El Dorado County Housing Digest

A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.

Locals for Affordable Housing aims to place a voter initiative on the November 2024 ballot modeled after Berkeley’s vacancy tax, which requires owners of homes that sit vacant more than six months to pay $3,000 for the first year and $6,000 every year after.

A June budget deal required community colleges to raise their own money to build affordable student housing. Some campuses said that plan prevented them from building the dorms, even with help from the state to pay the debt.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks proposed legislation to help get around a court's rejection of a UC Berkeley housing plan. But even if the law is approved, its fate is in the hands of the state Supreme Court.

Hans Johnson, an expert in domestic migration, housing, and population projections, explains the state’s population shift and how it’s impacted the housing market.

Gov. Gavin Newsom promised $95 million would help undocumented workers rebuild after winter storms and floods. Months later, $18 million is being doled out and there are translation issues with the state’s website.

Affordable housing and impacts to schools became the hot topic during the El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee's meeting while discussing the modification of the Montano de El Dorado Master Plan Phase 2.

The lack of enough places for everyone to live has sent coastal rent prices inland, removing large swaths of previously cheaper rental units.

The 2023 Washoe Tahoe Housing Partnership's Housing Roadmap was officially acknowledged by the Washoe County Board of Commissioners.

AKT Investments has submitted a revision to its EDH 52 project to include a residential component.

For the first time, San Diego has surpassed San Francisco for average rental rates, making the All-American City the nation’s third-most expensive rental market, according to a Zillow report. But San Jose had the nation’s highest monthly rent with $3,411.

Affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe area is getting a boost due to a $2.4 million grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development awarded to the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency governing board voted to approve the amendment to the Tahoe Area Plan in Incline Village's Special Area 1, with serious mitigations to promote mixed-use development and achievable housing, in addition to the extension of the special use permit for the East Shore Trail Shuttle located at the old elementary school in Incline Village.

A joint venture by Integral Senior Living and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, the project will be designed by PI Architects, built by Metcalf Builders and managed by Leading Light Development and Construction Consulting.

The Court of Appeal issued an opinion that substantially upholds Measure T, a vacation home rental restricting measure that was narrowly passed by South Lake Tahoe voters in 2018.

The housing market appears to be cooling off in this Nevada county, according to figures released by Sierra Nevada Realtors.

County commissioners voted 3-2 to approve revisions to the ordinance governing the rentals in Tahoe Township.

The site of a future Texas Hill Reservoir that would impound water from Weber Creek is getting a partial rezoning. Some privately owned properties within the take line were previously residentially zoned but were rezoned as recreational facilities.

District Judge Tod Young denied a preliminary injunction against a Lakeridge homeowner who was renting his property for less than 60 days, as the requirement of irreparable harm for a preliminary injunction was not met by the Lakeridge General Improvement District.

El Dorado County District 5 Supervisor Brooke Laine is hosting a vacation home rental forum for residents of Meeks Bay, Tahoma and surrounding area from on May 25.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board has unanimously approved the Lake Tahoe Community College Student Housing Project, which will provide up to 100 students on-campus affordable housing.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to amend four elements within the vacation home rental ordinance and also approved the creation of an advisory committee to explore more potential adjustments.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council spent several hours discussing potential revenue streams to fund affordable housing, including a transient occupancy tax rate increase and a vacancy tax.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council will discuss raising the transient occupancy tax and a possible vacancy tax to help fund housing initiatives.

Dozens of local residents came together for a public forum held by El Dorado County Supervisor Brooke Laine regarding potential amendments to the ordinance governing vacation home rentals.

For the second time in two weeks, the Vacation Home Rental Advisory Committee will be on commissioners' agenda, this time to fill a vacancy on the panel.

The Sacramento Bee has created an interactive map showing how the housing market has slowed in most California counties. While the real estate market was peaking at this time last year, things have changed, with El Dorado County experiencing the largest drop-off.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency committee members recommended the approval of an amendment to the Washoe Tahoe Area Plan to allow high-end single-family condominiums in area originally designated single family condominiums in area originally designated for multi-family and workforce housing.

Both the redlines prepared by the Vacation Home Rental Advisory Committee and changes from the March 20 planning commission meeting will be discussed April 10 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Stateline, Nev.

American Dream TV recently announced that a 30-minute commercial-free show, “Selling Lake Tahoe,” will air locally on cable and other major streaming networks.

Lake Tahoe Community College received approval to construct a new on-campus building dedicated to student housing. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency fully supported the 33-unit, 100-bed project.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will receive a presentation on a vacation home rental program update.