Affordable Housing

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (975+ words) When East Bay resident Dana Gersten found out she was pregnant with her first child, she knew she didn’t want to raise the child alone. She wasn’t single — she has a loving, devoted partner — but she envisioned her baby growing…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (213+ words) The project is expected to yield 10 new residential units, per the same report, along with a new street-front commercial space facing San Pablo Avenue. The structure is expected to rise to roughly 40 feet, with the building expected to contain around…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (291+ words) AB 1294, signed by Governor Newsom, expands a property tax exemption to qualifying nonprofit rental housing for households earning up to 120% of area median income, in San Francisco, Alameda and Sacramento counties. Per new legislation by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco),…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (348+ words) A vacant, 0.06-acre lot tucked onto a steep cul-de-sac in San Francisco's Outer Mission neighborhood is the target of newly filed plans for a three-unit residential building. The property at 8 Orizaba Avenue sits between De Long Street and BART train…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (148+ words) District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter, who requested the report, said the city's unused land represents both a significant opportunity and limited action so far. The Budget and Legislative Analyst's Office recommended the Board of Supervisors adopt a citywide policy on using…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (874+ words) The governor and potential presidential contender signed a bill that will help expand funding for drug-free housing. He vetoed a similar proposal last year. By signing a law to expand drug-free housing for homeless people, Gov. Gavin Newsom did more…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (243+ words) San Francisco has never had an official map of its rent-controlled housing stock, so a 17-year-old high school junior in San Mateo built one himself, pulling around 463,000 public records from the city's Rent Board and turning them into a data…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (200+ words) HEART has purchased a 74-unit apartment building two blocks from the Hayward Park Caltrain station to house teachers, paraeducators, counselors and other school staff who have been priced out of the communities where they work. The acquisition is for below-market…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (253+ words) The Chronicle reported that BXP executive Aaron Fenton identified roughly 9 million square feet of tenant demand in the market, driven largely by fast-growing AI companies. Executive Alex Weinberg said the extension gives BXP more time to market the project and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (184+ words) The San Mateo County Board of Education, the San Mateo County Office of Education, and the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust of San Mateo County have partnered to purchase a 74-unit apartment building intended to provide below-market housing for local…...