Housing
Tiny Homes Take Over Part of BART Parking Lot
Housing, Transportation If you’re taking BART to the Castro Valley Station off Redwood Road, you may notice a peculiar sight in the parking lot. Two tiny homes, created by the Bay Area-based company Spacial, have landed at the spacious lot, which is currently underutilized by passengers as BART continues to welcome riders more...
SF & Oakland Awarded $22 Million to Convert Hotels Into Housing for the Unhoused
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Housing By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Oakland and San Francisco have been awarded a combined $22 million in state grants to convert hotels in each city into permanent housing for homeless residents, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Wednesday. The city of Oakland will receive $14.8 million to buy and renovate the more...
The World’s Largest “Green Roof” Coming to the Bay Area
Brand New, Green, Housing The Rise, a brand new mixed-use development, previously known as Vallco Town Center, is coming to Cupertino. The new development features 7 million square feet, designed with years of community input, to provide an iconic, forward-thinking town center at the heart of the city renowned for design and technology and more...
SF Opens Its First Tiny Home Village for the Unhoused
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco has opened their first tiny home village launching with its first 30 rooms of a 70-room pilot cabin project for people experiencing homelessness located at 33 Gough Street. “This is a great example of how public and private partners can join together to meet the immediate needs of people experiencing more...
SF Plans to Convert Downtown Hotel Into Housing Shelter
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved leasing a hotel Tuesday in the city’s downtown area to convert it into a semi-congregate shelter to help people exit homelessness. The vote will allow the city to lease the Ansonia Hotel at 711 Post St., transforming it into a semi-congregate shelter with 123 units more...
SF Plans to Buy 114-Unit Hotel for the Unhoused
Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the acquisition of the Gotham Hotel to convert it into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless residents. The hotel is located at 835 Turk Street, just near the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Once converted, the hotel will be able to provide as more...
SF Proposes Curbing the Construction of Mega-Mansions
Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday proposed legislation that would curb the construction of luxury “monster homes” in select residential neighborhoods. Mandelman’s proposed ordinance would only apply to his supervisorial District 8 and create a new Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use District, which would comprise of the neighborhoods Glen more...
CA’s Tax Credit for Renters May Increase for the First Time in Over 40 Years
Housing By Keith Burbank, Bay City News California’s tax credit for renters may increase to account for inflation after more than 40 years, according to state Sen. Steve Glazer’s office. Glazer, D-Contra Costa, and co-authors this week introduced Senate Bill 843, which would increase the credit from $60 for single filers to $500. more...
SF Awarded $54.7 Million to Buy 160-Room Bldg for Homeless Housing
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco Today, the California Department of Housing and Community Development announced that San Francisco was awarded $54.7 million in capital and operating costs from the State’s Project Homekey to purchase a 160-room residential building at 1321 Mission Street to operate as Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). Today’s award is in addition to the more...
SF Might Give Renters Facing Eviction 10-Day Warning Period
Bay Area Updates, Housing, Only in San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston will propose legislation during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that would require landlords to provide a ten-day notice to tenants prior to filing an eviction notice — allowing tenants an extra chance to stay in their homes. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords seeking to evict more...
SF’s Interfaith Winter Shelters Open Through March 26
Getting Help, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco announced the opening of its Interfaith Winter Shelter program. Now in its 33rd year, the Interfaith Winter Shelter program opens Sunday, November 21, 2021, increasing shelter capacity for people experiencing homelessness during the particularly difficult winter season. This year, the shelter will transition among four religious facilities with more...
Oakland’s New “Tiny Home Village” Opens at Lake Merritt
Brand New, Causes, Getting Help, Housing, Oakland By Keith Burbank Bay City News OAKLAND (BCN) Sixty-five homeless people will soon have warm, temporary shelter from winter rain and cold thanks to a new, tiny home village in Oakland, city officials said Monday. Lakeview Village at Second Avenue and East 12th Street will begin housing people early this month and a more...
Candlestick Park’s New Vehicle Triage Center for Homeless
Brand New, Getting Help, Housing, San Francisco A new temporary vehicle triage center in San Francisco’s Candlestick Point State Recreation Area for people living out of their vehicle to safely park will move forward after it was approved by the California Department of Parks on Thursday. The center will be located in the park’s Boat Launch parking lot, more...
SF’s New “Cars to Casas” Housing Ordinance
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed today announced a new housing ordinance aimed at increasing density on auto-oriented lots. The “Cars to Casas” ordinance was announced at a press conference alongside Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) Chair of the California Senate Housing Committee, and housing and environmental activists, including YIMBY Action, the more...
SF Will Now Give You 72 Hours Before Towing Your Car for Unpaid Parking Tickets
Getting Help, Housing A San Francisco Superior Court judge this week ruled in favor of the city of San Francisco after the judge acknowledged recent changes made to the city’s vehicle towing policies, bringing a nearly three-year lawsuit over towing practices to a close. The nonprofit Coalition on Homelessness filed a lawsuit against the more...
