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Partnership Featured in Shelterforce – Moving from the Inequitable Housing System We Have to the Housing System We Need

America’s housing system was never just built to create housing. It was designed to maintain racially and economically segregated neighborhoods and it rests on a long legacy of inequity, specifically anti-Black racism. In this sense, our housing system isn’t really broken. Its weakness in this moment—in the pandemic—just shows that it’s working as designed. COVID-19 … Read more

Challenge Grant Spotlight: Berkeley

Outreach for Equitable Housing Policies in Berkeley Anna Cash Berkeley’s Challenge Grant focuses on addressing systemic discrimination and displacement through two policy efforts we are excited to continue work on in 2021: a Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) and a housing preference policy. Key community partners in this work include East Bay Community Law Center, Northern California Land Trust, Bay Area Community Land Trust, … Read more

How Does the Proposed 2021 California Budget Address the Housing and Homelessness Crisis?

A lot of California’s focus will continue to be on economic recovery and administering the COVID-19 vaccine, which are critical issues facing our state. But, housing will also continue to be a top priority for the Partnership and Bay Area residents. For that reason, we wanted to highlight the proposed investments in housing and homelessness … Read more

Foundations Are Making an Epic Push to Tackle Housing Affordability in the Bay Area

The high cost of housing in the Bay Area has become an indelible characteristic of one of the country’s most vibrant and diverse regions. In October, the median purchase price for an existing, single-family home in the Bay Area was $1.1 million, nearly 20% higher than just a year prior, and far out of reach … Read more

Collaborative Effort Saves Affordable Housing in Redwood City

Given the dual perks of beautiful, historic homes and close proximity to Silicon Valley, it’s not surprising that housing prices have risen quickly, and gentrification has raged through the port town of Redwood City over the past ten years. Though the census bureau estimates that at least 50 percent of the households in the southernmost … Read more

Embedding Racial Equity in Housing and the Launch of the Community Housing Fund

In the San Jose metro area, those who are in the lower-income tier spend more than half of their income on rent. This cost burden creates debilitating financial pressure on households that try to stay in their neighborhoods, pushes many of them out of their communities altogether and exacerbates the racial inequities in our community. … Read more

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