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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Bay Area housing allocations must fight displacement, expand opportunities

Illustration of a large, newly-built house overshadowing the older, established neighborhood behind it
Emily Bi/File

Every jurisdiction must commit to meeting regional housing needs, while also providing more housing options for low-income individuals and people of color.
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City

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Houses

Association of Bay Area Governments adopts 2023-31 housing needs allocation

The Association of Bay Area Governments, or ABAG, adopted the proposed 2023-31 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA, at its Oct. 15 executive board meeting.
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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Responding to today’s challenges is essential for a better tomorrow

We must be cognizant that Berkeley — like all cities — does not exist in a bubble. The actions we take have a ripple effect across the region.
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State

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Bill aimed at tackling Bay Area housing crisis passes CA State Legislature

The California State Legislature recently passed AB 1487, which could change the way local governments in the Bay Area finance affordable housing.
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City

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Berkeley holds equity workshop to discuss Adeline Corridor redevelopment

Since 2015, the city of Berkeley has been developing a plan for the Adeline Corridor, a street that runs through the historically Black neighborhood of South Berkeley.
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City

Monday, May 29, 2017

Berkeley’s homeless population nears 1,000 during ‘homeless shelter crisis’

Volunteers counted 664 homeless living outside of shelters, the highest number of unsheltered individuals counted in Berkeley and Alameda County in the last eight years, in their biennial census of Berkeley’s homeless.
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City

Friday, December 9, 2016

Newly sworn-in City Council holds 1st special meeting

The newly sworn-in City Council confirmed the results of the Nov. 8 municipal elections, established a rotating schedule for the position of vice mayor and appointed council members to committees during its first special meeting Thursday.
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City

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Berkeley, San Francisco rank last in home affordability, new survey shows

The study found that, on average, home prices are about 13 times greater than annual incomes in Berkeley and about 14 times greater in San Francisco.
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City

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

City Council discusses problems, solutions for affordable housing crisis at work session Tuesday

Berkeley City Council held a special work session Tuesday — with presentations by regional researchers, city staff, developers, housing authority officials and campus city planning professors — where it discussed possible strategies to mitigate and resolve the city’s affordable housing crisis.
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City

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Squeezed out: The shrinking availability of Berkeley’s affordable housing

Berkeley is one of numerous cities in the Bay Area and the nation struggling to resolve a dearth of affordable housing.
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