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Affordable housing: Little funding to meet great need
Behind more than 16,000 doors in the Coachella Valley, people live in subsidized housing. Inside those homes are senior citizens …
Study: Sky High Los Angeles County Rents Push 13,000 Into Homelessness
The demand for affordable housing can be counted by the tents lining Los Angeles streets and the number of people who live inside them. …
Easing L.A.’s housing crunch
Los Angeles is stuck in a housing crisis with little hope for an easy escape. The standard definition of “affordable” is …
Midyear 2015 O.C. housing report: $11 billion in sales, priciest condo, smallest house, most lavish digs, hidden costs
More than six months past New Year’s Eve, the champagne corks are still popping. …
The Numbers Crunch: Life, liberty and the pursuit of some decent housing
If any doubt remained, a new study shows that the lack of affordable housing is a full-blown crisis, particularly for the poorest among us. …
California’s cap-and-trade program funds affordable housing
The state’s cap-and-trade program this year will provide $122 million in funding for affordable housing, including more than 800 new units in …
Santa Clara County housing agency to tie more Sect. 8 vouchers to affordable units
As Silicon Valley’s lack of affordable housing has escalated from bad to full-blown crisis over the last few years, people at the bottom …
Affordable homes mean jobs for the Kern County economy
Despite upbeat news of an economy on an upswing, thousands of families in Kern County and other parts of the Valley remain stuck …
Moving too often can be bad for your health
It is well known that substandard housing conditions and homelessness lead to bad health. …
California’s cap-and-trade program is key to Gov. Jerry Brown’s agenda
For Gov. Jerry Brown, fighting climate change is more than a central tenet of his political agenda. It’s also a key source of funding. …
12 percent jump in homelessness in LA County
The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent in the past two years, to more than 44,000 …
Activists Shape Oakland Coliseum Area Plan
A large coalition of activist groups pushed successfully for affordable housing goals, local hiring, and environmental mitigations. …
California’s Housing Costs Endanger Growth, Analyst Says
California’s high housing costs threaten the state’s economy as workers increasingly struggle to afford a roof over their heads, …
San Mateo County: Affordable housing crisis inspires talks about rent control
REDWOOD CITY — The affordable housing market has become so dire in San Mateo County that the Board of Supervisors is ready to …
L.A. High-Rise Boom Won’t Cure a Housing Crisis
Until the mid-2000s, the South Park neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles had exactly one high-rise tower: the looming, vaguely Stalinist Transamerica Building. …
CA Adopts Guidelines for Cap-and-Trade Affordable Housing Program
Yesterday the Strategic Growth Council adopted guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and scheduled workshops for early February to …
LA residents need to make $33 an hour to afford the average apartment
You need to earn at least $33 an hour — $68,640 a year — to be able to afford the average apartment in Los Angeles County …
Housing shortage pushing home costs out of reach
Stiff competition for an insufficient supply of houses prevented Max and Taryn McCann from buying a home in downtown Fullerton last year. …
Renters, housing activists search for solutions to skyrocketing Sonoma County rents
“No rent for rats,” participants chanted at last month’s meeting of the North Bay Organizing Project. …
Half Of L.A. Adults Have Roommates To Save Rent
In Los Angeles it’s not out of the norm to hear someone complain about how they would rather live without a roommate if …
S.F. group cooks up affordable housing plan
Mayor Ed Lee‘s housing working group is close to a deal on several policy changes that backers hope will boost the number of …
Longtime tenants lose low-income rentals as housing deals end
Heather Higley’s face darkened with sadness as she moved out of her low-rent apartment in an upscale complex in Simi Valley on a recent Saturday. …
Exclusive: S.F. Mayor’s housing task force pushes new affordable housing policies
Mayor Ed Lee‘s housing working group is close to a deal on several policy changes that backers hope will boost the number of …
California Affordable Homes in Short Supply After Cuts
The 160 units at Santa Monica, California’s Belmar Apartments received 4,600 applications ahead of the project’s July opening…
