berkeley labor center. the affordability of new housing fit the incomes of workers, the answer is no. this last week. a walking tour we stopped at two market developments in excelsior. one, apartments at 33 sennecca remains notoriously empty. apartments were priced out of reach of local residents. the second apartments, 65 ocean was one of the city's first approved home sf program which is under construction at 198 units. which see what the he'd aphousehold in the neighborhood can afford. of the 48 below market units, more than half are priced for the local work force. inflated by the extreme wealth and equality in our significantly out of sync in lower income neighborhoods. >> when the students reflect on their families housing. before them was a building where the majority of the housing is market rate and priced for workers that don't live in the neighborhood and the quote unquote affordable units aren't affordable. the implications are alarming. the high rent is causing fossil fuel and increasingly segr

berkeley, and we studied the income and resident data for over 50,000 union members who work for the city. who are these workers that we studies? they are domestic workers, health care workers, whether they are in the homes or in the hospitals or clinics, custodians, janitor's, hotel and tad -- stadium workers, public workers and nonprofit sector workers. we started with gaining stories from workers, from where they're at. we brought in workers and talked about their stories. we then developed the three points also mentioned by supervisor mar: land, funding, and programs as our -- as our basis for moving forward. as i stated, good jobs are essential for moving forward, so this emphasizes right off the bat the production of these houses must be built with skill, skilled and trained workers. 7%, 7% of union workers in this study can afford medium market rates in this city. 7%. very shocking. what we found was that most unionized workers in our city need affordable housing opportunities. we need to reframe this critical solution of added housing to this job and expand the funding and pr