Read the full article … ‘Lack of health insurance, working in essential jobs and living in multigenerational households all contribute to higher infection rates.’ … Read the full article
The Pandemic Hasn’t Killed California’s Big Housing Plans — But They Have Mutated
Read the full article … “Atkins and Senate Democratic leaders unveiled a suite of compromise legislation aimed at making it easier to build more housing. While no individual bill is as sweeping as SB 50, developers and housing experts say…
Editorial: California’s constituency for a permanent housing shortage is winning
Read the full article … “In a pandemic-postponed effort to pick up the wreckage of the Legislature’s last attempt to grapple with California’s housing shortage, state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins this week unveiled a package of bills to…
California leased 15,000 hotel rooms to help homeless people. Half now sit empty
Read the full article … “Only about half of the 15,000 hotel and motel rooms that California has leased for mostly homeless people to slow the spread of the coronavirus are now occupied, a review of state records shows.“ ……
This Is How Hard It Is to Invest in Black Neighborhoods
Read the full article … ‘The story of one investor trying to revitalize a crumbling block in Birmingham, Alabama, shows how little value American institutions place on black properties.’ … Read the full article
Coronavirus reveals the need for a New Deal on housing in California
Read the full article … “These reforms will spark a boom in new housing production, boost the economy, and put construction workers, carpenters, and plumbers back to work.” … Read the full article
Coronavirus Exposes the Inextricable Connection Between Housing and Health
Read the full article … “During this pandemic — in many places — homelessness reforms that were long deemed implausible are happening, if only temporarily. Over the last two months, cities have been showing just what it takes to expand…
US homelessness could increase 45 percent because of coronavirus unemployment, study says
Read the full article … “With the coronavirus-induced shock to the economy crippling businesses of all sizes and leaving millions of Americans out of work, homelessness in the United States could grow as much as 45% in a year, according…
How Will Americans Commute After Lockdowns End?
Read the full article … “Will car traffic surge as lockdowns end, or will millions of Americans decide to bike, walk, or work from home permanently? Emerging research offers some hints.” … Read the full article
Asm Buffy Wicks “Yes in God’s Backyard” Bill to Assist States Housing Crisis Moves Forward
Read the full article … “The law would address underused parking lots and eliminate minimum parking requirements to pave the way for affordable housing.” … Read the full article