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A California Dream: Not Having to Settle for Just One Bedroom
This was the state that embodied the middle-class American dream: Move west, acquire a small slice of property, perhaps with a palm tree …
Can working-class families afford to live in San Mateo County?
SAN MATEO — Araselis Marte and her two daughters have lived in their small two-bedroom apartment on Grant Street for nine years. But now they face …
Surprise, surprise: SF falling far short on affordable housing for low-income residents
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has called for the creation or rehabbing of 30,000 housing units in the next six years …
New report highlights SF shortfall in below-market-rate housing
San Francisco may be a leader in California when it comes to building below-market-rate housing, but it is not measuring up …
Why homes even in the unfashionable parts of LA cost so much
JOSÉ MARROQUÍN lives with his mother, wife and four children in a tiny apartment in a rough part of town. It costs …
For low-income families, challenges keep growing
Orange County workers’ household incomes slipped over a dozen years, when adjusted for inflation, while rents shot up …
San Francisco has affordable housing shortfall of 40,000 units, report says
Amid rising rents and declines in funding, San Francisco has an affordable housing shortfall of more than 40,800 units …
Clean-energy investments good for business, consumers: Guest commentary
The transportation sector is responsible for the largest greenhouse gas emissions in our state, nearly 40 percent. But unlike other sectors …
Housing’s 30-Percent-of-Income Rule Is Nearly Useless
When you’re looking for a place to live, one number rules your world: You should spend no more than 30 percent of your income …
The Squeeze on Renters Is Getting Worse
Summer’s traditionally when moving vans clog the streets as people try to get settled in new homes and apartments before the school year starts…
Is the Cost of Sacramento’s Downtown Makeover Too High?
Many U.S. cities have glaring economic divides that present geographically, but in Sacramento, this inequality is characterized by two downtowns. …
Affordable Housing Near Transit Will Help California Combat Climate Change
California will devote billions of dollars in new cap-and-trade revenue to fund projects intended to further curb climate impacts. …
Cap and Trade Revenue for Affordable Housing Under Discussion
California’s Housing Remains Unaffordable for Poorest Residents
For years California’s housing market has been one of the most expensive in the country, and the economic downturn made houses even less affordable for the state’s poorest [...]
Report: Affordable Housing Gap Getting Worse in Sacramento County
A new report by two nonprofit groups indicates Sacramento County’s affordable housing supply has a considerable gap, and tools to close it are harder to find. According to [...]
With Rents Up and Incomes Down, LA is Extremely Short on Affordable Housing
Los Angeles County has the largest shortfall of homes affordable to low-income families in California,” begins a new report by the California Housing Partnership Corp., a non-profit org [...]
L.A. County Has the Biggest Shortfall of Affordable Housing
Los Angeles County’s stock of affordable housing for low- and extremely low-income families is short by nearly 500,000 homes, the highest shortfall of any county in the state, [...]
Report: L.A. County Lacks Affordable Housing
County’s Affordable Housing Stock Falls Short of Goal
Los Angeles County’s stock of affordable housing for low- and extremely low-income families is short by nearly 500,000 homes, the highest shortfall of any county in the state, [...]
Los Angeles Needs Half a Million More Affordable Housing Units
California’s housing market has long been among the most expensive in the country, and the economic downturn has only made the situation worse. That’s one of the findings [...]
LA Rents: County Faces Shortfall of 490,340 Affordable Homes, Most in State
Los Angeles County is facing the largest shortfall of affordable housing in California – 490,340 homes – according to a new report from the California Housing Partnership Corporation, [...]
Silicon Valley Waiters to Teachers Left Behind in Housing
California’s Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley and home to two of the three most valuable companies in the world, has a shortage of almost 54,000 [...]
Shortage of Affordable Housing is Dire in L.A. County, Advocates Say
Advocates for low-income Californians called Wednesday for more homes with below-market rents, releasing a report that says Los Angeles County faces the greatest shortage of affordable housing in [...]
County Remains Among Worst in State for Affordable Housing
The California Housing Partnership Corporation has released a new report that ranks Orange County among the most difficult markets for low-income renters due to an unrelenting rise in [...]
