Housing
Oakland Wants to Help Convert Illegal Secondary Dwellings to Legal ADUs
Brand New, Housing, Oakland Oakland is launching a brand new low-interest loan program to help convert unpermitted accessory dwelling to legal units. The Accessory Dweling Unit Loan Program will provide financing and technical assistance to low-income homeowners to convert an existing unpermitted secondary unit into a legal Accessory Dwelling Unit or Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit, more...
SF Just Hiked the Annual Airbnb Host Fee to $550
Housing, San Francisco Attention Airbnb hosts, San Francisco just raised the annual fee on short-term rentals from $450 to $550. On October 1, 2022, the application (and renewal) fees will increase to $550 per required adjustments in Chapter 41A of Administrative Code. The short-term rental registration fee will increase to $550, from $450 in FY 2021-22, more...
Oakland Launches Affordable Housing Marketplace for Teachers
Housing, Oakland Community leaders in Oakland are confronting educational inequality by using $5 million in state funding to increase teacher housing and create an innovative marketplace website for discounted teacher housing. The high cost of housing is consistently cited as the top reason Oakland public school teachers consider leaving the profession, exacerbating the more...
San Jose Housing Crisis is Officially Worst in the U.S.
Housing By Loan-Anh Pham, San Jose Spotlight San Jose’s housing crisis is the worst of any major U.S. city due to its limited supply of homes. That’s according to a recent study from Angi which says the San Jose metro area, which includes San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara is faring worse more...
Bay Area School District Asks If Teachers Can Move In
Getting Help, Housing Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Milpitas Unified School District is asking parents for help. The high cost of living in the Bay Area has grossly affected teachers and school staff, so the school district has taken a new approach. They’ve reached out to parents with please delivered by more...
Protesters Halt Construction at Berkeley’s People’s Park
Causes, East Bay, Housing University of California at Berkeley halted construction Wednesday on housing at historic People’s Park following a protest the university said threatened the safety of workers. Following a judge’s decision Friday that became final this week, UC Berkeley fenced off the park early Wednesday morning to prepare to build $312 million of more...
Police in Riot Gear Clear Out Berkeley’s People’s Park
East Bay, Housing By Keith Burbank, Bay City News People’s Park in Berkeley was closed early Wednesday morning by police in riot gear to prepare for the construction of housing following a judge’s final ruling on the matter, advocates for maintaining the entire park as open space and University of California at Berkeley officials more...
SF Approves $114 Million for More Affordable Housing
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation The San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Mayor London Breed came to an agreement late Monday on a spending package to acquire, construct and repair more affordable housing projects in the city. If approved, the $114 million in spending will include $40 million for land more...
SF Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Provide Shelter for All
Housing, San Francisco The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s “A Place For All” ordinance to provide shelter for “everyone willing to accept it,” the county announced. The unanimous vote will make it the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to offer all people experiencing homelessness more...
SF Neighborhood Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against The City
Housing, San Francisco By Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News Foundation A class-action lawsuit seeks to hold the City of San Francisco responsible for raising up the sinking sidewalks in the city’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The suit, filed last week in the Superior Court of San Francisco County, is based on a chain of agreements more...
SF Opens 127-unit, 100% Affordable Housing Development in the Mission
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco just celebrated the grand opening of Casa Adelante – 2060 Folsom Street, a 127-unit, 100% affordable housing development in the Mission District. Located on the site of what was once a vacant parking lot, the nine-story development includes 29 homes designated for transitional-aged youth and 95 homes for more...
Oakland Rent Hikes Now Capped at 3%
Housing, Only in San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that Oakland City Council recently voted to cap rent hikes to 3%. The law goes into effect on June 7, 2022. This will be a big help for Oakland renters; approximately 60% of Oakland residents are tenants. This came as a swift change from more...
SF Plans to End Trans Homelessness By 2027
Brand New, Housing, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed just announced a plan in her proposed two-year budget to end homelessness for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) San Franciscans in five years. The plan to end trans homelessness will be a collaborative effort between the Mayor’s Office on Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), the Department more...
SF Opens New 160-Unit Permanent Supportive Housing Complex in SoMa
Brand New, Getting Help, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled a new, 160-unit permanent supportive housing complex in the city’s SOMA District on Monday for adults and families with a history of homelessness. The site, located at 1321 Mission, consists of 40 multi-bedroom units for families and 120 units for individuals. Delivering Innovation in Supportive more...
Former Oakland Army Base May House 1,000 Unhoused Residents
Housing, Oakland By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Roughly 1,000 homeless residents of Oakland may soon be able to find shelter on the city’s former Army base following a resolution approved Tuesday by the City Council. Councilmember Carroll Fife proposed the idea, and the City Council told staff to study it. Staff must more...
