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Housing

California Legislature overrides local zoning to boost transit-oriented development

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 12, 2025
California lawmakers just laid the groundwork for a highly targeted building boom.
Bay Area

Breakthrough on California housing could put taller buildings in single-family neighborhoods

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 5, 2025
A powerful California construction union is no longer fighting a bill that would ease barriers to the construction of tall apartment buildings near transit stations.
Bay Area

California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block after Supreme Court ruling

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | August 2, 2025
Many California cities require homebuilders to create affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units.
Housing

So many reasons to stay put: What’s behind California’s frozen housing market?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 28, 2025
The cost of moving in California is steep.
gavin newsom

California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 11, 2025
You might wonder what took so long.
Bay Area

Newsom picks more housing over CEQA in backing two bills meant to speed construction

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | May 14, 2025
This isn’t the first time the governor has weighed in on the landmark environmental law.
Housing

Welcome to the first fire-resistant neighborhood. Now what about the rest of California?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | April 30, 2025
This is the first time the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety plans to give its stamp of approval to an entire neighborhood.
Bay Area

Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 26, 2025
State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks's bill is simple: No more environmental lawsuits for “infill” housing.
California

New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 24, 2025
CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps -- and some designations for Piedmont homes have changed.
homelessness

‘Quiet panic’ as national rental assistance program set to run out of cash

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 18, 2025
Federal housing authorities announced that there's no plan to save the COVID-era emergency housing voucher.
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