Housing

Housing advocates are calling on the city to expand its shelter in place homeless housing program. Candese Charles reports.

Apartment rents continue to drop in San Francisco as the pandemic and remote work question the desire for high-priced living.

Residents of a trailer park in Colorado say they received a notice from their landlord, claiming their rent would dramatically increase if Democratic nominee Joe Biden becomes president.

Two fellow Bay Area counties are included among those with the sharpest drop in rents.

Members of the activist group, Moms 4 Housing, announced Friday that the three-bedroom home in West Oakland was purchased by the Oakland Community Land Trust from a real estate investment company

The Fullers know they're not alone, badgering county officials about the delay.

The ban further protects San Francisco tenants facing financial hardships from eviction amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Bay Area rents are plummeting. San Francisco is seeing some of the deepest discounts, but it may be relative as rents were some of the highest in the country last year.

Newsom said the website was launched in relation to a housing relief bill he signed Monday which halts evictions and foreclosures until February 2021.

The 1,688 square-foot cottage comes with 2 acres, including a private 170-foot beach with a private pier.

Other speakers said they fear the streets of a nearby housing tract would become clogged with parked cars owned by apartment residents or visitors.

California will resume eviction and foreclosure proceedings on Sept. 2, stoking fears of a wave of evictions during the coronavirus pandemic unless the governor and state Legislature can agree on a proposal to extend protections into 2021.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will vote on a proposal to extend the South Bay's current eviction moratorium by one month. The ordinance was set to expire at the end of August.

A San Francisco judge on Monday denied a legal challenge brought on by property owners looking to block a new San Francisco law prohibiting landlords from evicting or imposing late fees on tenants who can't pay because of COVID-19.

Statewide emergency protections for renters, intended to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, are expected to end Aug. 14.