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Once a sleepy giant, Los Angeles’ core awakens
LOS Angeles’ downtown was little more than a sleepy office district not too long ago, where tens of thousands of suburbanites would clear out by the end of [...]
California’s $100 Million 2019 Low Income Solar Program Near Roll Out
California’s investor-owned utilities are preparing to spend up to $100 million this year bringing solar to low income buildings, with an expected launch of the Solar on Multifamily [...]
Can California homes and businesses quit natural gas? Some say yes
To meet its aggressive goals for fighting climate change, California wants to wean millions of homes and businesses in the state off natural gas.
Rising Bay Area rents hit communities of color hardest
Rising Bay Area rents have taken the heaviest toll on minority communities, displacing more low-income black, Latino and Asian residents than poor white residents, according to a new [...]
‘All hands on deck’: Can public-private solutions solve Calif. housing crisis?
In his inaugural address last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to create “a Marshall Plan” to alleviate the state’s housing shortage.
Housing meant for the Bay Area’s poorest residents is slowly vanishing
As Bay Area communities struggle to build enough housing for their poorest residents, one factor keeps threatening their progress: the affordable housing they already have is slowing disappearing.
PolitiFact California: Gavin Newsom’s Housing Tax Credit Promise Is ‘In The Works’
On the campaign trail, Gavin Newsom promised a “Marshall Plan” to confront California’s affordable housing crisis. He said he’d help the state build its way out of the [...]
Editorial: As the Bay Area’s housing crisis continues, segregation grows
The Bay Area’s housing crisis isn’t just straining residents’ wallets. According to a new study from UC Berkeley and the California Housing Partnership, it’s resegregating cities, displacing minority communities and [...]
Bay Area housing prices push low-income minorities farther out, study finds
The rising cost of housing in the Bay Area has dramatically resegregated neighborhoods by race and pushed minority families to the outer edges of the region, a new [...]
State Treasurer in Fresno for Listening Tour on Housing
The Fresno Housing Authority hosted an Affordable Housing Listening Tour featuring California State Treasurer Fiona Ma at the Legacy Commons apartment complex in Fresno Friday.
Bay Area housing gets $500 million boost, with launch of region’s largest fund
Bay Area power brokers fired a major shot in the fight against the housing shortage Thursday, as tech leaders, elected officials and philanthropists came together to launch what is [...]
2019 – A Happier New Year for Affordable Housing in California
As we head into the first full week of 2019, I wanted to share five reasons why I am feeling optimistic about the state of affordable housing in California: [...]
Opinion: Low-income renters who face evictions need pro-bono help from Valley’s lawyers
Last summer, a Fresno family repeatedly asked their landlord to repair a faulty electrical system in their home. The landlord ignored their pleas, the power went out and [...]
How Northern California’s destructive wildfires could exacerbate the state’s housing crisis
Northern California’s recent wildfires have burned homes at a greater pace than developers are building them, deepening a housing shortage that already has left millions struggling to find [...]
New AHSC Report Assesses Cap-and-Trade Housing Program Benefits
Today, the California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners published a report that uses newly available data to assess the climate and community benefits delivered by the Cap-and-Trade-funded Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program [...]
Ballots for Buildings: Voters Weigh Affordable Housing Measures
Amid a rapid rise in housing costs in many parts of the country, voters in eight states will consider measures today that would either spur the construction of [...]
County approves deal to create 196 affordable apartments in massive Marina del Rey complex
County supervisors have approved a deal to put 196 affordable units in the huge Mariners Village apartment complex in Marina del Rey.
El Monte to open its next affordable housing project, but demand is still enormous
In August, a developer unfurled a banner on the under-construction Palo Verde Apartments on Peck Road in El Monte, encouraging passersby — especially people in need of affordable [...]
Opinion: Californians Suffer From Multimillion Unit Home Shortage — What Can Be Done Now?
The gap that exists between the number of homes demanded in the state of California and the number of homes supplied has widened rapidly in recent years and [...]
Santa Cruz County To Vote On Affordable Housing Bond
California’s expensive housing market is pushing people out. That’s a top concern for some as they head to the polls. In Santa Cruz County, voters will weigh in [...]
Affordable Housing: Santa Cruz County to consider lowering fees to build accessory ‘granny unit’
In its latest step to address the local housing crisis, Santa Cruz County is putting together a pilot program that would lower development fees for homeowners to build [...]
1 in 3 Bay Area renters have less than $1,000 saved
Nearly a third of Bay Area renters are one financial emergency away from missing a rent payment — and potentially getting slapped with an eviction notice, according to [...]
UC Berkeley Housing Report Shows A Re-Segregation Of The Bay Area
Soaring Bay Area housing costs have led to a wave of racial and income segregation, according to a new report from the University of California at Berkeley.
Rising housing costs are re-segregating the Bay Area, study shows
New reports from the Urban Displacement Project at UC Berkeley and the California Housing Partnership confirm that rising housing costs between 2000 and 2015 have contributed to displacement [...]
