Sarasota residents can now see every completed and proposed affordable housing development inside city limits on a single interactive map. The city published the dashboard Wednesday through sarasotafl.gov, consolidating data it says supports transparency as housing costs remain a top concern.

The tool, built on ArcGIS, displays color-coded pins for each development along with charts showing unit counts, project stages and locations. Users can filter results by occupancy type and by whether a developer received a city incentive. The city said the dashboard will be updated as new projects move through the pipeline.

The launch comes as Sarasota grapples with a gap between what residents earn and what housing costs. The median home price in Sarasota County stood at $485,000 as of March 2026, according to Realtor.com data cited by Bay News 9. Mark Vengroff, managing partner of Sarasota-based One Stop Housing, told Bay News 9 in March that his company fields about 120 calls a day from people searching for units they can afford near their jobs.

"30,000 apartments is a gap of people that need that," Vengroff said in the March 18 report. "They earn too much to qualify for affordable housing, which is taxpayer-supported developments, but they cannot afford market rates."

One Stop Housing broke ground in January 2026 on Sarasota Station, a 202-unit workforce housing complex at 2211 Fruitville Road with a 30-year affordability commitment. That project, along with the city's delayed First Street workforce housing effort across from City Hall, falls within the dashboard's stated scope of completed and proposed developments inside city limits.

The city spent $7.3 million in September 2024 to acquire two parcels at 1590 and 1544 First St. for the downtown project. In April 2026, commissioners voted 4-1, with Jen Ahearn-Koch opposed, to pursue a non-binding option on an adjacent credit union building. Wayne Appleby, the city's economic development and real estate manager, acknowledged frustration with the project's pace at the April 6 commission meeting, citing turnover in the city manager's office.

Under the city's Comprehensive Plan, "attainable housing" covers households earning up to 120 percent of the Area Median Income. The dollar threshold has risen since 2021 but has not been updated on the city's website.

The dashboard is live at sarasotafl.gov. The City Commission primary is Aug. 18.