Latest Housing News
![Caltrans workers clear a car from the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 26. Caltrans will begin its third and final phase of clearing Wood Street this week and expects to be done in November.]()
Tensions flare in Oakland over where to house homeless people being...An Oakland council member lambasted the city administrator Tuesday and sought more urgency to shelter the nearly 200 people at Wood Street, the largest encampment in the Bay Area, who are being...By Sarah Ravani![Sandy Hill who lives in an RV at an encampment along Rydin Road takes a break from gathering her belongings before being evicted by the city of Richmond, California on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.]()
By Sarah Ravani and Kellie Hwang
Homeless
![San Francisco police officers watch as people gather their belongings during a sweep of homeless encampments by the Department of Public Works along Willow Street in San Francisco.]()
S.F. sued over homeless camp sweeps. Advocates say it would take $4.8...The lawsuit alleges San Francisco and Mayor London Breed engage in mass criminalization of homelessness, property destruction and violate the constitutional rights of people who are homeless.By Mallory Moench![California Governor Gavin Newsom (center) and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (second from right) meet tour rooms at the the Henry Robinson Multi-Service Center before a press conference announcing a newly created state-level homeless commission alongside Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other Alameda County and state officials in Oakland in 2019.]()
By Lauren Hepler and Raheem Hosseini![Homeless man Alvin Craig Calloway moves belongings after being told to leave Russ Street in San Francisco. He has been on the streets for almost 30 years.]()
By Mallory Moench and Kevin Fagan
Renting
![Betty Gray in the Berkeley apartment where she had been confined since taking a bad fall in February.]()
Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homesSome older people who choose not to move into care facilities end up effectively stuck in their own homes. Assistance is available to help older adults remain in place, but many don’t know it exists.By Anne Marshall-Chalmers![The Chronicle has combed through property records plus nearly 7 million unique business records to uncover rental ownership and management networks across all nine counties in the region. The landlords on our list represent a diverse array of investors — from single-family rental giant Invitation Homes, to luxury apartment investor United Dominion Realty, to mobile home operator and California water baron John Vidovich.]()
By Susie Neilson, Emma Stiefel, J.K. Dineen, Lauren Hepler
Housing & Mass Transit
![California legislators passed a pair of bills Thursday would make it easier to build housing on commerical corridors.]()
California legislators reach ‘monumental’ deal to increase housing...After months of tense negotiations, California legislators announced that they have brokered a deal to advance a pair of bills that would allow millions of housing units to be built in sleepy and...By Dustin Gardiner![North Berkeley BART station and parking lot for a planned site of a future social housing which will create units in buildings for people of varying incomes -- low income, middle income and wealthier -- and have a pathway to home ownership on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in Berkeley , Calif.]()
By Lauren Hernández and Sarah Ravani
More on the Housing Crisis
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Rent control is coming to more Bay Area cities. It could mark a turning point for the housing crisis
![Renters and housing advocates including Eden Renters United volunteer Teresita de Jesus (center) gathered in Oakland on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, ahead of an Alameda County Board of Supervisors discussion about new proposed tenant protections.]()
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![A woman pushes a stroller past a home for sale in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood.]()
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![Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO of Yelp, testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, following testimony from Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google, during a hearing on Google's business and privacy practices on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 21, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)]()
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![Gov. Gavin Newsom with local and state officials at 4200 Geary Blvd. in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Gov. Newsom signed a legislative package to tackle California’s housing crisis. The bill accelerates the construction of new housing while also creating thousands of jobs.]()
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![Renderings of the Shirley Chisholm Village project, the district's first affordable housing project for educators.]()
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![Factory OS is constructing modular homes on Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif. — with up to 1,200 employees making the units.]()
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![While new affordable housing proposed in San Francisco is projected to cost more than $1.1 million per unit, the 145-unit apartment complex pictured here at 833 Bryant St. was built for millions less due to factors including expedited permitting and off-site construction.]()
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![The building at 840 Post Street (center) is seen on Friday, September 2, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif.]()
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![New renderings released of the Oakland A's plans to build a waterfront stadium at the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal.]()
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![Veritas-owned apartment building at 755 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.]()
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![This slim parking lot at 1010 Mission St. in San Francisco is the subject of the latest housing debate.]()
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![A multi-unit property located within the Mission District in San Francisco.]()
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![The state and county are trying to come up with a plan to redevelop the Sonoma Developmental Center to build 1,000 housing units, but facing very organized community opposition.]()
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Not just YIMBYs vs. NIMBYs: Chronicle poll breaks down S.F. housing attitudes by class, race and age
![In an era of stark social divides, there’s one thing the vast majority of San Franciscans can agree on: Something has to be done about unaffordable housing.]()
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![A construction worker walks along the 22nd floor of Building A, a mixed-use residential tower under construction at the site of Mission Rock, a mini-district being developed by the Giants in partnership with Tishman Speyer on China Basin in San Francisco.]()
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How an empty 1970s S.F. movie theater deemed ‘historic’ could scale back housing plans at Stonestown
![UA Cinema at Stonestown Galleria is seen on Thursday, September 8, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif.]()
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![The construction site at 30 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco is where the Australian company Lendlease is building a 47-story mixed use tower. It’s expected to be complete in 2025.]()
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![The nonprofit Committee on the Shelterless runs a tiny home village at the Mary Isaak Center in Petaluma, Calif. The homes were built by a Rohnert Park startup called QuickHaven, and is part of an experiment in a different type of homeless shelter that provides more privacy and dignity.]()
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![***** FOR PROJECT ONLY. DO NOT USE. NOT A FILE ***** Rita Magnenat rubs her face while taking a break from packing up belongings at the Crosby Hotel in San Francisco, California Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Magnenat, 60, along with husband Wesley, will be evicted from their cramped room of three years at the end of August.]()
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![More than 21,000 residents applied to get on a waitlist for rental assistance in Berkeley in July, but officials only have enough spots to put 2,000 people in the queue for a coveted housing voucher. A row of RVs are seen parked near Gilman Street in Berkeley, Calif. Tuesday, March 19, 2019, reflecting the area’s housing crisis.]()
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![Mayor London Breed, with Senator Scott Wiener, addresses the crowd of supporters at the kick off campaign for “Affordable Homes Now” in San Francisco , Saturday, April, 9, 2022.]()
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![A rendering of the proposed San Francisco development Plaza East.]()
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![Commercial strips in the Bay Area, such as the affluent Elmwood district of Berkeley, could see more new housing proposals after state lawmakers moved this week to make it easier to build homes in areas currently designated for retail, parking and offices.]()
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![Construction continues at The Brady, a new market rate apartment building opening at 12th and Market in San Francisco.]()
