnicity. It illustrates persistent racial inequities and how communities of color are more likely to live in neighborhoods facing displacement pressures, while White households are more likely to live in stable or exclusive neighborhoods.

Neighborhood opportunity reflects how access to key resources like quality schools, jobs, transit, parks, and safe environments varies across communities and influences long-term well-being. Neighborhoods are classified into a spectrum of opportunity levels, from areas with concentrated poverty and segregation to areas with high access to socioeconomic resources. Because these patterns are shaped by historical disinvestment and exclusion, communities of color are more likely to live in lower-opportunity neighborhoods. The charts below show how neighborhood opportunity varies across racial and ethnic groups and how these patterns relate to broader equity outcomes.