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CapRadio's coverage of housing issues in the Sacramento region.
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.
June 10, 2021 | Chris Nichols
Despite repeated calls for action and the deaths of several unhoused people last winter, the city has yet to open year-round emergency cooling or warming centers.
May 24, 2021 | Chris Nichols
Sacramento County 2021 Affordable Housing Needs Report found residents must earn nearly $27 per hour to afford the region’s average rent of $1,392.
April 26, 2021
Complex rules and landlord resistance are limiting the success of an unprecedented effort to help tenants. Advocacy groups are concerned what will happen after a statewide eviction moratorium ends June 30.
April 23, 2021 | Ed Fletcher
While there was a strong uptick in affordable housing built in Sacramento during 2020, the city fell well below its one-year and eight-year state-issued targets.
