The state of California has given San Francisco the go-ahead to implement a new Housing Element, which sets ambitious affordable housing construction quotas until 2031, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

Signed off by Mayor London Breed and the city’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the plan calls for the construction of over 82,000 homes over the next eight years — which is more than three times San Francisco’s 10-year annual production average. Over half of those homes are planned to be affordable homes for low- and middle-income residents.

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