Affordable Housing Advocates Encourage Support Of Measure A-1
Some desperately needed affordable housing that just opened up in Fremont has backers of a county ballot measure hoping this is just the beginning.
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Some desperately needed affordable housing that just opened up in Fremont has backers of a county ballot measure hoping this is just the beginning.
Many elected officials from all the South Bay have expressed their support for a parcel tax for affordable housing.
A ballot measure proposing to tax tech companies to pay for affordable housing and homeless services was blocked in committee Monday.
One San Francisco lawmaker is looking to put a plan in place to stop rising costs in San Francisco's super-heated rental market.
California senators are backing a bill intended to encourage more property owners to build separate dwelling units as one answer to the state's affordable housing problem.
Tenant demand for protections is shifting to the suburbs in the Bay Area as priced-out workers flee to bedroom communities in search of cheaper dwellings.
The Palo Alto City Council has voted to study a housing plan that would essentially subsidize new housing for what qualifies as middle-class nowadays, families making between $150 to $250,000 a year.
A few months after Richmond leaders approved rent control, the measure has been repealed after a signature drive backed by the California Apartment Association.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Wednesday she's creating a special cabinet to look at housing and affordability.
Looking to solve their shortage of teachers, the Oakland Unified School district is looking at a plan to build its own affordable housing to attract candidates.
San Francisco is basically running in place when it comes to affordable housing. The City is losing rent-controlled units and gaining affordable apartments at the same pace.
A new development plan is taking shape at Alameda Point that will bring affordable housing to the area.
Anti-eviction protesters were holding a rally and sit-in at San Francisco City Hall Friday demanding to speak with Mayor Ed Lee about ending displacement in the Mission District, police and protesters said.
After George Lucas ran into a buzzsaw of opposition from his wealthy Marin County neighbors when he tried to expand his Skywalker Ranch studio, the filmmaker might be getting some payback with plans for one of the largest affordable housing projects in the Bay Area.
San Francisco is floating the idea of a pollution tax that would target downtown high-rise commercial properties in the hope of solving the city's housing crunch.
San Francisco's high cost of living is forcing many expert chefs to take their culinary talents across the bay to Oakland or to other states.
Empty lots will soon turn into Newark's first new housing in years. But most people will be priced out, and city leaders may prefer it that way.
The building has been sold to the San Francisco Community Land Trust, meaning the residents will run it as a co-op, with a 200 year commitment to keep it affordable housing.
Marin's heated debate over how and where to comply with state mandates on affordable housing could soon be a thing of the past as a new bill moves through the legislature that would make parts of the County the only area in the state exempt from affordable housing mandates.
The proposed 10 story project would bring more than 300 units to the Mission District, though many residents said they are again being priced out of their neighborhood.
KCBS' Jane McMillan and Ed Cavagnaro speak with Janan New, executive director of the San Francisco Apartment Association—a nonprofit and advocacy group for owners of rental property in the city. She says that they are contemplating a lawsuit over the relocation fees proposed by Supervisor David Campos and passed by the Board of Supervisors.
Protesters at 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco loudly demonstrated the latest round of what they call unfair Ellis Act evictions.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is doubling the amount the city and county is willing to lend to first-time home-buyers.
an Francisco Mayor Ed Lee sits down with KCBS' Barbara Taylor and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier to talk about issues including pedestrian safety, Muni, the Warrior's waterfront arena and twhat he says is the city's most critical challenge—housing.
A fire at a San Jose home that was converted into a multi-family residence Monday has displaced 15 people. Experts said the fire exposes a dangerous trend tied to the city's rising cost of living, among the highest in the nation.
