05/21/2023
Generation Housing Report: State of Housing in Sonoma County
Generation Housing Report: Making The Rent, The Human Price of Housing Cost Burden
California Housing Partnership: Sonoma County Housing Need Report 2023
How Does Housing Stability Affect Mental Health?
05/16/2023
04/29/2023
Santa Rosa moves forward with new tax district to spur growth downtown. Here’s how it would work
04/16/2023
Caritas Homes development to bring more affordable apartments to downtown Santa Rosa
03/31/2023
PG&E settlement funds aiding housing construction
03/28/2023
Skyline of downtown Santa Rosa set to change with new eight story apartment building
03/14/2023
Sonoma County to host first-ever job and resource fair for homeless on March 22 in Santa Rosa
Longtime Healdsburg residents frustrated by lack of affordable housing
SVB Didn’t Just Lend to Startups. It Was Key Partner for Affordable Housing
Bay Area Affordable Housing Pipeline Research Reveals Funding Need
03/02/2023
Want to fight climate change? Try making it easier to walk.
There’s one Bay Area transit agency not facing a ‘fiscal cliff,’ and it’s poised to expand
02/22/2023
Walker & Dunlop Announces Financing for New Affordable Housing in Sonoma County
Community Resilience and Disaster Recovery in Northern California
02/14/2023
Nearly $8B Needed to Complete Outstanding Affordable Housing Projects Across Bay Area
Sonoma County sets 5-year goal to create 1,200 new units for homeless housing
02/06/2023
Sonoma County’s Roseland housing, commercial project faces multimillion-dollar funding gap
02/05/2023
Golis: Sorry, world, but you’re not getting any younger
Number of renters burdened by housing costs reached a record high in 2021
01/21/2023
Sonoma County outlines new blueprint to boost housing supply
Mobile homes bolster Sonoma’s affordable housing stock
Newsom’s proposed budget cuts $350M from housing programs
Linking Historic Transportation Investments With Housing
01/16/2023
Building tall where it counts – Embracing neighborhood change to address the housing crisis
01/03/2023
Planned for two decades, construction begins on Cannery housing project in Santa Rosa
12/27/2022
Nearly 700 Units of Housing Proposed for La Cumbre Mall
12/21/2022
Commentary: Sonoma’s first responders need housing
Los Angeles to speed up affordable housing production through executive order
12/17/2022
Sacramento City Council approves language for possible middle-income housing bonds
12/7/2022
The homes and neighborhoods of older adults shape their vulnerability to climate change
12/02/2022
As affordable housing deed restrictions expire in Sonoma, seniors fear being hit with market rates
11/01/2022
Housing for essential workers is missing in Sonoma Valley, but part of SDC Site Specific Plan
North Bay Business Journal: How the lack of affordable housing is a crisis for North Bay health care
10/24/2022
Sonoma residents spend the most on housing, Windsor has highest median income
L.A.’s love of sprawl made it America’s most overcrowded place. Poor people pay a deadly price
10/21/2022
10/19/2022
Is the California Housing Accelerator Really Accelerating?
10/14/2022
Enterprise Community Partners Launches $250 Million Fund to Turn Rent Payments into Long-Term Wealth
10/13/2022
10/08/2022
Editorial: Five years after Sonoma County’s firestorm
10/04/2022
Gov. Newsom signs bills to turn unused retail areas into housing
Sprawl Costs the U.S. $1 Trillion Every Year
09/20/2022
A Key to Controlling Emissions: More Buildings in a City’s Unused Spaces
09/16/2022
Californians most likely shut out of affordable housing: Women of color and single moms
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08/26/2022
Santa Rosa and Sonoma County awarded millions in Project Homekey grants for new homeless housing
Biden administration is urging cities to use American Rescue Plan funds to boost supply
08/09/2022
Could this COVID program help reduce the California housing crisis?
07/21/2022
Why Housing Is So Expensive – Particularly In Blue States
07/13/2022
Investors May Hold Key to Solving Affordable Housing Crisis
Can California build millions of new homes amid drought?
02/12/2022
Catholic Charities’ new downtown facility, Caritas Center
06/29/2022
Building a single unit of affordable housing in Sonoma County can now cost over $700,000
06/20/2022
California legislators want to help you buy a house with down payment, ‘shared equity’
06/15/2022
Sonoma Planning Commission approves 15-unit housing plan, despite misgivings
06/12/2022
Close to Home: Get involved to make housing affordable
05/27/2022
This ingenious tool helps cities avoid rabid NIMBY arguments over housing
05/20/2022
75 Vallejo apartments are 1st local project for Solano County modular factory
05/07/2022
04/26/2022
SMART aims for big boost in ridership
04/20/2022
04/14/2022
California could shrink water use in cities by 30% or more, study finds
04/02/2022
77-unit affordable family housing project breaks ground in southwest Santa Rosa
03/21/2022
Santa Rosa credit union, Napa nonprofit launch effort to boost housing construction
03/16/2022
Expert panel explores how housing policies could be more fair to Sonoma County’s Black community
PD Editorial: Give voters a chance to repeal exclusionary law
03/14/2022
Is the Design of Our Cities Making Us Sick?
Affordable housing projects in Santa Rosa, Windsor awarded $24 million in state loans
03/11/2022
Cities Are Unlikely Yet Powerful Weapons to Fight Climate Change
03/02/2022
02/14/2022
Affordable housing project passes in Cloverdale despite concerns
These are the hottest real estate neighborhoods in each Bay Area county
02/09/2022
Cloverdale council to consider appeal of affordable apartment development
02/04/2022
Governor Newsom Announces New Awards to Create 2,300 Housing Units
01/25/2022
01/22/2022
Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown
01/14/2022
01/10/2022
State, housing advocacy group support OK of Cloverdale affordable housing project
01/07/2022
The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever
2022 Apartment Outlook: As Good As It Gets
12/30/2021
State grant offers major boost to Santa Rosa housing projects
12/23/2021
Santa Rosa’s new Dutton Flats affordable housing project attracts 1,600 applicants
12/13/2021
12/07/2021
Why It’s Wrong to Turn Down Half a Loaf of Affordable Housing
12/02/2021
Generation Housing: Equal and Affordable Housing for Everyone
11/22/2021
Affordable housing faces ‘visceral opposition’ in Sonoma County, supervisor says
11/21/2021
Success story: Second phase of Santa Rosa affordable housing project proposed
11/19/2021
Palo Alto prepares to enter ‘microtransit’ arena with on-demand shuttles
11/18/2021
Many live in squalid conditions to work in Sonoma County
11/11/2021
The Technology That Could Turn Buildings Into Climate-Fighting Tools
10/27/2021
Petaluma earns $1 million grant to tackle climate change solutions
10/25/2021
Santa Rosa rents up 12.7% over last year
10/18/2021
10/15/2021
New Sonoma County housing fund to lend $20 million in PG&E settlement money for large-scale projects
10/07/2021
More Than a Home: Housing Is a Human Right
09/30/2021
09/27/2021
Skelton: California finally puts housing first
09/22/2021
Salt Lake City holds out an $8M carrot in hopes of luring more affordable housing
09/20/2021
Sonoma County officials voice support for new state housing laws to spur construction
09/10/2021
Apartments Built on an Assembly Line
09/08/2021
New Mexican Food Park Is Taking Shape in Santa Rosa
08/27/2021
08/18/2021
08/10/2021
08/06/2021
Roseland affordable housing project advances with broad support
08/05/2021
How to Build a Water-Smart City
Report: Americans are Returning to Public Transit
07/31/2021
Affordable Housing Development Breaks Ground in Healdsburg
Innovative Funding Provides Culturally Specific Affordable Housing to Native Americans
07/23/2021
Research Shows Affordable Housing Developments Increase Property Values Nearby
07/21/2021
RED loan fund pitched to speed housing construction
07/20/2021
07/13/2021
Can affordable housing be eco-friendly? Lessons from a Napa zero-energy project
07/11/2021
Podcast: The Cost of Unaffordable Housing
Chicago launches equitable transit oriented development pilot program
06/30/2021
06/28/2021
Close to Home: I will trade parking for affordable housing
06/24/2021
Tenants build credit scores through rent reporting
Federal Policy Shifts Quietly Unlock Resources for Shared Housing
06/15/2021
Would you trade less parking for lower housing costs?
06/07/2021
California Governor Gavin Newsom Proposes Historic Investments in Housing
06/02/2012
Help Shape the Future of Housing in Sonoma County
05/26/2021
What the White House Means When It Says Housing Is Infrastructure
05/17/2021
We need you to lean in with us’: Gore talks homelessness
04/30/2021
Extra Credit for Affordable Housing Finance
04/21/2021
FEMA: Building Alliances for Equitable Resilience
04/06/21
Want to solve America’s urban homeless crisis? First, you have to believe it can be fixed.
03/29/2021
Why Santa Rosa’s $699 million affordable housing pipeline might not be enough
03/26/2021
Nonprofit homebuilder plans to build 400-plus affordable North Bay units
03/19/2021
Sonoma County Housing 101: A Toolkit for Understanding and Tackling Sonoma County’s Housing Shortage
03/17/2021
It is possible to build houses cheaply in the Bay Area
03/13/2021
03/12/2021
Healdsburg: ADU effort for affordable housing pays off
03/10/2021
Building in the danger zone: State challenges housing projects where wildfires burn
03/08/2021
Petaluma lags in adding affordable housing, while a new plan would double requirements
03/03/2021
Affordable housing project takes shape in west Santa Rosa
03/02/2021
Regions-Up Housing Agenda Identifies Evidence-Based Opportunities To Ease State’s Housing Crisis
02/26/2021
Walters: Another chance for (in)action on housing
Santa Rosa is the 3rd least affordable US city for retirees, according to study
02/19/2021
Santa Rosa prioritizes PG&E settlement funds
02/18/2021
Enterprise Community Partners: Launching the Renewal Enterprise District
02/17/2021
Moving from the Inequitable Housing System We Have to the Housing System We Need
02/11/2021
Windsor, Healdsburg face sharp rise in targets for new affordable housing
02/09/2021
BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP INITIATIVE: Building Black Wealth
02/03/2021
What to do with the Bennett Valley Golf Course, Santa Rosa City Council wonders
Santa Rosa City Hall’s expert on affordable housing retires after over 20 years
Sonoma County supervisors authorize $3.2 million for affordable housing projects
California’s housing crisis hasn’t gone away
02/01/2021
Proposed 8-story apartment project adds to rising skyline for downtown Santa Rosa housing
01/27/2021
Sonoma County housing market breaks records in 2020 despite pandemic
01/25/2021
A big day for downtown Santa Rosa: Virtual Groundbreaking on Caritas Village
Sonoma Valley housing report: ‘Future of community at stake’
01/11/21
Editorial: Downtown Santa Rosa is a win-win spot for new county offices
01/06/2021
Project to rebuild at burned Journey’s End site gets tax credit boost
01/05/2021
Up to 250 homes proposed for old Santa Rosa winery site in revived development project
12/28/2020
Cities “are one of the most environmentally sustainable ways we know of for housing lots of people.”
12/18/2020
Infill housing is critical for a healthy region and climate
12/16/2020
Santa Rosa council advances downtown apartment project, overriding concerns on height
12/10/2020
Facebook Pledges $150 Million to Build Affordable Housing in the Bay Area
12/08/2020
Santa Rosa ponders spending some PG&E settlement funds on housing
12/02/2020
Shopping to shelter: Abandoned mall sites welcome senior housing
11/26/2020
Santa Rosa apartment project moves forward at former Water Agency site
11/25/2020
PD Editorial: California loses out on billions for affordable housing
11/23/2020
California needs more homes built. Google and Facebook are betting on this modular housing startup.
Pandemic, Racial Injustice, and Climate Change Exacerbate America’s Housing Problems
11/11/2020
Kaiser Permanente donates $1 million to revive Santa Rosa Junior College housing complex
11/05/2020
New Report Finds Most Older Adults Do Not Reside In Livable Communities
10/30/2020
What will it take for Americans to ditch their obsession with single-family homes?
10/20/2020
10/19/2020
Santa Rosa Fastracks Downtown Housing Construction
10/17/2020
Santa Rosa adopts new plan for downtown development
10/13/2020
Three years later, $38.5 million for post-Tubbs fire housing available to Santa Rosa
10/12/2020
Press Democrat: 120-unit downtown Santa Rosa housing project gets approval to move forward
10/09/2020
On anniversary of Tubbs Fire, PG&E settlement shapes Sonoma County debate on future
10/08/2020
10/07/2020
Sonoma County agrees to spend $35 million of PG&E settlement on fire prevention, affordable housing
Glass fire containment jumps to 41%; more than 550 homes destroyed in Sonoma and Napa counties
09/30/2020
09/28/2020
Wine country fires burn homes, force evacuations
09/26/2020
Gaps in Latino homeownership examined during forum
09/23/2020
Report: A Neighborhood’s Race Affects Home Values More Now Than in 1980
09/21/2020
Santa Rosa housing project replacing Journey’s End forges ahead after investor pulls out
09/14/2020
Wildfires in the West are Climate Change Lessons for Everyone
08/29/2020
In a Pandemic, Housing Instability is a Pre-existing Condition
08/24/2020
It’s time for California to build cheaper, faster, cleaner
08/20/2020
08/17/2020
08/10/2020
Opinion: Don’t just spend PG&E settlement money, invest it – in housing
08/06/2020
What’s It Like to Be a Black Planner in California?
08/04/2020
07/31/2020
Bay Area Housing Crisis Gives Way to Affordable Rentals For Seniors In Sonoma
07/24/2020
Bay Area Needs to Build Lots of Housing to Meet State Goals
07/14/2020
Churches are building housing “in God’s backyard”
06/30/2020
Terner Center: Stimlulating Economic Recovery Through Homebuilding
06/24/2020
Over $37 Million in State Grants Approved for Santa Rosa Housing Production Near Transit
06/22/2020
06/20/2020
06/10/2020
06/02/2020
05/29/2020
05/15/2020
Press Democrat Editorial Board: Target Rebuilding Aid to Counties with Biggest Losses
05/13/2020
05/12/2020
Opinion: Now is the Time to Embrace Density
05/11/2020
Beacon Economics: This is a “V” shaped downturn, not a “U” or “L”.
Plan unveiled for seven-story apartment building in downtown Santa Rosa
05/08/2020
05/05/2020
05/01/2020
04/29/2020
The Post COVID-19 Economy: A Case for the “V”
Building dense cities was California’s cure for the housing crisis. Then came coronavirus
04/27/2020
Estimating COVID-19’s Near Term Impact on Renters
04/13/2020
The Press Democrat: Construction of affordable housing in Sonoma County impacted by coronavirus
04/10/2020
COVID-19 Cases in New York City, a Neighborhood Level Analysis
04/07/2020
Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates
03/25/2020
How we can redesign cities to fight future pandemics
03/23/2020
3/18/2020
Healdsburg advances North Village project
3/02/2020
School districts in California are stepping in to provide affordable housing for faculty and staff
02/24/2020
02/21/2020
How a Portland Food Bank is Making Gardening Accessible to All
02/13/2020
01/29/2020
Sonoma County leaders want $1 billion of tax credits used for intended purpose: wildfire recovery
01/28/2020
PD Editorial: Don’t let state divert fire recovery aid
01/24/2020
Opportunity Zones Have Yet to Take Off. Learn why here.
01/08/2020
Forbes: How Whole Communities Benefit From Affordable Housing
01/01/2020
12/31/19
Sonoma County, Santa Rosa set to ease path for more granny units under new state law. Read more here.
12/24/19
SB 330 Takes Effect January 1, Seeks to Speed up Housing Production
12/20/19
California Housing Partnership: 2019 Bay Area Housing Emergency Update
12/04/19
Why These Hospitals Have Promised $700 Million for Affordable Housing. Read more here.
12/02/19
Press Democrat: Sonoma County housing market stable despite fire, PG&E outages. Read more here.
11/22/19
Affordable homes for disabled residents might go up right next to SF City Hall. Read more here.
11/21/19
11/05/19
Apple pledges $2.5 billion to fight California housing crisis. Read more here.
10/24/19
The Renewal Enterprise District was recently added as a case study to ResilientCA, a clearinghouse database developed by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to find resources on climate adaptation and resiliency efforts in California. Read more here.
10/23/19
10/22/19
Workforce Housing is a Safe and Stable Long Term Investment. Serving working families can be an incredibly safe and stable long term multi-family investment, while impacting social needs for middle income working families. Read more here.
10/21/19
Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older households climbs to unprecedented levels. This growth presents a host of housing challenges. Within the next decade, some 18 million adults will be in their 80s—many living alone and on limited incomes. The need for affordable, accessible housing is therefore set to soar. For households in this age group that remain in their current homes, new transportation alternatives and opportunities for engagement in the community will be critical to their continued ability to live independently. Read the full Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies report “Housing America’s Older Adults, 2019” here.
10/13/19
10/2/19
Redding City Council approves affordable housing and retail complex
9/27/19
Dozens of new affordable homes envisioned for Santa Rosa senior center site
7/12/19
The Renewal Enterprise District (RED), a recently-formed, housing-focused Joint Powers Agreement between the County of Sonoma and the City of Santa Rosa, has selected Michelle Whitman as its first Executive Director.