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Biden Housing Plan Gives a Nod to Council Strategies

May 20 2022

Fresh off a successful DC advocacy trip that focused heavily on housing reforms, and our 2021 decision to open a permanent DC presence with Frank H...

New Homelessness Counts Offer Bad News, Good News

May 13 2022

New data released this week shows that homelessness in the Bay Area is getting worse, with the region’s unhoused population up by 9% since 2020. ...

Encouraging News for Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Project

May 6 2022

The visionary plan by the Oakland A’s to transform an underutilized cargo terminal at Howard Terminal into a gleaming waterfront development got ...

New Regional Leadership Focuses on Housing Solutions

Apr 15 2022

The Bay Area Council has long advocated for a strong regional approach to addressing our housing crisis, including supporting legislation that crea...

Bay Area Council Poll: Voters Say It’s Getting Much Harder to Find Housing

Apr 14 2022

Overwhelming support for ADUs, infill and transit-oriented housing and converting unused office space to housing; support also strong for allowing ...

Housing the Middle: Council Sponsors Conversation on Affordable Housing Solutions

Mar 18 2022

The Council was proud to sponsor Housing the Middle: Bay Area Affordable Housing Solutions, a provocative, solutions-oriented conversation with pr...

We’re Not Done Yet: Council Sponsors New ADU Reform Bill

Mar 4 2022

Six years after the Bay Area Council sponsored the legislation (SB 1069, Wieckowski) that launched a statewide and national surge in accessory dwel...

New CA Housing Goals Better Reflect Actual Need

Mar 4 2022

One of the primary challenges in addressing California’s decades-old housing affordability crisis is the ridiculously low number of new units tha...

New Data Highlights Impact of Bay Area’s Horrible Housing Shortage

Feb 11 2022

Not that we need more evidence of California’s historic housing shortage and affordability crisis, but the National Association of Realtors this ...

ADUs Come to the White House

Feb 4 2022

Almost six years after legislation the Bay Area Council sponsored ignited a statewide surge in new accessory dwelling units (ADUs), the White House...

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