Across California, eviction cases have returned to — or surpassed — pre-pandemic levels November 22, 2023 The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low for years during a lengthy statewide moratorium. In the year after it ended, cases soared and still remain high in large counties.
Sacramento’s newest affordable housing community honors late developer Ali Reza Youseffi November 21, 2023 | Chris Nichols Called ARY Place, the five-story complex includes 158 affordable housing units at 17th and S streets.
Sacramento shelter launches ‘Adopt a Cabin’ program to raise funds for homeless youth November 9, 2023 | Chris Nichols Donations will fund repairs, maintenance, landscaping and new community porches at The Grove, which opened in North Sacramento three years ago and serves unhoused youth ages 18 to 24.
Health Care One-third of homeless veterans live in California. Newsom is backing a new plan to help them November 8, 2023 California’s population of homeless veterans has plateaued despite billions of dollars in state spending to create housing. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to shift the state’s resources to focus on veterans with serious mental health conditions.
Sacramento’s X Street shelter has served nearly 800 people. But finding them housing is a bigger challenge November 6, 2023 | Chris Nichols The shelter opened in September 2021 on the W-X corridor south of downtown and Midtown, home to one of the city’s largest concentrations of illegal encampments.
Elk Grove opens city-funded winter homeless shelter in Old Town district November 2, 2023 | Chris Nichols The 24/7 facility is located on Elk Grove Boulevard at Waterman Road. It will operate through March and is funded by a local tax measure approved by voters last year. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
New leader of Sacramento Housing Alliance calls housing ‘foundational need’ as he takes the helm October 23, 2023 | Chris Nichols Jonathan Cook takes over at the SHA as the region confronts the growing and related crises of homelessness and the severe lack of affordable housing. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
South Sacramento could get 175 state-funded tiny homes by early 2024 October 11, 2023 | Kate Wolffe The tiny homes would fulfill half of Governor Gavin Newsom’s promise to bring 300 tiny homes to Sacramento. There are approximately 9,300 homeless people in Sacramento County. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento’s housing crisis: Seven possible — and tested — solutions October 10, 2023 An influx of new residents and the region’s severe lack of affordable housing, rents and home prices have skyrocketed over the past decade.
South Sacramento project with 1,100 homes near transit heads to council vote October 9, 2023 | Chris Nichols | Kristin Lam If approved, the Stone Beetland project would include 198 affordable housing units. It would be located northeast of Cosumnes River Boulevard and 24th Street, near the Morrison Creek light rail station.
Mayors Darrell Steinberg And Michael Tubbs On Addressing HomelessnessJanuary 14, 2020In Gov. Newsom’s new budget there’s a major push to fund initiatives to address the state’s homelessness crisis. Cities and counties will be required to partner with the state in this effort. Two mayors discuss what they hope to do. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Wave Of New Housing Laws Set To Take Effect This YearJanuary 8, 2020New state laws are set to take effect, all related to some aspect of housing: from prohibiting landlords rejecting tenants who use vouchers, to easing construction of granny flats, to the building of high density housing near jobs and transit. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento Explores Tiny Homes As A Partial Solution to HomelessnessOctober 30, 2019In an appearance on Insight last week, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg unveiled a proposal for a future campus of tiny homes to begin to address housing the City’s burgeoning homeless population. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Lawmakers Tackle Housing Issues Impacting RentersJune 10, 2019CALmatters Data and Housing Reporter Matt Levin looks at how renters fared in the current legislative session: what bills were discussed, which ones died and what survived. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Dream: The Cost Of Living In CaliforniaMay 8, 2018Why does it cost so much to live in California? CALmatters data reporter Matt Levin explains why housing costs are so high. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
