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East Palo Alto Challenge Grant Partners are One Step Closer to Creating a “Placekeepers Co-Op” through the Acquisition of the YUCA Building

Just last month, YUCA (Youth United for Community Action), a 27-year-old grassroots organization in East Palo Alto focused on social justice and youth empowerment, was on the verge of being displaced from its yellow adobe brick home of 11 years, after the long-time property owner told YUCA staff that he intended to remodel the house and put it … Read more

Centering Equity in Housing – Convening Review

On March 21, 2021 we had an unprecedented opportunity — amidst a global pandemic and a national reckoning with racial injustice — to join together to discuss the reimagination of our housing system and to prioritize solutions with equity at the core. Specifically, solutions that recognize and dismantle centuries of exclusionary policies and practices that … Read more

The Value and Meaning of “Home”: The Partnership for the Bay’s Future at Two Years

This past year has been one of extraordinary challenges and hardships for many in our community. It was a year that prompted all of us to reflect on the value of home — home as a place of safety, stability, and sanctuary. As a collaborative initiative focused on producing, preserving, and protecting affordable homes in … Read more

Local Strategies to Protect Tenants and Prevent Homelessness in Bay Area

ALL HOME, BAY AREA REGIONAL HEALTH INEQUITIES INITIATIVE, AND PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BAY’S FUTURE We know that Cities and nonprofit partners are in the process of designing and implementing rental assistance programs as we respond to the devastation caused by the pandemic. In support of those efforts, All Home and Bay Area Regional Health Inequities … Read more

Berkeley’s first ever ground-up co-living development breaks ground

There are currently thousands of individuals and families who are priced out of the Bay Area housing market, yet earn too much income to qualify for low-income housing subsidies. Commonly referred to as the “missing middle,” this group has been largely overlooked in the past, but interest in serving them has recently gained traction. One … Read more

Opinion: Turning crisis into opportunity: Why Berkeley needs TOPA now

Allowing tenants to buy their apartments when they come up for sale will help keep the diversity Berkeley prides itself on. By Fernando Echeverria and Sarah Scruggs There’s an end in sight to this pandemic, but vaccinations and falling case rates won’t magically fix the exacerbated housing crisis that COVID-19 leaves in its wake – a … Read more

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