Affordable Housing

With home prices reaching an all-time high of $405,000 in the United States, a new report by Point2 looks at how much square footage $400,000 buys in the nation’s 100 largest cities. Read More

Growing housing prices continues to be a concern, especially for those living in the most populous and desirable U.S. cities. And for good reason as, with the constant rise in million-dollar and luxury homes for sale, the threshold for what is considered affordable homes is getting higher as well, according to a new report from Point2Homes.com. Read More

The Bay Area Council has long advocated for a strong regional approach to addressing our housing crisis, including supporting legislation that created the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA). In this guest item highlighted in the council's Weekly Flash newsletter, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chair Alfredo Pedroza and Association of Bay Area Governments Chair Jesse Arreguin outline the purpose and objectives for BAHFA. Read More

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced Tuesday new underwriting guidelines for its four-year-old Bay Area Preservation Pilot loan fund, which is designed to help nonprofit housing developers and community land trusts finance the acquisition and preservation of existing multifamily properties that are affordable for lower- and moderate-income renters and located in areas with high-frequency transit service. Read More

The Partnership for the Bay’s Future has announced $5 million in grants focused on advancing equitable housing policies. Read More

PropertyShark has just released its annual ranking of the 100 priciest zip codes in the United States and it shows homes in the Bay Area are among the most expensive in the nation. Read More

With an average of almost 190 daily moves from California to Texas from 2010 to 2019, a new report looks more closely at where exactly residents of The Golden State are moving to in Texas and what they get in the tradeoff. Read More

Several key bills aimed at addressing the state’s housing crisis – including one supported by MTC and ABAG – have been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Read More

Vox has produced a video outlining the high cost of living in the Bay Area and dearth of housing. Read More