By Benjamin Schneider, San Francisco Examiner, March 29, 2022. San Francisco has produced the third draft of its Housing Element, but there’s no guarantee that the Department of Housing and Community Development will approve it.
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By Sam Washington, Hanna Love, and Thea Sebastian, Brookings, March 29, 2022. A wealth of empirical evidence demonstrates that the built environment has a significant impact on the prevalence of violence in communities. Our excerpt includes links to resources to leverage the funds.
The federal infrastructure law’s untapped potential for promoting community safety Read More »
By Katie Lauer, East Bay Times, March 26, 2022. The city council voted against creating the facilities district required to sell the land under the terms of a 2011 legal settlement.
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By Karen Chapple and Jackelyn Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2022. Joint UC Berkeley-Stanford research suggests more aggressive housing affordability strategies would bolster new market-rate supply and tenant protections.
New study: data shows new housing and tenant protections are still not enough Read More »
By Mike Schneider, Associated Press, March 24, 2022. The San Jose metropolitan area also lost tens of thousands of residents, primarily from people moving away.
More than 116,000 SF residents moved away during pandemic’s first year Read More »
By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service, March 22, 2022. The audit recommends passing a state law that would mandate periodic assessments of underutilized state-owned properties for affordable housing.
Audit: California overlooked potential affordable housing sites Read More »
By Eli Wolfe, San Jose Spotlight, March 22, 2022. The projects represent an ongoing campaign to build up the region’s housing stock for veterans, agricultural workers, seniors, and people with developmental disabilities.
Santa Clara County buys land for more affordable housing Read More »
By Eli Wolfe, San Jose Spotlight, March 19, 2022. VTA hopes to collect steady revenue from land leases and new riders living near transit.
VTA bets big on housing in Santa Clara County Read More »
By Amy Coval, San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2022. The Chronicle’s 11 measures are based on widely available data, but don’t take affordability into account.
How the Bay Area’s 25 largest cities rank on ‘quality of life’ metrics Read More »
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