Housing

Innovative Co-Ownership Models Offer Promising Solution to California’s Housing Crisis image

Innovative Co-Ownership Models Offer Promising Solution to California’s Housing Crisis

With California’s housing affordability crisis continuing to strain families and communities and median home prices exceeding $1 million in many ...
Council Helps Win Approval of Affordable Housing in Menlo Park image

Council Helps Win Approval of Affordable Housing in Menlo Park

A project the Bay Area Council endorsed to build 88 affordable homes in Menlo Park won unanimous City Council approval today (March 12) following a...
Report Highlights Urgency in Fixing California’s Broken Permitting System image

Report Highlights Urgency in Fixing California’s Broken Permitting System

The Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), yesterday (March 5) released its report deta...
Council Sponsoring New CEQA Reform Legislation image

Council Sponsoring New CEQA Reform Legislation

The Bay Area Council is proud to be sponsoring SB 607 by state Senator Scott Wiener, which would make important improvements to the California Envi...
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...
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