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Dec. 5, 2024 City council to vote on new environmental review for SEDA. What’s at stake: Building rates in Fresno have declined for four straight years. The city has over-built single-family homes by almost 30,000 units. But the city wants to build potentially tens of thousands more in Southeast Fresno. In a city struggling to build enough affordable housing while Read More
Dec. 2, 2024 A new 100% affordable housing project is now available for occupancy at 180 Jones Street in Tenderloin, San Francisco. The project proposal included the development of a new nine-story affordable housing complex. The City and Mayor London Breed celebrated the inauguration, and were joined by representatives from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Cahill Contractors Read More
Nov. 22, 2024 “As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House, California housing advocates are bracing for how a second term could impact the state’s notoriously high home prices, rents and rates of homelessness. This time around, that’s changed, and Trump has recognized housing affordability is a problem, said Matthew Schwartz, executive director of the policy organization the Read More
Nov. 21, 2024 San Francisco, CA – Today, Mayor London N. Breed and representatives from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) joined housing advocates and development partners to celebrate the grand opening of 180 Jones Street, a new 100% affordable housing development located on a formerly vacant corner lot in the heart of the Tenderloin. The nine-story, 38,500 square Read More
Nov. 21, 2024 Local activists call for urgent protections as evictions rise. Imperial Beach, a coastal city known for its serene beaches and diverse community, is currently facing intense scrutiny due to its eviction crisis affecting numerous tenants. The local situation has drawn attention to the need for potential legislative protections aimed at securing housing stability for renters amid rising Read More
Nov. 17, 2024 California’s housing crisis is one of the state’s most pressing issues today. As the demand for affordable housing grows, so does the divide between two opposing camps: NIMBYs (Not In My Backyard) and YIMBYs (Yes In My Backyard). These acronyms may sound like simple phrases, but they represent a fierce ideological battle that has major implications for the future of California’s Read More
Nov. 12, 2024 Unlike market-rate homes, affordable housing takes a village to finance and build. The federal government chips in with tax credits, and depending on the budget that year, the state might subsidize projects it deems worthy. Neither are enough on their own, so it’s up to local governments to fill in the rest. But in California, cities need Read More
Nov. 12, 2024 As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House, California housing advocates are bracing for how a second term could impact the state’s notoriously high home prices, rents and rates of homelessness. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to fix the country’s growing housing affordability crisis by slashing mortgage rates, reducing regulations and opening federal land Read More
July 10, 2024 Online maps displaying a peppering of short-term rentals in San Diego have sparked a furor on social media, with commenters discussing whether the proliferation of short-term vacation homes across America are contributing to the country’s housing problem. “So this is why I can’t find affordable rental housing for my family,” a user named Kerouwhack commented on a Reddit post featuring Read More
Nov 4, 2024 The city of Belmont has taken a step to address housing needs by adopting an updated 2023-2031 Housing Element, a blueprint that aims to improve housing availability and affordability over the next seven years. The City Council adopted the plan on Sep. 10, 2024, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) recently certified it as compliant with California’s Housing Read More