East Bay couple gets help finding affordable senior housing
Shawn Chitnis reports on an older couple from Richmond who went from being homeless to finding an affordable apartment with help from Catholic Charities East Bay.
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Shawn Chitnis reports on an older couple from Richmond who went from being homeless to finding an affordable apartment with help from Catholic Charities East Bay.
Mobile homes, although often affordable, come with a vulnerability that some landlords are using to test the strength of Bay Area rent-control laws. One of those tests is currently unfolding in Petaluma.
Mobile homes, although often affordable, come with a vulnerability that some landlords are using to test the strength of Bay Area rent-control laws. John Ramos reports. (1-14-24)
An organization is working to provide a more welcoming, stable home to onetime inmates returning to their community by matching parolees with homeowners who have spare bedrooms.
A new neighborhood in San Francisco is emerging as more than 8,000 housing units are being developed on Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island.
Streets remained closed in the area of People's Park in Berkeley as crews worked Thursday night to completely shut off the park to the public.
For 34-year-old Liberty Henegan and her five children, finding stable housing in San Francisco has been arduous. High rent prices have forced them to live in a car due to difficulties in securing suitable accommodationm, and even shelter space is hard to come by.
In San Jose, the VTA unveiled plans to build more than 200 homes on the site of a transit parking lot. José Martínez reports. (12-1-23)
The city of San Jose and the VTA are announcing plans to move forward with the construction of affordable housing on land owned by the transit agency.
No later than Dec. 28. That's the deadline set by the state for San Francisco to get its housing policy in order, or else it will face consequences.
Despite the so-called "Great California Exodus" that has seen residents leave the state in droves, mostly because of the high cost of living, there are plenty of people bucking the trend and making their way to the Bay Area.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday finalized an updated housing element, a component of the county's general plan that quantifies and strategizes how to provide adequate housing for all residents in unincorporated areas of the county.
The Concord City Council on Tuesday will host a study session on a conceptual land use plan to develop the former Concord Naval Weapons Station land and drafting an outreach program.
Residents at a mobile home park in Castro Valley thought their homes were protected by Alameda County's rent control law, but the property's new owner is saying otherwise.
A new affordable housing complex featuring on-site support services for families transitioning from homelessness opened Wednesday in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.
A scathing new report from the state reveals the bureaucratic and costly permitting process builders face when it comes to constructing new housing in San Francisco.
Anne Makovec reports on a newly released report that criticizes San Francisco for making things extremely difficult for people trying to create more housing (10-25-2023)
Prospective Bay Area home buyers are in a tough spot as mortgage rates hit a two-decade high, leaving some prospective home buyers re-evaluating their dreams.
The Antioch Planning Commission will consider a new policy allowing construction of affordable accessory dwelling units on land owned by faith-based organizations.
The Valley Transportation Authority has approved a plan to build 200 tiny homes for unhoused people in San Jose on unused land near one of the agency's work yards.
As home prices in the Bay Area continue to remain high, the rate of homeownership among Latinos has declined, even though it has risen nationally.
As city officials in San Francisco tout their affordable housing expansion efforts, residents say some Single Room Occupancy (SRO) buildings and residential hotels are being neglected.
This year, officials started paying more attention to the deplorable living conditions some Bay Area farmworkers face. KPIX met a family in Gilroy that is just one of many who would benefit from new help being provided by the state.
Jose Martinez reports on how California is providing more housing aid for farmworkers in the wake of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting (9-20-2023)
Some families in Walnut Creek are getting ready to move into new townhomes that would likely have been out of reach due to their financial circumstances if not for the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity.
