Alameda County landlords owed thousands in rent, call for an end to eviction moratorium
Alameda County's eviction moratorium has been in place since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, banning most evictions and allowing some well-off tenants to exploit the emergency order for personal gain.
San Mateo County to cover living costs of Half Moon Bay shooting victims' families
San Mateo County supervisors voted unanimously to earmark $750,000 to cover living and housing expenses of victims' families in the deadly Half Moon Bay mass shooting.
Alameda family wins 70K settlement in harassment case against landlord
A family in Alameda won a $70,000 settlement in a tenant harassment case against their landlord, officials announced Monday.
January rents had the smallest increase since May 2021
Rent prices are 22.5% higher than January 2020.
Breed sets ambitious goal to create 82K new homes in San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor London Breed offered new details on her ambitious plan to create 82,000 news homes in the city.
Multifamily housing near Steph Curry's Atherton home gets approval
While the battle over a housing plan for the town of Atherton ruffled the feathers of some residents, including power couple Steph and Ayesha Curry, in the end, city leaders who were up against the clock, had the last word.
San Francisco opens its newest permanent supportive housing
San Francisco's newest permanent supportive housing development recently opened.
Steph, Ayesha Curry oppose multifamily housing near swanky Atherton home
Warriors superstar Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha wrote a letter to Atherton city leaders voicing their opposition to a proposed multifamily housing development behind the couple's $30 million home in the swanky town.
Freezing nights present great danger to farmworkers
As much as bitter cold weather is bad for plants, it's far worse for humans who are ill-housed or unhoused. Consider the bizarre plight of over some workforce achievers, nonetheless will mostly shiver in the Bay Area tonight.
Half Moon Bay farmworkers lived in 'deplorable' conditions, allegedly paid $9 an hour
As new details emerge in the aftermath of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting that left seven farmworkers dead, the massacre also highlights the harsh living and working conditions that some of those farmworkers endured.
Proposed affordable housing on DMV parking lot unanimously approved by San Francisco supes
Moments after approving an expanded goal for affordable housing construction on Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors called on the state to build housing on top of San Francisco's California Department of Motor Vehicles field office parking lot.
How Dr. King's work still influences fight against poverty in California today
United Way Bay Area released a report last week showing 49% of the calls received on their 2-1-1 helpline in a 3-month period, were about housing insecurity and a lack of basic needs like groceries. The Bay Area group serves about 600,000 households, 80% of them people of color.
Bay Area residents dealing with insurance coverage, flooding damages
Ben Marcus is a landlord dealing with storm-related repairs in Oakland who has run into issues finding crews available to clean up damage following the Bay Area’s recent storms.
Texas and Florida remain top destinations for movers in 2022, U-Haul says
A U-Haul analysis of more than two million one-way trips in 2022 found that Texas and Florida ranked as the top two destinations for movers last year.
New California laws on abortion, jaywalking, rap lyrics
Cheaper abortions, raises for some workers and grace for jaywalkers and loiterers are some of the hundreds of new laws that take effect in California next year.
Alameda County bans landlords from conducting criminal background checks
Alameda County is the first county in the United States to ban landlords from criminal background checks on prospective tenants.
3D-printed homes now on sale in Arizona; builders say it's affordable and sustainable
The homes, which were printed in Casa Grande, range from 1,400 to 1,900 square feet, and the home's builder say they are built to withstand Arizona's extreme heat even better than a traditional home.
San Francisco renters offered big buyouts from property owners as housing shortage continues
Some San Francisco property owners are offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to get renters out of their units. Housing experts say those buyouts being offered to renters is a sign that there is still not enough housing in the city.
San Jose moves forward with plans to build 32,000 housing units
San Jose has been in a legal battle over the project with Santa Clara County and Milpitas since 2005. The biggest issue was the traffic and congestion new housing would create. But, with homelessness becoming a growing concern in the South Bay, all sides agree making housing more available needs to be the priority.
Sonoma County man arrested after placing hidden camera in female roommates' bathroom
A Sonoma County man has been arrested and charged for allegedly placing a hidden camera in a bathroom of a home he shared with multiple women.