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Housing permits · California

Santa Rosa, CA building permits: new housing

299 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -53% on the year before, with $94.4M of construction value.

299
Housing units, last 12 months-53% vs. prior 12: $94.4M
Construction value: 17%
In 5+ unit buildings50 units: 1.7
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 174,613

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Rohnert Park256
Sonoma County Unincorporated Area236
Windsor town143
Petaluma87
Healdsburg74

Also see

Sonoma County1,128
Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA1,128
California111,592

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	39 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	37 units	20 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	33 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	413 units	396 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	12 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	30 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	32 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	65 units	50 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	31 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	241	241	$75.6M
2 units	2	4	$596K
3–4 units	1	4	$2M
5+ units	4	50	$16.2M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	652	416	$141M
2024	292	0	$108M
2023	1,346	899	$344M

Key facts

Santa Rosa, CA permitted 299 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $94,379,789 in construction value.
That is -53% compared with the 12 months before (640 units).
241 were single-family homes and 50 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (4 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $313,489.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 13 units were permitted.
It ranked #87 of 521 permit-issuing places in California by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 652 units were permitted ($141M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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