Sacramento County Local News: Housing


All Local Housing News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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01/29/2024
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Hazel Watson is one of five community organizers with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, who work to facilitate communication between community members and elected officials.

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01/29/2024
A Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University study has found that in 2022, a record half of renters in the country were paying more than 30% of their income toward rent and utilities.

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01/28/2024
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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. For now.

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01/26/2024
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Unless California solves its housing crisis, the state will lose more congressional seats and could shift the political alignment of the whole country

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01/26/2024
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Cathy Creswell, president of the Sacramento Housing Alliance board, joins with Civic Thread’s Jordan Grimaldi to talk about the intersection between transportation and housing affordability and availability.

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01/24/2024
On Jan. 31, dozens of cities and counties are expected to convert thousands of suburban-style tracts into apartment-ready parcels. Will the state hold them to it?

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01/23/2024
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One of few remaining land parcels in Carmichael is being developed as a 46-home, all-electric community called The Paseos.

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01/22/2024
Sacramento Community Land Trust serves historically discriminated communities, and its primary objective is to preserve affordable housing. For the first time since its founding in 2017, SCLT has appointed an executive director: Tamika L’Ecluse.

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01/22/2024
Danielle Foster, executive director of the Capitol Area Development Authority, and Roshaun Davis, founder of Unseen Heroes, discuss the city’s present and future housing needs and challenges.

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01/18/2024
State officials hope a lottery and an emphasis on first-generation homebuyers will make California’s most generous down payment assistance program more equitable.

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01/17/2024
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Urban Capital’s John Vignocchi and Vertical Pacific’s Katie Hanten talk about removing roadblocks that impede for-profit affordable housing developers.

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01/13/2024
A grand opening was held for the 47-unit Sunrise Pointe apartment complex in Citrus Heights, which is now home to 144 residents.

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01/10/2024
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High court ruling on "impact fees" could cost local governments millions in revenue for infrastructure.

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01/08/2024
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As evictions skyrocket with landlords taking advantage of lifted pandemic restrictions, tenants fight for the right to an attorney.

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01/07/2024
A former Best Western motel has reopened in downtown Sacramento after being converted into permanent housing for nearly 100 unhoused individuals.

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01/06/2024
Residents of a low-income senior living complex in Citrus Heights are claiming they are being evicted from a place once described by the recently arrested former CEO of the regional Goodwill Industries as “a space for people to live out their dreams.”

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01/04/2024
California state law dictates that property owners are responsible for repairing damaged sidewalks. In Sacramento, this has left some owners facing bills of thousands of dollars or tax assessments from the city.

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01/04/2024
Stacker compiled a list home prices in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area using data from Zillow.

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01/02/2024
Image for display with article titled Building Affordable Housing Gets Easier Under 2024 California Laws, but Many Obstacles Remain

A wide array of new 2024 laws aims to ease regulations that slow the construction of new affordable housing.

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01/02/2024
Image for display with article titled Census Reports 30% of Sacramentans Spend Half of Income on Rent

The cost of rent in Sacramento has made living unsustainable for many residents, the latest census data show.

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