Housing

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New CA Housing Goals Better Reflect Actual Need

One of the primary challenges in addressing California’s decades-old housing affordability crisis is the ridiculously low number of new units tha...
New Data Highlights Impact of Bay Area’s Horrible Housing Shortage image

New Data Highlights Impact of Bay Area’s Horrible Housing Shortage

Not that we need more evidence of California’s historic housing shortage and affordability crisis, but the National Association of Realtors this ...
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ADUs Come to the White House

Almost six years after legislation the Bay Area Council sponsored ignited a statewide surge in new accessory dwelling units (ADUs), the White House...
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Governor’s Proposed Housing Investments in 2022-2023 Budget

Governor Newsom’s proposed 2022-2023 budget lays out his priorities for tackling the state’s housing crisis and includes $2 billion to...
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Council-Endorsed Housing Development in Alameda Wins Preliminary Approval

This week (Jan. 18) the Alameda City Council on a 4-1 vote moved ahead with the approval process for a 589-unit mixed use project proposed by Tim L...
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Council-Endorsed Housing Development in Daly City Wins Preliminary Approval

The Daly City City Council last week gave an initial OK to 1,200 units of new housing as part of a larger development the Bay Area Council had endo...
Council-Sponsored Reforms Tighten Screws on Cities to Produce Housing image

Council-Sponsored Reforms Tighten Screws on Cities to Produce Housing

It was supposed to be the blueprint for meeting the Bay Area’s housing needs. But it was barely worth the paper it was printed on. For years, the...
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Appointed Housing Committee Chair image

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Appointed Housing Committee Chair

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon this week (Dec. 7) appointed East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee...
Ten Years On, an East Bay Housing Project Poised to Move Forward image

Ten Years On, an East Bay Housing Project Poised to Move Forward

When Bay Area Council Senior Vice President Matt Regan first testified in support of a 315-unit housing project in Lafayette in 2011, his daughter ...
Big Housing Wins, But Much More to Do image

Big Housing Wins, But Much More to Do

This week, the Bay Area Council’s Housing Committee led a discussion with state leaders on their priorities for housing reform in 2022 and how ne...
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