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Council Works to Tap New Source of Affordable Housing
Feb 12 2016
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
Feb 12 2016
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?
Feb 5 2016
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
Jan 29 2016
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
Jan 29 2016
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
Jan 29 2016
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
Jan 22 2016
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
Jan 15 2016
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
Jan 8 2016
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
Dec 18 2015
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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