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
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
Centering Community Feedback to Drive Housing Solutions in Alameda County Growing up, my father instilled in me a rather efficient way to learn, which was learning from the experiences of others. I carried this method with me when I started in my role as the Alameda County Challenge Grant Fellow. The County is focused on … Read more
Progress through Inclusive Collaboration in Redwood City Redwood City’s Challenge Grant team has made incredible progress in implementing tenant protection policies and creating a preservation strategy that will leverage local and regional partnerships. Part of the City’s success can be attributed to its emphasis on collaboration, process, and inclusion. The core team—which includes Redwood City … Read more
Pandemic stalls affordable housing plans but creates opportunities for South Bay land trust Luis Moreno knows the struggle for housing in Silicon Valley. His aunt, a single mother with three children, was homeless for three years. “We weren’t really able to help her,” Moreno said. “Nobody in our family really had the resources to say, … Read more
It’s no secret that Oakland has seen massive rent hikes in the past several years. It’s also no mystery how it happened–when tenants were priced out of San Francisco, Berkeley, and other increasingly expensive Bay Area neighborhoods, rental occupancy grew feverishly in Oakland, and landlords and market-rate developers responded in kind. However, to date, East … Read more
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