State Agency Provides Housing Assistance For Low-Moderate Income Buyers
California Housing Finance Agency is working with mortgage providers to pay down payments and closing costs for qualifying clients.
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California Housing Finance Agency is working with mortgage providers to pay down payments and closing costs for qualifying clients.
A new housing concept is making its way to Sacramento. A small shipping container home in Oak Park is the only one of its kind in the city.
Lawmakers and housing advocates cheered Gov. Jerry Brown's signature Friday of a package of bills aimed at tackling the growing affordable housing crisis in California, which lacks an estimated 1.5 million affordable rentals compared to demand.
Next on Brown's list is a pledge to tackle the affordable housing crisis when lawmakers return in August.
Rental vacancies in the city are low and rents are hitting all-time highs, making a mess that's never been seen.
Tuesday night the city council will consider placing a $2.58 fee per square foot on new construction for developers
There could soon be less affordable housing in Sacramento County. A new proposal would cut the requirements for developers to include low income housing options in half.
City leaders must come up with its housing element guidelines by early 2014, and one idea is being strongly considered: New housing developments would no longer be required to include affordable housing if developers pay a fee.
The city of Folsom is ending a nine-year-old ordinance that requires developers to provide affordable housing when they build large residential projects.
