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CapRadio's coverage of housing issues in the Sacramento region.
August 24, 2021 | Chris Nichols
Sacramento County supervisors voted Tuesday to accept $5.3 million in state funds to extend Project Roomkey for three months. The program was set to end this month, but about 360 homeless residents remain at the motels.
August 13, 2021 | Janelle Salanga
It greenlights 20 sites for various housing options meant to serve Sacramento’s unhoused population. But Sacramento community members want the plan to emphasize safety and prioritization of affordable housing.
August 5, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan | Janelle Salanga
The plan would expand Sacramento’s housing capacity for unhoused people through a variety of options. But questions remain about the equitable distribution of sites and what happens after people cycle through temporary housing.
July 28, 2021 | Janelle Salanga
The city’s cooling centers have been underutilized during past heat waves, but some community members say that’s because the centers don’t cast a wide enough net around outlying neighborhoods. They’re stepping up to run their own.
July 13, 2021 | Chris Nichols
In a nationwide survey published this week, 11% of small landlords reported the pandemic has forced them to take steps to sell one or more rental properties.
July 8, 2021 | Chris Nichols
The centers will be open through the weekend when temperatures are expected to peak across the Sacramento region, ranging from 100 degrees up to 115 degrees.
July 3, 2021
California has one of the nation’s longest-running eviction bans, but an exclusive CalMatters analysis finds that local decisions carved a divide for tenants. Landlords and sheriffs are evicting renters at higher rates in the Central Valley, while so
June 25, 2021 | Scott Rodd
The deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers comes less than a week before the state's eviction protections were set to expire.
June 18, 2021 | Chris Nichols
Altogether, about 30 people showed up to city and county cooling facilities on the first two days of the heat wave. Advocates say more must be done to advertise the facilities and provide transportation.
June 17, 2021 | Chris Nichols
Tens of thousands of homeless Californians are moving on from state-funded Project Roomkey motels where they took shelter during the worst of the pandemic. But as of June, only about 30% had been placed in permanent or temporary housing.
