Latest data shows construction of new Bay Area housing units sharply declined in 2019
Two people familiar with the state's and Bay Area's housing crisis said fees and delays for various reasons are behind the 9,880-unit decrease in housing construction.
Applications being accepted for new low-income senior living complex in Fairfax
The project, scheduled to open this summer, includes 53 one-bedroom residences at 2626 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., about one mile north of downtown.
Bay Area housing numbers fall by 30 percent in 2019
Despite a narrative that housing construction in the Bay Area is going gangbusters, the number of units built last year was nearly 10,000 shy of the year before, according to preliminary data from the Construction Industry Research Board and assembled Friday by Bay City News Service.
Vacant Pleasant Hill home destroyed in Friday afternoon inferno
The blaze was first reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. Friday. The first crews to arrive on scene reported the structure was a total loss.
Oakland tenants refuse to pay rent, hope to buy property from owner
The tenants say they're frustrated with ignored and repeated requests for repairs, and with increases in the cost of their rent.
California voters to eye expanded rent control in November
Voters in 2018 rejected a similar initiative after a $100 million battle between advocates and the real estate industry.
Plan announced to provide housing help for homeless at Oakland Mosswood Park
Oakland officials said support for the homeless camp residents is the latest of many partnerships to meet the immediate needs of unsheltered people as well as tackling the root causes of homelessness.
Santa Clara Co. supervisors approve homeless task force, action plan for unhoused residents
The task force will work on serving homeless people in the county and helping them transition into temporary and permanent supportive housing with increased funding for mental health services, increased shelter beds and more publicly available storage and hygiene services for unhoused people.
San Jose State outlines plan to help combat ongoing housing crisis
At a Monday news conference, President, elected leaders, and student and faculty representatives, announcing a multi-phased, multi-year approach to provide needed housing and services.
San Rafael puts up signs to stop panhandling
On certain street corners just outside downtown San Rafael people say panhandling has become a problem. "I think it is shameful they are allowed to come here and do that," said resident Bruce Sarafraz.
Oakland bans landlords from conducting criminal background checks on potential renters
Landlords in Oakland are now banned from asking potential tenants about their criminal history after a unanimous vote by city council.
San Jose votes to convert mobile home park into 700-unit housing development
San Jose's City Council unanimously approved plans to transform a mobile home park into a housing development to ease the housing shortage.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf 'shocked' at tactics used by deputies to evict homeless moms
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf expressed empathy for the mothers who awoke to armed sheriff's deputies and a battering ram at the home they had been illegally occupying.
Homeless families benefiting from San Francisco's 'Stay Over' program
Backers of an ongoing plan sheltering homeless families in San Francisco say the program is working and reaching families in need.
Homeless group 'Moms 4 Housing' calls temporary housing offer "an insult"
Earlier Saturday, Wedgewood said it's offering to pay for the women's move to a shelter run by a nonprofit and pay for them to stay there for two months.
Oakland announces new housing chief, starts in February
On Friday, City Administrator Sabrina Landreth announced that Shola Olatoye will take the reins of Oakland's Housing and Community Development Department starting Feb. 11.
Sonoma County supervisors scheduled to vote on housing proposals for homeless
The board in December approved spending nearly $12 million to buy or lease housing for the homeless, including dozens of the campers.
Judge orders moms who took over vacant home in Oakland to leave
A judge on Friday ordered the homeless mothers who took over an empty home in West Oakland to vacate the property within five days.