Housing

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Partner Event: Creating Housing Abundance

The AEI Housing Center invites you to a convening on Tuesday, May 7 at 8:30 a.m. in San Francisco to hear insights on using light-touch density...
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Good Reads 

Interim supportive housing can be a critical tool in getting California’s 181,000 unhoused residents off the streets and into safe, healthy envir...
Landmark Initiative Seeks to Modernize California’s Permitting Morass  image

Landmark Initiative Seeks to Modernize California’s Permitting Morass 

California’s endless morass of costly, time-consuming and excessive permitting requirements is often cited as a major obstacle to achieving progr...
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Bay Area Council Hails Supreme Court Decision on Costly Impact Fees

The Bay Area Council today (April 12) issued the following statement on the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows builders and developers...
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Another Week, Another Study Showing How to Make a Dent in Our Housing Affordability Crisis  

Last week, we reported on a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis showing in stark terms that one of the best ways to keep exis...
Study: Building Market-Rate Housing Improves Affordability for Everyone image

Study: Building Market-Rate Housing Improves Affordability for Everyone

We’ve been saying it for years, er, decades: building market-rate housing is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve affordability across ...
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Critical Coastal Affordable Housing Project Approved behind Council’s Advocacy

The Bay Area Council was proud to help member MidPen Housing secure unanimous approval this week for their long-awaited and badly needed affordable...
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Analysis: Changes Council Seeks to Proposed Regional Housing Bond Could Double Number of Units Produced

With changes the Bay Area Council is seeking to make to a regional affordable housing bond measure being eyed for the November 2024 ballot, Bay Are...
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Groundbreaking Court Win for Housing Reform Legislation

Bay Area Council member Holland and Knight has secured an important legal victory in a case over housing reform legislation the Council sponsored...
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Nothing Sluggish About ADU Construction

Santa Cruz may be known for its banana slugs, but it hasn’t been sluggish when it comes to building accessory dwelling units (ADU). Recentdata s...
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