News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
The ABAG Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program continues a multi-part training on March 9, 2021 with "Creating Capacity: An Overview of the Sites Inventory." The training series is for local planning and housing staff focused on Housing Element updates. Read More
MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) issued a detailed new report Thursday, entitled Momentum for Lasting Solutions, to serve as a roadmap for private investors as well as federal, state and local governments to combine forces in a comprehensive regional effort to deliver housing affordability throughout the nine-county Bay Area. Read More
The ABAG Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program is launching a 10-part training series for local planning and housing staff focused on Housing Element updates. Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic that sent professionals to indefinite work-from-home status created the perfect conditions for big tech companies to flee the Bay Area and head to Texas, according to a new report from housing site RENTCafé. Read More
The Association of Bay Area Governments has announced a new research initiative to help Bay Area planners meet the requirements of AB-686, new legislation to fight housing discrimination. Read More
Uneven changes in income and home prices have led to the erosion of housing affordability in the past decade, with mortgages becoming an increasing financial burden in 51 of the 100 cities looked at by the real estate site P2Homes in a new study. Read More
RENTCafé has released its 2020 year-end report with data on rent change and renter activity. RENTCafé looked at 5.8 million renter applications nationwide (moving in, out and inside a city) and concluded that, overall, renter activity dropped by 10% compared to last year. Read More
As the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed space into one of the most valuable commodities, a new study from Point2homes.com looks at how much space the median U.S. home price would get a homebuyer across the globe. As it turns out, San Francisco is one of the most unattainable cities in the world Read More
The first development proposal submitted to Marin County under a new state law intended to streamline certain types of housing developments to address California’s severe housing shortage and affordability crisis has been given county approval. Read More