El Dorado County Housing Articles

The California housing crisis is not only weakening the state politically at the national level, it could shift the political balance in Washington, D.C., as Republican-led states add population while California’s exodus continues.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – City staff provided a quarterly update on its affordable housing waitlist at City Council on Tuesday, April 23. The waitlist has dropped from 1,173 to 1,008 since the last update, a drop of 65.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – This City of South Lake Tahoe was awarded the State Prohousing Designation for efforts to encourage development of housing at all income levels. The announcement was made on Friday, April 19 by Governor Newsom that …

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A red, white, and blue clad Uncle Sam has jumped into efforts opposing the vacancy tax, waiving a rally sign, followed by a newly launched website from a recently formed coalition advocating against the tax …

Signs of springtime are in the air even though snow is still on the ground and spring cleaning inside and outside is typical for Tahoe. That means getting homes ready for the summer by creating or cleaning up defensible space …

Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the “builder’s remedy.”

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – South Lake Tahoe City Council made multiple actions regarding Accessory Dwelling Units at their meeting on Tuesday, March 12.

Lake Tahoe is celebrated for its pristine waters, breathtaking landscapes, and thriving communities, attracting countless individuals seeking to own a slice of paradise. However, residing in this idyllic region presents its own unique set of challenges, particularly concerning homeowners insurance. …

As the numbers of people experiencing homelessness in the Sacramento area grew, the once-nimble SSHH expanded its services. Problems quickly followed.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – More than fifty community members are bundling up this winter, knocking on doors and tabling at storefronts with clipboards in-hand. Some have even cross country skied petitions to each other in the recent storm. They …

A once-groundbreaking nonprofit working with chronically homeless people in California’s capital closed and filed for bankruptcy in 2023.

The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is both the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.

Housing remains a significant challenge for both workers and employers in the Tahoe Truckee region. 

A petition to alter Douglas County's vacation home rental ordinance to ban rentals in residential zoning and allow them in neighborhood commercial zoning has been denied by the Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer's Office.

GLENBROOK, Nev. – Multiple property owners and a rental management company have filed a lawsuit against Douglas County on Jan. 16, less than a month after the Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance banning vacation home rentals north of Cave …

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – City Council passed a motion increasing fines for vacation home rental citations to the highest fines allowed under state law.

In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down.

California Forever, the company behind a proposed new city in Solano County, will submit a ballot measure seeking an exemption from local laws to allow development on the massive project to proceed.

The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.