One State, Unaffordable: Your Housing Questions, Answered
July 13, 2018 | Kacey Gardner
When it comes to living in California and why it costs so much — you have a lot of questions. We set out to get answers.
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The California Dream project is a statewide non-profit media collaboration focused on issues of economic opportunity, quality-of-life, and the future of the California Dream.
Over the next two years, the collaboration will be sharing stories about housing, education, jobs, the wealth gap and more as it presents reporting on radio and television, online and through special programming.
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One State, Unaffordable
July 12, 2018
As rents go up and housing prices soar, the California Dream is becoming more and more difficult to achieve. In this special on housing affordability, we put audience questions to the experts.
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Is California’s Legacy Environmental Law Protecting The State’s Beauty Or Blocking Affordable Housing?
July 9, 2018 | Ben Bradford
Habitat for Humanity wants to build affordable housing in Redwood City, but a nearby resident is using the California Environmental Quality Act to stop the apartments.
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.jpg&width=480 "Because of Jenny Gov’s hectic weekday schedule she plans weekend hangouts at her favorite neighborhood coffee shop the way Lakewood residents might have planned trips to Disneyland in previous decades.")
High Home Prices And Congestion Shrink The California Dream
July 5, 2018
With California’s problems of affordability and congestion, many of us are paying a higher price for an ever-shrinking sliver of California paradise.
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What Questions Do You Have About The Cost Of Housing In California?
June 26, 2018
As rents go up and housing prices soar, the California Dream is becoming more and more difficult to achieve. What do you want to know about the cost of living here? We'll put your questions to the experts.
.jpg&width=480 "Retiree Rosanne Goodwin receives $2,060 a month in Social Security benefits each month but it's about $400 less than her expenses, June 1, 2018.")
A Dimming Dream Of Retirement In California
June 26, 2018
California has one of the highest percentages of seniors living in poverty in the United States. Escalating rent and healthcare costs are forcing many of California’s elderly, especially women, onto a path of downward mobility.
California Dream: Exploring The Promise — And Unintended Consequences — of Rent Control
June 21, 2018 | Chris Nichols
As California rents have increased, so have calls to strengthen rent control laws across the state. Voters this fall will have the chance to weigh in on a potential first step.
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A Symptom Of California’s Housing Crisis? One State Agency Says Someone Making $200K A Year Deserves Help Buying A House.
June 14, 2018
Amid skyrocketing housing prices and near-record low homeownership rates, the California Housing Finance Agency has quite literally redefined what it means to be “moderate-income” in California.
Housing Costs — More Than Tuition — Are Crushing California’s Low-Income College Students
June 7, 2018
Attending a university in California can be a financial burden beyond the means of many college hopefuls. Rising tuition is compounded by the lack of affordable housing in the state and the high cost of living.
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Making San Francisco’s Gritty Tenderloin Safer For Kids
May 31, 2018
The Tenderloin is notorious for the homelessness on its streets and open drug use and sales. But it's also one of the only affordable neighborhoods left in San Francisco and is home to hundreds of low-income and immigrant families.
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