Affordable Housing

The Walnut Creek City Council last week approved a $6 million loan to a Berkeley-based affordable-housing developer toward a $68.2 million, 95-unit mixed housing and commercial project downtown.

Three environmentally friendly projects slated to provide 462 units of affordable housing in Oakland have won nearly $90 million in state grants, according to an announcement Wednesday from the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

Tech giant Apple is making a $400 million payment on its $2.5 billion promise to help fight California’s housing crisis.

Santa Clara elected leaders Tuesday unanimously approved delaying plans for a massive hotel and requiring more affordable housing on the Gateway Crossings project, a plan approved nearly a year ago.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday a new ballot measure that seeks to get more affordable housing built in the city.

Caltrain officials are set to vote on a new policy that would bring more affordable housing to its stations.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday a new ballot measure that seeks to get more affordable housing built in the city.

Caltrain officials are set to vote on a new policy that would bring more affordable housing to its stations. Sharon Katsuda reports.

Teachers in San Francisco could soon get housing provided by the city after the San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to approve affordable educator housing. Under the resolution, the school district would establish procedures for potentially developing as many as 550 units of affordable housing for teachers by 2030. “The passing of…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday announced city officials are in negotiations to purchase a Market Street building, to be converted into affordable housing.

A plan to possibly bring more affordable housing to San Francisco is in the works. The San Francisco Examiner reported that a public report shows property taxes would be tapped into to bring about 6,000 more affordable housing units to the city.

A plan to possibly bring more affordable housing to San Francisco is in the works. Sharon Katsuda reports.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that it’s providing $2.8 million in tenant protection vouchers to public housing residents in Oakland. HUD officials said the vouchers will help families with relocation or replacement housing from demolition or mandatory conversion of their public housing units. In addition, they said the vouchers will provide assistance to families...

Dozens of East Bay families on the brink of homelessness received the keys to their brand new homes Thursday, just in time for the holidays.

Dozens of East Bay families on the brink of homelessness received the keys to their brand new homes Thursday, just in time for the holidays. Melissa Colorado reports.

San Jose lawmakers on Tuesday approved a spending plan for a multi-million dollar home tax that will be on voters’ March 2020 ballot. In the spending plan announced Tuesday, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said the city will see up to $70 million per year in cash for affordable housing if voters approve the upcoming ballot measure. The real property…

Moms for Housing “reclaim” West Oakland home.

A battle is brewing in Mountain View over the construction of luxury townhomes that would force at least 59 low-income families out of their homes.

A battle is brewing in Mountain View over the construction of luxury townhomes that would force at least 59 low-income families out of their homes. Kris Sanchez reports.

House Democrats are using their new oversight authority to investigate the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s management of the shutdown, as questions mount about HUD’s failure to renew low-income housing contracts for more than 1,000 properties across the country, NBC News reported. “HUD knew for months about this impending deadline to renew the contracts, but for some reason they...