Monterey County Housing Articles

After successfully launching the conversion of one motel into homes for homeless adults beginning in December 2020 under California’s Homekey program, the city of Salinas is now focused on converting two more motels to create an additional 103 units of…

The idea seems simple enough: Create a city-wide rental registry so that officials know what their housing stock is and can scale relevant services such as assistance programs and landlord-tenant mediation.

After months of work by its staff to come up with a state-mandated regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) methodology that would pass muster with the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, the board of the Associated Monterey Bay Area…

SB 35 is one of California’s most important affordable housing laws. Here’s what it does, and a look at how well it’s working.

In a 4-1 vote, the Seaside City Council passed an urgency ordinance on Thursday, Dec. 16 that will essentially kneecap Senate Bill 9, a new state housing bill that takes effect Jan. 1. The law will theoretically allow homeowners to…

In which we ponder how to make things better in a climate of no.

Mary Brinton was shocked when a county code enforcement officer told her in September she was being fined $58,800 for hosting vacation guests from around the world over the last several years in the bedrooms of her four-bedroom Carmel Valley…

Just over 170 homeless veterans were counted in Monterey County during the point-in-time homeless census in January 2019. That number is likely higher, but it provided a target to aim for and overcome, which is exactly what the nonprofit Veterans…

When it comes to solving the housing crisis, speed matters. It’s one thing to have a housing unit approved, it’s another for it to actually get built.

Monterey County Weekly’s Pam Marino spotlights both the new and renovated housing being constructed for farm laborers, year-round residents and migrants alike. But demand is still far higher than the supply.

Every eight years, the California Housing and Community Development Department lays out how many homes each region needs to build to keep up with demand, what’s known as a Regional Housing Needs Allocation.

When Jerry and Helen Beach decided to downsize, they didn’t look far. The Pacific Grove couple got a permit for an 800-square-foot accessory dwelling.

The 7th annual Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s “State of the Region” conference covered a wide range of topics from child care, to the COVID pandemic, to folding houses.

The short-term or ‘vacation’ rental industry spawns hundreds of horror stories and damages the housing market, but governments struggle with how to bring it under control.

A new study shows how Bay Area incomes have outrun home prices in most Bay Area counties. But not everyone is reaping the benefits.

A State Senate bill would allow quick rezoning for multi-family housing, as a new research study reveals the high cost of single-family zoning laws.

A USC study shows the economy recovered fully from the 2008 recession—except for housing.