By: Inyoung Kang November 6, 2019 — Today, we have a dispatch from our colleague Marie Tae McDermott, who tackled the latest installment of our series answering readers’ questions about inequality in California: Christine Kroger, a reader…
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By: Michael Finch II November 7, 2019 Before the lawyers assembled in the modest conference room at the Tommy Clinkenbeard Legal Clinic, nearly two dozen women and men were already lined up against the lobby…
By: Tyler Olsen November 6, 2019 — Housing for low-income people or those dealing with addictions doesn’t crater the property values of surrounding homes. That’s the conclusion of a new study looking at the effects…
By: Marco Valentine November 6, 2019 — As part of his last legislative act of 2019, Governor Newsom signed 18 housing-related bills into law in an attempt to alleviate California’s housing crisis. This package included Senate…
By: Taryn Mento October 31, 2019 — Medical professionals have long considered homelessness a public health matterand a new state law has put doctors on the front lines of managing the issue. Hundreds of physicians are…
By: Randy Shaw November 1, 2019 — The primary image evoked by the Habitat for Humanity name remains that of President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter working with volunteers to build or improve single-family homes. Habitat’s…
NLIHC Report October 31, 2019 — Thanks to strong advocacy, the Senate passed by a vote of 84-9 a four-bill spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020 that includes additional funding for affordable housing and…
By: H.B. Wells October 28, 2019 — Californians for Homeownership, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) that aims to address California’s housing crisis through impact litigation, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the City…
By: Chris Nichols October 29, 2019 — Sacramento, CA – To ease California’s homeless crisis and boost affordable housing, cities across the state are slowly embracing so-called tiny homes. In Sacramento, Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants…
By: Susie Steimle October 23, 2019 — NOVATO – More than 100 low income senior citizens living in affordable housing in Novato are worried they’re being priced out. Novato’s senior citizen population grew by more…
By: Thomas Fuller, Tim Arango and Louis Keene October 21, 2019 — OAKLAND, Calif. — Insults like “financial parasites” and “bums” have been directed at them, not to mention rocks and pepper spray. Fences, potted…
By: Matt Levin October 22, 2019 — Larry Pace is giving a tour of a construction site … kind of. He’s near the entrance of a 258,000-square-foot factory in Vallejo, on the outskirts of the…
By: JD Supra October 17, 2019 — As part of the 2019 housing package, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a number of bills modifying density bonus rules, and information and reporting rules. Each of these bills…
By: JD Supra October 16, 2019 — As part of its response to California’s housing crisis, the Legislature passed a handful of new laws that further limit local regulation of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs….
As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pledge to create 3.5 million new housing units by 2025, he signed Senate Bill 330 on Oct. 9. The new law makes numerous changes to the Permit Streamlining Act and the…
By: JD Supra October 16, 2019 — As California cities consider local rent control measures and other mechanisms to address the impacts of escalating residential rents on local housing, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1482 as…
By: JD Supra October 15, 2019 — Agencies will have expanded roles under the Surplus Land Act, and will have to satisfy new housing element requirements under Assembly Bill 1486, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on…
By: Jared Brey October 17, 2019 — Expanding Medicaid in the United States may help reduce the rate of eviction by lowering the cost of healthcare for low-income people and giving renters a better shot…
By: James Queally October 18, 2019 — Curled up in bed with his two cats nearby, Freddie was reading a paperback novel and drifting toward sleep late on a Sunday night when someone blew a…
By: Best, Best and Krieger October 16, 2019 — The California Department of Housing and Community Development was given more tools to hold cities accountable for housing-element compliance. Spanning 140 pages, Assembly Bill 101, signed last…