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$10M committed to SF affordable housing
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission committed $10 million Wednesday to establish a loan fund to help nonprofit developers acquire and preserve existing San Francisco Bay Area housing, MTC officials said.Read More
Housing, jobs envisioned in ‘Central SoMa’ plan
City officials Tuesday introduced legislation that would create 40,000 jobs and 7,000 new housing units in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. The Central SoMa Plan, six years in...Read More
Deal wipes away waterfront height limit stalemate
San Francisco reached a settlement with a California state commission to settle a yearslong dispute over how development projects on public waterfront property would be regulated.Read More
Deal clears path for South Bay developments
The cities of San Jose and Santa Clara have reached a settlement over disputes related to proposed large developments.Read More
Ed Lee leaves legacy as lawyer, activist, mayor
At a City Hall press conference, acting Mayor London Breed said Ed Lee led a life of service cut short far too soon.Read More
Supe seeks gender-neutral SRO restrooms
Supervisor Hillary Ronen Tuesday will move to expand that requirement to hotels and SROs.Read More
Pier 70 redo to add 3,000 housing units
San Francisco city officials this week gave final approval to a 28-acre project at Pier 70 expected to include as many as 3,000 new housing units.Read More
Alameda Co. lands $13 million in housing grants
Six cities in Alameda County will receive $12.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Read More
Oakland to transform vacant properties into affordable housing
Oakland officials have teamed with the non-profit Hello Housing to transform 26 vacant properties into permanently affordable housing.Read More
Coliseum affordable housing breaks ground
Ground was broken Friday on a $53 million, 110-unit affordable and market-rate housing development at Oakland's Coliseum BART station.Read More
Bill locks in funds for farmworker housing
Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday signed legislation that provides permanent annual funding for Napa County’s three farm worker seasonal housing centers. The Napa County Housing Authority will receive $250,000 in...Read More
San Jose plans wave of affordable housing
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced a 15-point housing plan to help introduce more affordable housing to the Silicon Valley.Read More
Gov. Brown signs suite of housing bills
Gov. Jerry Brown and other state lawmakers gathered in San Francisco Friday to take aim at alleviating the state's housing crisis.Read More
Walnut Creek transit village to have zero affordable housing
Two of the Bay Area's biggest problems -- parking and housing -- likely will soon get some relief.Read More
Tenderloin affordable housing breaks ground
Officials broke ground on new affordable housing that will include a 113-unit, mixed-use building in the TenderloinRead More
San Francisco raises bar on affordable housing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved legislation setting the highest affordable housing requirements in the nation.Read More
Nonprofit CEO blasts grand jury report as ‘lies’
Former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown Party Monday denounced a recent Alameda County grand jury report.Read More
Oakland marks $14M for homeless services
The Oakland City Council voted Monday night to allocate $14 million to support homeless residents.Read More
Deal would bump SF affordable housing set-asides
A deal reached late Wednesday on the amount of affordable housing developers are required to provide sets stiffer requirements for some neighborhoods.Read More