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Ground to break in fall on Lower Bottoms affordable housing development
A 100 percent affordable housing project will break ground in West Oakland in November with the help of a former Black Panther Party leader. In 2014, former Black Panther...Read More
County waives permit fees for low-income rental units on unincorporated properties
Marin County will waive permit fees up to $10,000 for homeowners in unincorporated areas of the county who create rental units on their property and rent them to low-income...Read More
Livermore unanimously approves low-income housing development
After more than two hours of public comment Monday night, the Livermore City Council reconvened Tuesday afternoon and unanimously approved Eden Housing’s proposal for 130 units of low-income housing...Read More
Planning commissioner faces expulsion vote over low-income housing ‘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”...Read More
More than half of HUD’s tenant protection vouchers go to Oakland
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that it’s providing $2.8 million in tenant protection vouchers to public housing residents in Oakland. HUD officials said the...Read More
Appellate court rules San Jose not exempt from state’s Surplus Land Act
An appellate court ruled Tuesday that the city of San Jose is not exempt from complying with the Surplus Land Act, a state law that requires local governments to...Read More
Santa Clara County approves two low-income housing developments
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve $33 million in funding for two new affordable housing developments in San Jose. The developments will be...Read More
Oakland hotel sold to affordable housing developer
A judge issued an order authorizing the sale of a troubled residential hotel in downtown Oakland to an affordable housing developer to rehabilitate it as long-term low-income housing.Read More