Housing

Council Works to Tap New Source of Affordable Housing

Simple policy changes by cities around the Bay Area to ease permitting of secondary units could produce a tsunami of affordable housing. That was t...

Report: Building Market Rate Housing Benefits Lower-Income Households

Even more evidence surfaced this week that solving the Bay Area’s housing shortage and reducing its impact on lower-income households can be acco...

CAN MODULAR MANUFACTURING BRING DOWN HOUSING COSTS?

Exploring how modular construction could offer a promising solution to the Bay Area's housing shortage, assuming local zoning and building regulati...

COUNCIL ENGAGING WITH NEW LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL PLANNING

East Bay Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (Richmond) this week (Jan. 28) was appointed chair of a new Select Committee on Regional Planning in the San ...

Bay Area’s Connectedness Key in Maintaining Economic Dominance

A robust network of connections among top business executives, innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics and investors is a major reason the...

Long-Awaited Win for 75 Howard Residential Development

On Wednesday (Jan. 27), the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal against 75 Howard Street, a residential development that the Bay Area C...

NEW STUDY: NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF REGULATION, NIMBYS ON HOUSING

Fascinating new research by two UCLA urban planning scientists concludes that stringent and restrictive land use regulations, lengthy public review...

COUNCIL CALLS FOR MERGER OF REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES

Well-coordinated regional planning is absolutely critical if we are to address the region’s housing affordability crisis, upgrade its congested t...

COUNCIL’S ADVOCACY HELPING UNLEASH UNTAPPED HOUSING SUPPLY

The Bay Area Council’s advocacy is helping unleash a significant but largely untapped source of affordable housing in the region.

HOUSING, TRAFFIC LEAD DISCUSSION WITH LEGISLATORS

The Bay Area Council’s Government Relations Committee on Thursday (Dec. 17) met with Bay Area legislators to discuss recommendations from our rec...
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