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Twin Palms neighborhood identity sign

A foundational modernist neighborhood and the first large Palm Springs tract developed by the Alexander Construction Company.

Registered permits 96
Available 26 Estimated permits remaining before the 20% cap.
Waitlisted permit requests 0
Residential units 628

Location

Where Twin Palms sits in Palm Springs

The highlighted boundary shows the neighborhood’s position within the City’s reporting map.

Latest permit status City data as of October 15, 2026
Twin Palms Open Limited Constrained Reporting area No data for this snapshot Roads
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Neighborhood overview

What Twin Palms is like

Twin Palms helped establish the visual language now associated with Palm Springs modernism. William Krisel-designed homes, expressive rooflines, open plans, and indoor-outdoor living made the tract a model for later desert development.

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Permit history

Vacation-rental density over time

The solid line follows the City’s published density for Twin Palms. The dashed line marks the 20% cap.

Published density 20% cap

Only available City snapshots are shown, equally spaced. Lines connect consecutive months only; missing months are omitted, not estimated. Density can change when the City revises its residential-unit count.

Monthly vacation-rental permit history for Twin Palms
Month Density Registered permits Available Waitlisted permit requests
October 2026 15.29% 96 26 0
September 2026 14.97% 94 30 0
August 2026 14.81% 93 31 0
December 2025 16.08% 101 23 0
December 2024 15.61% 98 — 0
May 2024 16.24% 102 — 0
April 2024 16.72% 105 — 0
March 2024 16.72% 105 — 0
February 2024 16.72% 105 — 0
January 2024 16.56% 104 — 0
December 2023 16.24% 102 — 0
November 2023 16.40% 103 — 0
October 2023 16.40% 103 — 0
September 2023 16.56% 104 — 0
August 2023 16.56% 104 — 0
July 2023 16.56% 104 — 0
June 2023 16.40% 103 — 0
May 2023 16.56% 104 — 0
April 2023 16.24% 102 — 0
March 2023 16.24% 102 — 0
February 2023 15.61% 98 — 0
January 2023 11.06% 94 — 0
December 2022 10.94% 93 — 0
November 2022 12.00% 102 — —

* A City-published permit waitlist takes precedence over calculated availability. A dash means the City source did not report that field.

Historical counts · Older definitions

Earlier vacation-rental counts

The City’s 2022 workshop exhibit records Twin Palms from 2017 to 2022. The name is associated with this profile for reference; historical boundaries and the counted property types have not been established as equivalent to today’s reporting.

Each dot is a recorded count, with no values inferred between dates. The 2021 observation has no exact date. These figures do not establish historical availability or waitlists, and today’s 20% cap is not applied.

Historical vacation-rental counts for Twin Palms
Recorded periodVacation-rental count
December 201773
December 201875
December 201983
December 202078
2021 (date unspecified)90
February 1, 202291
July 28, 202290

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