Nevada County Housing Digest

The Washoe Tahoe Housing Partnership has released its Housing Roadmap that provides reasonable options and solutions to improve housing options.

Nearly a half million dollars in funds are still available to Eastern Placer workers looking to buy a home in the North Lake Tahoe region.

The Truckee Town Council on May 9 will hold a public hearing and may adopt the 2040 General Plan. The council will also consider proclaiming May as affordable housing and building safety month.

The Mountain Housing Council of Tahoe Truckee, a project of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, launched a new housing survey for employers and employees.

The Short-Term Rental Workforce Housing Token Pilot Program is a new approach to workforce housing creation in Truckee, which is experiencing a significant shortage of housing.

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.

The Truckee Town Council approved their priorities and discussed their work plan for 2023-25. The previous two-year priorities included infrastructure and community connectivity, workforce housing, enhanced communication and public outreach.

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.

California lawmakers thought they cracked the code last year on a construction union stalemate holding up housing bills. But rifts within labor could reignite the war over how best to craft affordable housing policy.

Elizabeth Cameron, a coach for the Palisades Tahoe ski team five years ago, has documented the difficulties of finding places to live in the area.

Landing Locals, the local-housing marketplace for vacation towns, has officially rebranded and also reached a milestone of 500 local employees housed.

The Truckee Tahoe Workforce Housing Agency Board of Directors approved a five-year strategic plan that sets forth a roadmap to expand services, programs, and funding for housing.

Sen. Scott Wiener wants to expand and extend SB 35, which forces cities to approve certain developments with affordable units.

The Truckee Town Council discussed the Short-Term Rental Workforce Housing Token Pilot Program, which would encourage the private sector to create workforce housing.

Within the sticky subject of short-term rentals, we have an opportunity to create our own epic tale.

Future employees of Homewood Mountain Resort may have a new place to call home following the acquisition of Tahoma Meadows Cottages, located just south of Homewood.

The Town of Truckee Planning Commission recently approved the third and final phase of the Soaring Ranch project, allowing for the completion of the mixed-use development.

Grass Valley City Manager Tim Kiser proposes using Deckard brand monitoring technology to track short-term rentals. Mayor Benjamin Aguilar says caps on AirBNB style rentals aren’t necessary yet. “STRs are not such a problem here—not like Truckee or Tahoe.”

The town of Truckee announced the launch of its newest housing program, the Truckee Home Access Program. The program was created to address the affordable housing issues faced by the local workforce.

Truckee business Landing Locals started with the goal of turning vacation properties into long-term housing for locals. Now it’s spreading into markets nationwide.

Nevada County celebrated the completion of the Brunswick Commons housing development with officials and speakers from the Regional Housing Authority, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and Hospitality House. The project will provide 41 units of housing to homeless or at-risk individuals.

North Lake Tahoe homeowners could soon earn up to $24,000 by offering their property as a long-term rental to local workers after Placer County approved an agreement with Landing Locals.

When the Truckee Artist Lofts opened last summer, it appeared an affordable living option for local artists had finally arrived. But a year in, there are growing concerns. But though frustrations abound, there is hope that kinks will work out.

At Good Morning Truckee, a forum presented by the Truckee Chamber of Commerce, speakers discussed the future of housing programs and what to expect in the coming months with mortgage rates and real estate.

Under a new state law, counties must purge property records of language that once banned people of color from buying homes. While the covenants were made unenforceable in 1948, racial justice advocates say the law confronts the state’s history of discrimination.

The Board of Supervisors is expected to vote soon on a project aimed at North Lake Tahoe homeowners that incentivizes turning vacation rentals into long-term rentals. Called Landing Locals, the program offers homeowners up to $24,000 for renting to local workers.

Short-term rentals have had a presence in the Truckee/North Lake Tahoe community for decades. But the situation has changed substantially with the rise of the gig economy and internet-based rental companies—and local governments have taken note.

This short video from the California Black Media network explains that as Pandemic Rental Aid Programs come to an end, people are losing their homes.

The housing crisis in North Lake Tahoe has hit new levels, with multiple organizations coming together to battle the increasing need to support the area’s homeless population.

Seeking to boost home ownership in California, the state has launched a new program of forgivable loans that allows qualified, first-time buyers to borrow up to 10% of a home’s purchase price, and have the debt forgiven if the buyer lives in the home for five years.