Housing
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L.A. City’s Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives Are Working
In 2019 the Transit-Oriented Communities program accounted for 42% of all proposed housing in L.A. City - more than 14,500 permitted units
March 2, 2020
TransForm: California Needs More Housing, It Needs to Be Near Transit, and It Must Be Affordable
Upzoning is necessary, but doing it without adequate anti-displacement and affordability requirements puts upward pressure on areas near transit, creating a whole cascade of unwanted effects.
February 19, 2020
Public Comment Period on Dorset Village Extended After Questions Arise
The original comment period straddled Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa before closing on December 27.
January 16, 2020
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
Revised Crenshaw Housing Project Still Has Affordability Concerns
Is a project meant to serve as the gateway to a historic Black corridor reserving enough space for the people that make it so special?
November 20, 2019
City Council Unanimously Approves HHH Funding, Including Chatsworth Supportive Housing
Councilmember John Lee had pushed to postpone a Chatsworth housing project, but voted in favor today
October 16, 2019
L.A. Leaders Celebrate Passage of A.B. 1197 to Speed Homeless Housing
A.B. 1197 makes Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters and supportive housing projects exempt from California Environmental Quality Act
October 3, 2019
Fix the City Files Lawsuit Against L.A.’s Transit Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives
The nimby lawsuit alleges that the city approved affordable housing incentives improperly, and that guidelines exceed what voters approved in Measure JJJ
September 5, 2019
Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol
All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
July 17, 2019
Oregon Blocks Single-Family Zoning
The Oregon legislature passed a bill striking low-density zoning in large cities on Sunday, a move that helps create transit-oriented development.
July 2, 2019
