Housing Archives - Bay Area Council

Housing Committee Welcomes Sen. Wiener, Talks 2021 Legislative Strategy

Oct 23 2020

This week, the Bay Area Council’s Housing Committee met to shape our legislative strategy for 2021. The meeting was kicked off by Chair Mary Huss...

Regional Housing Allocations Adopted

Oct 23 2020

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) recently adopted the methodology that will be used to determine where housing must be produced in th...

Act Now: Support UCSF’s Bold Plan for SF Parnassus Campus

Sep 25 2020

The Bay Area Council proudly endorses plans by member organization University of California, San Francisco to revitalize their ...

Legislature Heads Home after Failing to Advance Significant Housing Reform

Sep 4 2020

Claims that this would be the year of housing quickly fizzled when the Legislature’s lack of action left many important housing reform bills to d...

Hitting the (Virtual) Road to Secure More Housing

Aug 14 2020

With more than 2,200 new housing units at stake, the Bay Area Council this week hit the virtual road to testify in support of projects from Lafayet...

Council-Backed Housing Reforms Hitting Home

Aug 7 2020

A raft of housing reforms that the Bay Area Council has played a leading role in getting through the legislature in recent years are starting to hi...

Support Flowing for Casita Coalition

Jul 24 2020

Within a few months of its incorporation into its own nonprofit, the Casita Coalition has raised nearly $700,000, a strong testament to the belief ...

Council-Backed Housing Project Gets OK in Mtn. View

Jul 2 2020

A little-used parking lot will be repurposed to build 303 new homes as part of a mixed-use project the Bay Area Council endorsed and the Mountain V...

First-Of-Its-Kind Regional Housing Authority Takes Flight

Jul 2 2020

A new regional housing financing authority—the first of its kind in California—that the Bay Area Council helped create recently held its first ...

Council Co-Sponsoring New Housing Production Legislation

May 22 2020

The Bay Area Council is proud to partner with California Forward in sponsoring SB 1385, which authorizes residential development on existing lots ...

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