Bay area homeowners, landlords can apply for grants to make properties quake-safe
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Over $20 million in grant funding is available to properties in over 230 ZIP codes in the Bay Area and Northern California.
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San Jose set to sweep largest encampment, but displaced residents have nowhere to go
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Advocates have questioned why the city doesn’t delay the sweep until the hotels and tiny homes are available.City
City asks for feedback on home electrification programs
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Take a short survey about the switch from gas appliance to clean, electric alternatives for Piedmont homes.City
Planning Commission to hold design standards study session on Aug. 11
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Tune in Monday for a discussion of "objective design standards" -- what new buildings should look like.Bay Area
California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block after Supreme Court ruling
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Many California cities require homebuilders to create affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units.homelessness
SF advances ‘One City Shelter Act’ ordinance
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The local law is meant to stop the oversaturation of certain neighborhoods with shelters and related care facilities.homelessness
Alameda County supervisors finalize $810M Measure W plan for homelessness, services
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Tensions ran very high in the Board chamber as housing advocates and other members of the public weighed in on the final vote Wednesday.Housing
They already live on the edge. Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten their housing
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In Oakland, renters have been asked if they were “legal” by a landlord seeking to push them out.homelessness
AlCo supes achieve consensus on Measure W funds, but homeless advocates want more
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Measure W narrowly passed in 2020 by less than 1% and introduced a sales tax of 0.5% for 10 years across Alameda County.Housing
So many reasons to stay put: What’s behind California’s frozen housing market?
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The cost of moving in California is steep.homelessness
