Housing

Study: Building Market-Rate Housing Improves Affordability for Everyone image

Study: Building Market-Rate Housing Improves Affordability for Everyone

We’ve been saying it for years, er, decades: building market-rate housing is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve affordability across ...
Critical Coastal Affordable Housing Project Approved behind Council’s Advocacy image

Critical Coastal Affordable Housing Project Approved behind Council’s Advocacy

The Bay Area Council was proud to help member MidPen Housing secure unanimous approval this week for their long-awaited and badly needed affordable...
Analysis: Changes Council Seeks to Proposed Regional Housing Bond Could Double Number of Units Produced image

Analysis: Changes Council Seeks to Proposed Regional Housing Bond Could Double Number of Units Produced

With changes the Bay Area Council is seeking to make to a regional affordable housing bond measure being eyed for the November 2024 ballot, Bay Are...
Groundbreaking Court Win for Housing Reform Legislation image

Groundbreaking Court Win for Housing Reform Legislation

Bay Area Council member Holland and Knight has secured an important legal victory in a case over housing reform legislation the Council sponsored...
Nothing Sluggish About ADU Construction image

Nothing Sluggish About ADU Construction

Santa Cruz may be known for its banana slugs, but it hasn’t been sluggish when it comes to building accessory dwelling units (ADU). Recentdata s...
Construction Afoot on Housing Project the Council Endorsed image

Construction Afoot on Housing Project the Council Endorsed

Menlo Park will soon be welcoming 99 new homes in a project by March Capital Management on Haven Avenue that got the unanimous support of the Bay A...
Council Weighs in on Regional Housing Bond Proposal image

Council Weighs in on Regional Housing Bond Proposal

The November 2024 ballot, from top to bottom, is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential in modern times. One measure the Bay A...
Bay Area Council Housing Reforms Paying Dividends image

Bay Area Council Housing Reforms Paying Dividends

Housing reform legislation the Bay Area Council sponsored and supported in recent years is paying dividends for homebuilders and a state desperate ...
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Arbitrary Local Impact Fees image

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Arbitrary Local Impact Fees

The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in a case in which the Bay Area Council submitted an amicus brief to end excessive and often ...
Council Joins Supreme Court Case Challenging Arbitrary Local Impact Fees image

Council Joins Supreme Court Case Challenging Arbitrary Local Impact Fees

Excessive and often arbitrary local fees have long contributed to California’s housing crisis, driving up the cost of building, making new homes ...
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