Pro-housing advocates say the reduction of San Diego’s residential lot sizes could lower home prices, and increase tax revenue for the cash-strapped city.

A coalition of housing groups Friday morning said that denser developments are needed in America’s Finest City. They presented research from housing analysts London Moeder Advisors at a news conference in front of City Hall in downtown San Diego that they say supports their claims.

The proposal given to the City Council, ready-made for a potential ordinance, said tinier lot sizes would result in more homes where just one single-family home once sat.

Residents of new developments throughout the county, from Chula Vista to Santee, are used to having very little space between their homes and their neighbors, but that’s not always the cas

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