7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (502+ words) Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (128+ words) Tuesday, Supervisor Jackie Fielder introduced a new proposal offering more protections for renters in San Francisco. Currently the city's rent ordinance allows evictions for any amount of unpaid rent. However, Fielder's ordinance would only allow an eviction if a tenant…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (107+ words) A new ordinance proposed in San Francisco would increase protections for renters facing eviction over unpaid rent. The proposal, introduced by Supervisor Jackie Fielder and co-sponsored by five other supervisors, is also backed by Mayor Daniel Lurie. Under the city's…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (191+ words) Twenty community groups have signed an open letter to Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose demanding more be done to assist the unhoused population. The groups say the Here4You hotline isn’t connecting unhoused residents with services efficiently. They…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) A San Jose City Council vote Tuesday could dramatically reshape the way the city looks in the future. If approved, the so-called middle housing proposal, recommended by the Planning Commission, would allow four to 10 units of multi-family housing to be…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (419+ words) Cosign, a cosigner and third-party lease guarantor platform designed to expand renter access while protecting property owners, has launched in San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley, where rental competition has reached levels not seen in more than a decade....

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) More than 20 seniors traveled by bus to Sacramento Thursday to protest the conditions at their East Oakland affordable housing complex and implore state officials to take enforcement action against their landlords and property managers. As NBC Bay Area recently reported,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (433+ words) With the November midterm election coming up, California voters will have several propositions to consider in addition to candidates. Fourteen new propositions, ranging from the environment to taxes, will be on the ballot. Proposition 1 attempts to address affordable housing. Housing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (156+ words) Half Moon Bay's Planning Commission will hold a special meeting Wednesday night to consider zoning changes that supporters say could help pave the way for more housing. Commissioners will review a series of zoning amendments that would allow higher-density development…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (417+ words) Paying cash for a home isn't too unusual in some markets, but in San Francisco — a city known for multimillion-dollar properties — paying cash used to be rare. That is no longer the case. A red-hot housing market is driving a surge…...