News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
A new startup says it will put a studio unit in your backyard and then split the rent proceeds as a way to develop more housing for the Bay Area. Read More
RentCafe has put out a report looking at mid-year Bay Area rentals, with data showing the far North Bay cities of Rohnert Park, Vacaville and Vallejo having some of the more affordable rents in the region. Read More
The site Zumper created an interesting page mapping rents in San Francisco district by district. Read More
The USA Today wrote a piece on how the San Francisco housing market has gone bonkers over the last 10 years. Read More
Google will spend $1 billion to address the Bay Area housing crisis, the tech company colossus announced Tuesday. Read More
A new article in Slate poses that the housing problem in the Bay Area and throughout the state is a generational issue. Read More
Despite a large demand for housing, new projects have dipped over the last two years, according to a report in MarketWatch based on federal data released Friday. Read More
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is calling for the elimination of fees for projects that would provide 100 percent affordable housing. Read More
There has been some interest from housing advocates to use old BART rail cars for homes, a strategy that was used more than a century ago along San Francisco's most western shore. Read More
Bay Area community and faith leaders, housing advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists announced Thursday the launch of a regional public-private housing partnership with a goal of building one of the country’s largest investment funds to address the regional affordable housing crisis. Read More