Here's how to apply for San Francisco's rental relief fund

On Friday, the city's new emergency rental assistance program will start accepting applications, according to an announcement from Mayor London Breed's office.

US housing market booms as buyers enter bidding wars amid low supply

“The housing market is hot. Very hot,” National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun told FOX Television Stations. But Yun predicts that things could soon cool down.

Walnut Creek City Council to hold joint study session on development of Toyota property

Walnut Creek officials will hold a large joint session Tuesday to discuss Toyota Walnut Creek's plan to convert six acres of its property north of Ygnacio Valley Road into a mixed-use development with approximately 600 units of housing.

Livermore commissioner says he'll resign if asked over 'ghetto' comments

Commissioner John Stein said at a proposal meeting, "I really don't want to see downtown become a ghetto of affordable housing." Just two minutes later, he doubled down on his position saying, "I'm concerned that we not create a ghetto."

Livermore City Council to consider expelling commissioner over 'ghetto' remarks

The Livermore City Council will consider expelling John Stein from the city's planning commission, after the former council member referred to a planned downtown low-income housing project as "ghetto" at the commission's April 20 meeting. 

Exodus from California, high-tax states driving unprecedented real estate boom

Real estate executive Rogers Healy said high taxes in states like California are drastically changing real estate trends. Hundreds of people moving to Dallas, Texas per day, he said.

Despite the pandemic, Bay Area home prices are soaring

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and a recovering economy, California real estate remains a hot commodity.

Historic San Jose building to be moved, remodeled and sold as affordable housing

A historic old San Jose apartment building is moving down the street after spending its first 110 years or so near the corner of South First and East Reed streets.

Vallejo construction workers find 2 people living in cave

Construction workers rebuilding a bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday unexpectedly found two people living in a cave dug into an embankment, authorities said.

California’s light-speed housing boom driven by FOMO

In January, California beat an almost 18-year record for a single month's home sales and pricing spike. The last time prices and sales rocketed up more than 20% in a single month? August 2003.

Landlords, tenants can now apply to cover unpaid rent from past year

Landlords with eligible tenants can apply to get reimbursed for 80 percent of a tenant's unpaid rent between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, if they agree to forgive the remaining 20 percent. Tenants may also apply on their own if their landlords do not participate.

Dublin City Council will consider partnering for downtown affordable housing project

The Dublin City Council on Tuesday will consider entering an agreement to develop a downtown affordable housing project near the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.

Hundreds of Fairfield apartments still sit empty a decade later

Governmental red tape has kept 300 affordable housing units standing as a ghost fleet of former military homes with no concrete plan forward.

139-year-old San Francisco home rolls to new address

A 139-year-old Victorian house in San Francisco was loaded onto giant dollies and moved Sunday to a new location six blocks away.

Owners of SF building allowed to convert into condos despite claim of displacing 100-year-old tenant

The First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal unanimously reversed a decision of the San Francisco Planning Commission that held that the unit owners were barred from an expedited conversion of the property because the tenant Iris Canada had been "displaced" prior to the conversion.