Housing

As 2019 has arrived, so have a host of new laws  affecting transportation and housing. Read More

UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project and the California Housing Partnership produced interesting studies of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties looking at how rising home prices have displaced low-income minority communities.    Read More

Fires that have ravaged Northern California are presenting new housing challenges for the region. Read More

May's Map of the Month from MTC and ABAG Executive Director Steve Heminger looks at what year cities around the Bay Area are anticipated to reach their housing growth forecasts, assuming the annualized housing production rate since 2010 doesn't change.

From the Executive Director's latest report to the MTC Commission and ABAG Executive Board:

To beat a dead horse, May’s Map of the Month highlights the continued housing production challenges in the Bay Area, comparing Department of Finance housing production data between January 2010 and December 2017 with the Plan Bay Area 2040 housing forecasts by jurisdiction. This month's map shows the year that each city or town would meet its Plan Bay Area 2040 housing growth forecast if it continues on its recent production trajectory, during this lengthy economic expansion. Not surprisingly, most jurisdictions are lagging the Plan’s housing goals – meaning that the region won’t reach its 2040 housing goal until 2072 at the current pace.