Berkeley considers raising height limits to allow higher-density housing
Berkeley is about to vote on a proposal to raise height limits on apartment buildings in an effort to create more affordable housing. Da Lin reports. (9-8-23)
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Berkeley is about to vote on a proposal to raise height limits on apartment buildings in an effort to create more affordable housing. Da Lin reports. (9-8-23)
California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions.
Legislation aimed to help speed up development of affordable housing across California was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday.
A group of seniors in Novato have scored a major win after months of an emotional rollercoaster over whether the city could sell their beloved mobile home park to offset the city's financial challenges.
Wilson Walker reports on a plan to bring new life to abandoned military housing at the edge of Concord. (8-18-23)
Residents at a North Bay mobile home park say their landlord is retaliating against them for helping get new rent control ordinances passed in Petaluma with a new round of huge rent hikes.
John Ramos reports on Petaluma mobile home residents facing huge rent hikes proposed by property owners (8-7-2023)
A proposal to redevelop the sprawling, ranch-style office complex that once housed Sunset Magazine may become the latest battleground between developers and local communities over the use of the so-called "builder's remedy."
San Francisco will provide over 135 new affordable homes to teachers, teacher's aides and early childhood educators employed by the School District and Community College District.
A plan to purchase a hotel in Millbrae for homeless housing has raised the ire of many residents.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that Long Beach, Moreno Valley, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County and the town of Windsor are among the latest batch of designated "prohousing" communities demonstrating a commitment to enacting policies to accelerate housing production.
Low-income tenants from four low-income housing buildings rallied Friday against rising rents and alleged inhumane living conditions, saying they are unable to afford affordable housing.
A Millbrae City Council meeting descended into a shouting match Tuesday as the council and city residents debated a San Mateo County plan to convert a hotel into low-income housing.
Some tenants are still living in hotels after they were flooded out of their east Oakland apartments and, on Sunday, they took their frustration to their landlord's front door.
Sabrina Thillard has lived in the Sunset District her entire life. Currently, she and her husband are raising their three children there. But their quiet neighborhood is undergoing a big change.
A hotel in San Francisco that acted as an emergency shelter during the pandemic was on the verge of shutting down and being placed on the private market. After months of community advocacy, it will now permanently serve as a safe place for San Francisco women and families experiencing homelessness.
The annual study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition -- which compares an area's minimum wage to the average cost of renting an apartment -- found that Santa Cruz County was one of the least affordable places in the state and country.
Units at a new Vallejo affordable housing complex are filling up but, for some eligible residents, getting approved has been a fraught process.
Units at a new Vallejo affordable housing complex are filling up but, for some eligible residents, getting approved has been a fraught process. Wilson Walker reports. (6-22-23)
Low-income residents of San Francisco Chinatown SRO's are raising concerns over Mayor London Breed's budget proposal that slashes critical funding for the advocates they rely on.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s plan to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis took a major blow during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Councilmembers passed a budget plan but at the center of the discussion was affordable housing and interim housing such as shelters, two things that are desperately needed in the city. Jocelyn Moran reports.
Residents in the tiny floating community of Galilee Harbor in Sausalito are facing real-world challenges to its cherished way of life.
Farmworkers may find it easier to buy or keep a home in California through a $16 million grant program announced by the state Thursday.
Oakland officials said advocates for the residents of the Wood Street homeless encampment in the city created a barrier out of fencing and debris to block the clearing of camp by police and city staff Wednesday.
Renters, small property owners and faith leaders rallied Tuesday afternoon in Oakland in support of an Oakland City Council proposal to phase out the city's residential eviction moratorium.
