Over the past six years, Poway has built fewer homes than all but three cities in the county. The city has built just 14.1 homes per 1,000 residents. And that likely won’t change any time soon.

Poway’s land is almost exclusively zoned for single-family housing – one study put that level at 98 percent of the city, which would be the highest percentage of single-family zoning in the entire county.

City officials disagree with that study’s finding, but don’t disagree they set aside a lot of the city, save for a 2.65 mile stretch of Poway Road, for single-family homes. That zoning map and the city’s comparatively massive lot sizes make it very difficult to build. And officials don’t have any plans to change either.

Another big reason the city’s built so little housing is because they’re pro

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