housing crisis

Do Bay Area residents love living here as much as they used to? A new poll by Joint Venture Silicon Valley suggests more people are considering leaving the Bay. Raj Mathai spoke to the president, Russell Hancock, for details.

The practice of redlining has played a crucial role in systemic housing discrimination across the country – impacting how people live, work and grow wealth. This explainer video examines the legacy of redlining and its long-lasting impacts both in the Bay Area and across the country.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in the East Bay on Tuesday to sign a stack of bills aimed at tackling the state’s housing crisis.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in the East Bay on Tuesday to sign a stack of bills aimed at tackling the state’s housing crisis. Melissa Colorado reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday approved two measures to slice through local zoning ordinances as the most populous state struggles with soaring home prices.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved two measures to slice through local zoning ordinances as the most populous state struggles with an affordable housing shortage

A new affordable housing complex with 87 units is going up in San Jose.

A new affordable housing complex with 87 units is going up in San Jose.

Flames on Wednesday swept through an empty San Jose lot that is owned by Apple but is currently home to dozens of homeless people. Ian Cull reports.

Flames on Wednesday swept through an empty San Jose lot that is owned by Apple but is currently home to dozens of homeless people.

Two studies released Wednesday found that the nation’s housing availability and affordability crisis is expected to worsen significantly following the pandemic

With a housing crisis and rise in building expenses, many companies are searching for innovative housing solutions. Two companies turning to robots and technology to meet that demand, Mighty Buildings and the Palari Group, are on course to make the first-ever 3D housing community in American.

As more Americans are priced out of the housing market are 3D printed housing communities one potential solution?

Climate migration and subsequent gentrification will accelerate as the United States faces an accelerating sea-level rise, more intense heatwaves, wildfires, and even mega hurricanes, all worsened by a warming planet. Those trends and events will leave more and more of America uninhabitable.

In “No Man’s Land,” NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit uncovers systemic barriers putting families, like Mike and Dani, in danger by denying basic services to single fathers. Our team holds public officials accountable for a complex web of anti-male biases, racism and outdated rules that often shut these fathers out of housing, child care and even emergency shelter.

What office life looks like after the pandemic is still an open question. But real estate experts have no doubt there’s going to be a surge in empty commercial real estate. In many cities, developers say some of the buildings can be redesigned to help address the affordable housing crisis. The practice is called “adaptive reuse” and it’s been used...

In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.

Getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of all Americans is hard enough. But vaccinating homeless communities poses additional challenges that are even trickier to overcome. They include getting homeless people to mass vaccination sites or bringing the vaccines to the streets, as well as overcoming their mistrust of health officials. Ben Oreskes, a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, joined...

An L.A. program called Step Up on Second is driven by the philosophy that stable housing is the first step to changing the lives of people struggling with chronic homelessness and mental illness. The program, which was supported by Kobe Bryant before his death, operates a motel-turned-shelter that offers full studio apartments to the people it serves. Among those helped...

James Ryan, the President of Time For Homes, join us to speak about housing insecurity and the growing number of evictions as ripple effects from COVID-19.