San Francisco one-bedroom rents at record high, up 25% year-over-year, report finds
Median rents in San Francisco again reached record highs in September, with the price of a one-bedroom almost closing the gap with New York City, a new report finds.
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Median rents in San Francisco again reached record highs in September, with the price of a one-bedroom almost closing the gap with New York City, a new report finds.
"It seems like we're trying to climb out of a hole somebody else is digging," said one frustrated house hunter as homeownership costs rise.
Mayor Matt Mahan said the new data-tracking system, UrbanLogiq, estimates that roughly 3,700 people are still living in the streets. Down from the last internal city count of just over 5,400.
Amid rising housing costs, voters in San Pablo will decide on Measure S, a ballot measure that would enact rent control and other tenant protections. Kara St. Cyr reports.
Amid rising rents and evictions, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency Thursday, proposing several tenant protection measures. But many say there is more work to do.
A new report tracking Bay Area residents who have left the region finds they are more likely to own a home within five years, but face other tradeoffs when it comes to the quality of schools and incomes.
The City of Pacifica has banned overnight vehicle parking at Linda Mar Beach, after receiving approval from the California Coastal Commission.
San Francisco's already hot rental market appears to show no signs of slowing down, as the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the city has passed the $6,000 mark, a new report finds.
In the city of Oakland, the high cost of housing has reached a crisis level, and it's forcing many African American residents out of the city.
The San Francisco Planning Commission has approved the first new project that qualifies under Mayor Daniel Lurie's plan to build more housing in neighborhoods across the city.
Ranch workers in Point Reyes National Seashore, who are destined to lose their jobs and homes within a year following a new land management plan by the National Park Service, received some hope for relief from the Marin County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
San Francisco city officials said the number of homelessness encampments and RV's parked on city streets sheltering the unhoused reached new record lows, Mayor Daniel Lurie's office said Tuesday.
A household earning the average income would need to spend 40% of its income to afford the typical U.S. home, according to Redfin.
Voters in California may soon decide on a ballot measure that seeks to help the state's middle class afford to buy a home, by establishing a $25 billion loan program that would provide down payment assistance.
Crews in San Jose Wednesday morning began clearing out a massive homeless encampment known as "The Jungle." Veronica Macias reports.
The proposal is to convert a Safeway grocery store along the 1600 block of South El Camino Real into a nearly 400-unit housing complex. The developers said that 55 of them would be designated for low-income households.
More than a dozen cities and counties across California were given a "final warning" from state officials Wednesday, saying they have failed to properly plan for additional new homes amid the state's lack of affordable housing.
To cut down on homelessness in the South Bay, a woman has created what she calls an "emergency room" for people facing eviction.
Measure W is a half-cent sales tax to support homelessness services, housing, health services, and system infrastructure. It was passed in 2020, but distributing that money was held up by a legal battle.
The number of homeless encampments in San Francisco, along with RVs sheltering the unhoused reached a new low in the latest quarter, Mayor Daniel Lurie's office announced Wednesday.
A bipartisan Senate duo is teaming up on legislation that would ban large investment firms from snapping up single-family homes, a measure they say is aimed at the country's housing affordability crunch.
Officials in San Jose began notifying residents of a large homeless encampment in the city about plans to clear out the area in April.
One city in the Bay Area has been declared the world's absolute worst in the world when it comes to housing affordability for new homebuyers, a new analysis finds.
President Trump said "people live in homes, not corporations," in announcing plans to bar big investors from home purchases.
The median sale price of a single-family home in the San Francisco Bay Area has dropped compared to a year ago but remains above the $1 million mark, according to a new report by the California Association of Realtors.
