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03/28/2023

Four loans closed by RED Housing Fund are building 495 Infill Housing Units in Santa Rosa, CA with more coming soon

Skyline of downtown Santa Rosa set to change with new 8-story apartment building

03/14/2023

Bay Area Affordable Housing Pipeline Research Reveals Funding Need

SVB Didn’t Just Lend to Startups. It Was Key Partner for Affordable Housing

Longtime Healdsburg residents frustrated by lack of affordable housing

Sonoma County to host first-ever job and resource fair for homeless on March 22 in Santa Rosa

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

02/21/2023

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

01/06/2023

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

12/07/2022

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

A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Grants prioritize affordable housing and supportive shelter amid surges in housing prices, chronic homelessness

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

https://www.multihousingnews.com/federal-agencies-take-new-steps-to-boost-affordable-housing/

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

08/26/2022

Santa Rosa and Sonoma County awarded millions in Project Homekey grants for new homeless housing

Anti-Housing CEQA Lawsuits Filed in 2020 Challenge Nearly 50% of California’s Annual Housing Production

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

Podcast: 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?

07/12/2022

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

One affordable home in S.F. costs $750,000 to build. This developer has a plan to do it for $350K — with no public money

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

New affordable housing begins to take shape on former Journey’s End site, marking post-Tubbs fire milestone

04/26/2022

SMART aims for big boost in ridership

04/20/2022

How to Fight the Affordable Housing Crisis and Climate Change at Once: It’s all about the energy bills

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

Construction underway on 164-unit affordable apartment complex at former water agency site in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa credit union, Napa nonprofit launch effort to boost housing construction

Santa Rosa City Council advances veterans housing project in Roseland area over neighbors’ opposition

03/16/2022

PD Editorial: Give voters a chance to repeal exclusionary law

Expert panel explores how housing policies could be more fair to Sonoma County’s Black community

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

Struggling to Live in the Communities They Serve: How Housing Affordability Impacts School Employees in California

02/14/2022

Affordable housing project passes in Cloverdale despite concerns

These are the hottest real estate neighborhoods in each Bay Area county

02/09/2021

Cannery project moves forward after two Santa Rosa affordable housing developments net $112 million in state loans

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

What Is Walkability?

01/22/2022

Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown

01/14/2022

Sonoma County’s new state housing goals seek to spur more aggressive local response to chronic shortage

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

Downtown San Jose project could help chip away housing crisis
Upstart housing company, busy developer craft new approach to home ownership

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

Sonoma County affordable housing efforts to receive over $2.5 million in grants from Kaiser Permanente

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

Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Strengthen Accountability, Highlights Comprehensive Strategy to Tackle Housing Crisis

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

09/16/2021

How A Blistering Housing Market Could Be Making Wildfires Even More Dangerous

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

California Assembly Advances Statewide Upzoning Bill: Senate Bill 9 would allow up to four housing units on lots traditionally zoned for single-family homes, paving the way for more ‘gentle density.’

08/18/2021

North Bay Q&A: Is it sustainable for Sonoma County to build new homes during an ongoing water crisis?

08/10/2021

Alarming climate change report resonates on parched, fire-scarred North Coast: ‘We know what we have to do’

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

Join the RED Housing Fund Board, Help Shape the Future of Housing In Sonoma County, Application Deadline Extended to August 5th

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

Application to join the RED Housing Fund Board, Help Shape the Future of Housing In Sonoma County, Due July 23

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

Marin County’s Catalyst Housing Group amasses $1.3B in California affordable housing for ‘missing middle’

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

Affordable Housing Partnership Announces First Three Developments to Build New Homes in Sonoma County

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

Sonoma County, Santa Rosa officials plan to loan out $20 million in PG&E settlement cash to spur housing projects

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

Click to access Federal-Framework-Brief-February-2021.pdf

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’

Click to access AHSC_Report-Jan2021.pdf

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

The Great Real Estate Reset: A data-driven initiative to remake how and what we build

Building more housing lowers rents for everyone

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

Proof: Bike Paths are Good for the Local Economy

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

Talking Headways Podcast: Housing Builds Neighborhoods

https://citiesspeak.org/2020/09/30/housing-and-whats-around-it-where-we-live-and-how-well-we-live-after-covid-19/

10/09/2020

On anniversary of Tubbs Fire, PG&E settlement shapes Sonoma County debate on future

10/08/2020

California Economic Summit: Providing Capital for Housing is Key to Affordability and a Healthy Community

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

RED

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

Sonoma County Vintners Foundation Donates $1 Million to the Caritas Village Housing Campaign

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

https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/pge-settlement-funds-should-go-to-housing-nonprofit-says/?sba=AAS

08/17/2020

Racial Disparities in Housing Security from COVID-19 Economic Fallout

08/10/2020

Opinion: Don’t just spend PG&E settlement money, invest it – in housing

08/06/2020

KSRO: Jen Klose, Executive Director of Generation Housing and Jesus Guzman, Policy and Advocacy Director for Generation Housing, about Generation Housing and the housing crisis

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

Talking Headways Podcast: The Social Determinants of Health

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

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/coronavirus-exploiting-impoverished-vulnerable-sonoma-county-latinos/?utm_source=sfmc_100035609&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26495%20Essential%20California%2006%2F22%2F20&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressdemocrat.com%2Fnews%2F11045688-181%2Fcoronavirus-exploiting-impoverished-vulnerable-sonoma&utm_id=8746&sfmc_id=1869250

Close quarters: Overcrowded homes fuel spread of coronavirus among workers

06/20/2020

California rebuilds housing in wake of wildfires

06/10/2020

Phoenix Development, Integrity Housing Plan Dutton Flats Affordable Apartments in Santa Rosa, California

Strategies for increasing affordable housing amid the COVID-19 economic crisis

06/02/2020

Sonoma County Housing Need Report 2020

05/29/2020

https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing-could-help-lead-the-post-covid-economic-recovery/

05/15/2020

Press Democrat Editorial Board: Target Rebuilding Aid to Counties with Biggest Losses

05/13/2020

https://www.ppic.org/blog/overcrowded-housing-and-covid-19-risk-among-essential-workers/?utm_source=ppic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blog_subscriber

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

Dense cities don’t always suffer from coronavirus to a greater extent than their car-oriented suburbs.

05/05/2020

Lessons from the center of the state’s pandemic

05/01/2020

https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/gimme-shelter/2020/04/podcast-will-california-rethink-housing-density-because-of-covid-19/

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

2020 California Affordable Housing Needs Report

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

'Opportunity Fresno' Links Investors With Projects in Low-Income Zones

02/21/2020

How a Portland Food Bank is Making Gardening Accessible to All

02/13/2020

“All cities — even small ones — have a responsibility to address the most significant challenges of our time: climate change, income inequality, and housing affordability,”

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

https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/gimme-shelter/2019/12/podcast-california-housing-storylines-2020-newsom-california/

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

Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

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

https://calmatters.org/california-dream/2019/10/pre-fab-apartment-buildings-solve-california-housing-woes-modular-factory-os/

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

Santa Cruz, the least affordable place for teachers, is trying to make it more livable

10/2/19

9/27/19

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.

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